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Leonard Adleman

Leonard Max 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 and coining the term computer virus.

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Known for
RSA
Education
University of California, Berkeley (BA, MA, PhD)
Born
Leonard Max Adleman (1945-12-31) December 31, 1945 (age 80) San Francisco, California, US
Doctoral advisor
Manuel Blum
Fields
Computer science Cryptography
Thesis
Number-Theoretic Aspects of Computational Complexity (1976)

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Leonard Adleman → Adleman's, Award CitationMathematical, Mathematics Genealogy Project, SneakersLeonard Adleman
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Leonard Adleman → Leonard Max Adleman (1945-12-31) December 31, 1945 (age 80) San Francisco, California, US
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Leonard Adleman → Manuel Blum
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Leonard Adleman → University of California, Berkeley (BA, MA, PhD)
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Leonard Adleman → Number-Theoretic Aspects of Computational Complexity (1976)
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Leonard AdlemanThesisNumber-Theoretic Aspects of Computational Complexity (1976)1.00infobox
Leonard AdlemanWorkplacesUniversity of Southern California1.00infobox
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