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Manuel Blum

Manuel Blum (born 26 April 1938) is a Venezuelan-born American computer scientist who received the 1995 ACM Turing Award "In recognition of his contributions to the foundations of computational complexity theory and its application to cryptography and program checking".

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Known for
Blum complexity axioms Blum integer Blum's speedup theorem Blum Blum Shub Blum–Goldwasser cryptosystem Blum–Micali algorithm CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA Commitment scheme
Awards
ACM's A.M. Turing Award, 1995 Distinguished Teaching Award, UC Berkeley, 1977 Sigma Xi's Monie A. Ferst Award, 1991 Herbert A.Simon Teaching award, 2007
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, MS, PhD)
Born
(1938-04-26) 26 April 1938 (age 88) Caracas, Venezuela
Doctoral advisor
Marvin Minsky
Doctoral students
Leonard Adleman Dana Angluin C. Eric Bach Shafi Goldwasser Mor Harchol-Balter Russell Impagliazzo Silvio Micali Gary Miller Moni Naor Ronitt Rubinfeld Steven Rudich Jeffrey Shal…

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Awards · 1
Manuel Blum → ACM's A.M. Turing Award, 1995 Distinguished Teaching Award, UC Berkeley, 1977 Sigma Xi's Monie A. Ferst Award, 1991 Herbert A.Simon Teaching award, 2007
Born · 1
Manuel Blum → (1938-04-26) 26 April 1938 (age 88) Caracas, Venezuela
Doctoral advisor · 1
Manuel Blum → Marvin Minsky
Doctoral students · 1
Manuel Blum → Leonard Adleman Dana Angluin C. Eric Bach Shafi Goldwasser Mor Harchol-Balter Russell Impagliazzo Silvio Micali Gary Miller Moni Naor Ronitt Rubinfeld Steven Rudich Jeffrey Shal…
Education · 1
Manuel Blum → Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, MS, PhD)
Fields · 1
Manuel Blum → Computer science
Known for · 1
Manuel Blum → Blum complexity axioms Blum integer Blum's speedup theorem Blum Blum Shub Blum–Goldwasser cryptosystem Blum–Micali algorithm CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA Commitment scheme
Spouse · 1
Manuel Blum → Lenore Blum
Thesis · 1
Manuel Blum → A Machine-Independent Theory of the Complexity of Recursive Functions (1964)
Website · 1
Manuel Blum → www.cs.cmu.edu/~mblum

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Manuel BlumBorn(1938-04-26) 26 April 1938 (age 88) Caracas, Venezuela1.00infobox
Manuel BlumDoctoral advisorMarvin Minsky1.00infobox
Manuel BlumDoctoral studentsLeonard Adleman Dana Angluin C. Eric Bach Shafi Goldwasser Mor Harchol-Balter Russell Impagliazzo Silvio Micali Gary Miller Moni Naor Ronitt Rubinfeld Steven Rudich Jeffrey Shal…1.00infobox
Manuel BlumEducationMassachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, MS, PhD)1.00infobox
Manuel BlumFieldsComputer science1.00infobox
Manuel BlumKnown forBlum complexity axioms Blum integer Blum's speedup theorem Blum Blum Shub Blum–Goldwasser cryptosystem Blum–Micali algorithm CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA Commitment scheme1.00infobox
Manuel BlumSpouseLenore Blum1.00infobox
Manuel BlumThesisA Machine-Independent Theory of the Complexity of Recursive Functions (1964)1.00infobox
Manuel BlumWebsitewww.cs.cmu.edu/~mblum1.00infobox
Manuel BlumWorkplacesUniversity of California, Berkeley Carnegie Mellon University1.00infobox

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