Lenore Blum

Lenore Blum
Lenore Blum
	Lenore Blum, Berkeley, California, 1998
Born	December 18, 1942 (age 81); New York City
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Simmons College (B.S., 1963); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D., Mathematics, 1968);
Known for	Blum Blum Shub pseudorandom number generator; Blum–Shub–Smale machine;
Spouse	Manuel Blum
Children	Avrim Blum
Awards	AAAS Fellow (1979); Noether Lecture (2002); PAESMEM (2005);
	Scientific career
Fields	mathematics, computer science
Thesis	Generalized Algebraic Theories: A Model Theoretic Approach (1968)
Doctoral advisor	Gerald Sacks
Doctoral students	Carol Frieze

Lenore Carol Blum (née Epstein,^[2] born December 18, 1942) is an American computer scientist and mathematician who has made contributions to the theories of real number computation, cryptography, and pseudorandom number generation. She was a distinguished career professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University until 2019 and is currently a professor in residence at the University of California, Berkeley.^[1] She is also known for her efforts to increase diversity in mathematics and computer science.

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Lenore Blum
Lenore Blum, Berkeley, California, 1998
Born	(1942-12-18) December 18, 1942 (age 81) New York City
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Simmons College (B.S., 1963) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D., Mathematics, 1968)
Known for	Blum Blum Shub pseudorandom number generator Blum–Shub–Smale machine
Spouse	Manuel Blum
Children	Avrim Blum
Awards	AAAS Fellow (1979)^[1] Noether Lecture (2002) PAESMEM (2005)
Scientific career
Fields	mathematics, computer science
Thesis	Generalized Algebraic Theories: A Model Theoretic Approach (1968)
Doctoral advisor	Gerald Sacks
Doctoral students	Carol Frieze