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Martin Edward Hellman

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American cryptologist (born 1945)

United StatesAcademicsBorn 1945 · age 80
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Martin Edward Hellman is an American cryptologist and mathematician, best known for his invention of public-key cryptography in cooperation with Whitfield Diffie and Ralph Merkle.

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Awards 14

2020ACM Fellow
2015Turing Award
2012National Cyber Security Hall of Fame
2011National Inventors Hall of Fame
2011Computer History Museum Fellow
2010IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal
2006IACR Fellow
2000Marconi Prize
1999IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award
1997Louis E. Levy Medal of the Franklin Institute
1996Paris Kanellakis Award
1994EFF Award
1981IEEE Donald G. Fink Prize Paper Award
Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 3rd Class

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Leonard AdlemanAlso won IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications AwardRobert TarjanAlso won Paris Kanellakis AwardLaura PoitrasAlso won EFF AwardRichard HammingAlso won IEEE Richard W. Hamming MedalManuel BlumAlso won IACR FellowJohn WarnockAlso won Marconi Prize

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Martin Edward Hellman is an American cryptologist and mathematician, best known for his invention of public-key cryptography in cooperation with Whitfield Diffie and Ralph Merkle. Hellman is a longtime contributor to the computer privacy debate, and has applied risk analysis to a potential failure of nuclear deterrence.

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United States
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Born 1945 · age 80
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