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Ron Rivest
Ronald Linn Rivest
American cryptographer.
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Ron Rivest
Sex or Gender
Male
Occupation
Mathematician
Cryptologist
Computer Scientist
University Teacher
Information Professional
Scientist
Country of Citizenship
United States
Date of Birth
5/6/1947
Instance Of
Human
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Award Received
Turing Award
(2002)
Point in Time
:
2002
Paris Kanellakis Award
(1996)
Point in Time
:
1996
Marconi Prize
(2007)
Point in Time
:
2007
BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
(2017)
Point in Time
:
2017
IACR Fellow
(2004)
Point in Time
:
2004
ACM Fellow
(1994)
Award Rationale
:
For contributions to the field of cryptography.
Point in Time
:
1994
IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award
(2000)
Award Rationale
:
For the revolutionary invention of the RSA public key cryptosystem which is the first to be widely-adopted.
For Work
:
RSA
Point in Time
:
2000
National Inventors Hall of Fame
(2018)
Point in Time
:
2018
Educated At
Stanford University
Yale University
Niskayuna High School
Timothy Dwight College
Doctoral Advisor
Robert W. Floyd
(1974)
Educated At
:
Stanford University
Point in Time
:
1974
Employer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Official Website
http://people.csail.mit.edu/rivest/
Given Name
Ronald
Series Ordinal
:
1
Nickname
:
Ron
Linn
Series Ordinal
:
2
Member Of
National Academy of Sciences
(2004 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
Start Time
:
2004
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Engineering
(1990 - )
Start Time
:
1990
Association for Computing Machinery
(1994 - )
Subject Has Role
:
ACM Fellow
Start Time
:
1994
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Place of Birth
Schenectady
Family Name
Rivest
Languages Spoken, Written or Signed
English
Field of Work
Computer Science
Informatics
Cryptography
Residence
United States
Notable Work
RSA
Q1141518
MD5
Together With
:
Leonard Adleman
Together With
:
Leonard Adleman
Together With
:
Adi Shamir
Together With
:
Adi Shamir
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