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Whitfield Diffie

Bailey Whitfield Diffie

American cryptographer (born 1944).

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Place of Birth

New York City

Country of Citizenship

United States

Date of Birth

6/5/1944

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Occupation

Cryptographer
Mathematician
Computer Scientist

Educated At

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
( - 1965)
Academic Degree
:
Bachelor of Science
End Time
: 1965
Stanford University
Jamaica High School

Award Received

14 items
Honorary Doctor of ETH Zürich
(1992)
Point in Time
: 1992
Paris Kanellakis Award
(1996)
Point in Time
: 1996
Marconi Prize
(2000)
Point in Time
: 2000
IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal
(2010)
Point in Time
: 2010
Turing Award
(2015)
Together With
:
Martin Edward Hellman
Point in Time
: 2015
National Inventors Hall of Fame
(2011)
Point in Time
: 2011
Computer History Museum Fellow
(2011)
Point in Time
: 2011
National Cyber Security Hall of Fame
(2012)
Point in Time
: 2012
IACR Fellow
(2004)
Point in Time
: 2004
IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award
(1999)
Together With
:
Martin Edward Hellman
Together With
:
Ralph Merkle
Award Rationale
: For the revolutionary invention of public key cryptosystems which form the foundation for privacy, integrity and authentication in modern communication systems.
Point in Time
: 1999
Foreign Member of the Royal Society
(2017)
Point in Time
: 2017
Announcement Date
: 5/5/2017
Louis E. Levy Medal of the Franklin Institute
(1997)
Point in Time
: 1997
ACM Fellow
(2020)
Award Rationale
: For the invention of asymmetric public-key cryptography and the promulgation of a practical cryptographic key-exchange method
Point in Time
: 2020
Announcement Date
: 1/13/2021
Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 3rd Class

Archives At

Computer History Museum

Field of Work

Cryptography

Name in Native Language

Bailey Whitfield 'Whit' Diffie

Notable Work

Diffie–Hellman Key Exchange

Employer

University of London

Sex or Gender

Male

Member Of

Royal Society
(2017 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Foreign Member of the Royal Society
Start Time
: 2017
Association for Computing Machinery
(1/13/2021 - )
Subject Has Role
:
ACM Fellow
Start Time
: 1/13/2021

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Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English

Student Of

Martin Edward Hellman

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James Massey