Martin Hellman | |
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| Born | Martin Edward Hellman October 2, 1945 New York City, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | New York University (BE, 1966) Stanford University (MS, 1967; PhD, 1969) |
| Known for | Diffie–Hellman key exchange |
| Awards | IEEE Centennial Medal (1984) EFF Pioneer Award (1994) Louis E. Levy Medal(1997) Golden Jubilee Awards for Technological Innovation (1998) Marconi Prize (2000) National Academy of Engineering Member (2002) Hamming Medal (2010) Computer History Museum Fellow (2011)[1] Turing Award (2015) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Cryptography Computer science Electrical engineering |
| Institutions | Stanford University MIT IBM Research |
| Thesis | Learning with Finite Memory (1969) |
| Doctoral advisor | Thomas Cover |
| Doctoral students | Ralph Merkle Taher Elgamal |
| Website | ee |
Martin Edward Hellman (born October 2, 1945) is an American cryptologist and mathematician, best known for his invention of public-key cryptography in cooperation with Whitfield Diffie and Ralph Merkle.[2][3] Hellman is a longtime contributor to the computer privacy debate, and has applied risk analysis to a potential failure of nuclear deterrence.
Hellman was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2002 for contributions to the theory and practice of cryptography.
In 2016, he wrote a book with his wife, Dorothie Hellman, that links creating love at home to bringing peace to the planet (A New Map for Relationships: Creating True Love at Home and Peace on the Planet).
- ^ Martin Hellman 2011 Fellow Archived 2013-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Martin E. Hellman, Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering". Stanford. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
- ^ "Martin E. Hellman". DBLP. Retrieved 2016-11-04.