Leonard Max Adleman
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(b.) - ?1945 December 31
Bio/Description
A theoretical computer scientist and professor of computer science and molecular biology at the University of Southern California. He is known for being a co-inventor of the RSA (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman) cryptosystem in 1977, and of DNA computing. RSA is in widespread use in security applications, including https.
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Date of Birth:
1945 December 31 -
Gender:
Male -
Noted For:
Co-founder of RSA cryptosystem -
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