Leonard Adleman
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Leonard Adleman (born December 31, 1945) is an American computer scientist. He is one of the creators of the RSA encryption algorithm, for which he received the 2002 Turing Award.[1] He is also known for the creation of the field of DNA computing.
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Born | Leonard Max Adleman (1945-12-31) December 31, 1945 (age 78) San Francisco, California, US |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
Known for | RSA |
Awards | 2002 Turing Award |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Computer science, Cryptography |
Institutions | University of Southern California |
Thesis | Number-Theoretic Aspects of Computational Complexity (1976) |
Doctoral advisor | Manuel Blum |
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