Ralph Merkle

American cryptographer and cryonicist · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1952 · age 74

Ralph C. Merkle is an American computer scientist. He co-invented public-key cryptography and invented cryptographic hashing, and has worked on molecular nanotechnology and cryonics.

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2012National Cyber Security Hall of FameAward2011National Inventors Hall of FameAward2010IEEE Richard W. Hamming MedalAward2008IACR FellowAward1999IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications AwardAward1998Feynman Prize in NanotechnologyAward1996Paris Kanellakis AwardAward1952Born2 February 1952

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