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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.
Martin E. Hellman is best known for his invention, with Diffie and Merkle, of public key cryptography, the technology that, among other uses, enables secure Internet transactions. It is used to transfer literally trillions of dollars every day.
Bio. Martin E. Hellman is Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University and is affiliated with the university's Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC).
Martin E. Hellman is professor emeritus of electrical engineering at Stanford, a recipient (joint with Whit Diffie) of the million dollar ACM Turing Award, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and an inductee of the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
Martin Hellman played a leading role in the late 1970s' and early 1980s' first “crypto war,” where he strongly advocated for cryptographic researchers' right to openly publish their work and the public’s right to strong encryption that can resist decryption efforts by domestic or foreign intelligence agencies including the National ...
Martin E. Hellman is Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University and is affiliated with the university's Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC).
Martin Hellman was born in New York, New York, in 1945. He received a BE from New York University (1966), and an MS (1967) and PhD (1969) from Stanford University, all in electrical engineering. He is a cryptologist, professor, and computer privacy advocate.
Stanford Professor Martin Hellman is best known for his invention (joint with Whitfield Diffie and Ralph Merkle) of public key cryptography, the technology that protects trillions of dollars every day.
Martin E. Hellman is Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University and is affiliated with the university's Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC).
Martin E. Hellman Work on Cryptography. I trace my interest in cryptography to three main sources: David Kahn's best-selling book The Codebreakers, which appeared in 1967. Kahn was also the banquet speaker at my first IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, in January 1969.
