Adi Shamir
Israeli cryptographer and inventor
Adi Shamir is an Israeli cryptographer and inventor. He is a co-inventor of the Rivest–Shamir–Adleman algorithm, a co-inventor of the Feige–Fiat–Shamir identification scheme, one of the inventors of differential cryptanalysis and has made numerous... Wikipedia
Place of birth: Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
Education: Weizmann Institute of Science (1977), Weizmann Institute of Science (1975), and Tel Aviv University (1973)
Awards: Turing Award, Japan Prize, Anna and Lajos Erdős Prize in Mathematics, and more
Known for: RSA; Feige–Fiat–Shamir identification scheme; differential cryptanalysis
Notable students: Eli Biham, Stefan Brands, Eran Tromer, and more