Leonard Adleman
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. He is also known for the creation of the field of DNA computing.
Leonard Adleman | |
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| Born | Leonard Max Adleman December 31, 1945 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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