Ronald Rivest
Cryptographer and computer scientist · people.csail.mit.edu
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Ronald Linn Rivest is a cryptographer and computer scientist whose work has spanned the fields of algorithms and combinatorics, cryptography, machine learning, and election integrity. Wikipedia
Place of birth: Schenectady, NY
Education: Stanford University (1974), Yale University (1969), Niskayuna High School, and more
Notable students: Anna Lysyanskaya, Michael Kearns, Avrim Blum, and more
Awards: Turing Award and Marconi Prize
Known for: Public-key; RSA, RC2, RC4, RC5, RC6; MD2, MD4, MD5, MD6, Ring signature
Research interests: Algorithms, Cryptography, and Voting
