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Ralph Merkle

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American cryptographer and cryonicist (born 1952)

United StatesAcademicsBorn 1952 · age 74
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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 Fame
2011National Inventors Hall of Fame
2010IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal
2008IACR Fellow
1999IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award
1998Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology
1996Paris Kanellakis Award
Computer History Museum Fellow

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United States
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Academics
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Born 1952 · age 74
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