Adi Shamir

Adi Shamir
Adi Shamir;
	Shamir in 2018
Born	July 6, 1952 (age 70); Tel Aviv, Israel
Alma mater	Tel Aviv University; Weizmann Institute of Science
Known for	RSA; Feige–Fiat–Shamir identification scheme; differential cryptanalysis
Awards	Erdős Prize (1983); Paris Kanellakis Award (1996); Turing Award (2002); Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences (2005); Israel Prize (2008); Foreign Member of the Royal Society (2018)[1];
	Scientific career
Fields	Cryptography
Institutions	Weizmann Institute; Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thesis	The fixedpoints of recursive definitions[2] (1976)
Doctoral advisor	Zohar Manna[3]
Doctoral students	Eli Biham ; Uriel Feige ; Amos Fiat[3]
Website	www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il/profile/scientists/shamir-profile.html

Adi Shamir (Hebrew: עדי שמיר; born July 6, 1952) is an Israeli cryptographer. He is a co-inventor of the Rivest–Shamir–Adleman (RSA) algorithm (along with Ron Rivest and Len Adleman), a co-inventor of the Feige–Fiat–Shamir identification scheme (along with Uriel Feige and Amos Fiat), one of the inventors of differential cryptanalysis and has made numerous contributions to the fields of cryptography and computer science.[4]

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Adi Shamir
Shamir in 2018
Born	(1952-07-06) July 6, 1952 (age 70) Tel Aviv, Israel
Alma mater	Tel Aviv University Weizmann Institute of Science
Known for	RSA Feige–Fiat–Shamir identification scheme differential cryptanalysis
Awards	Erdős Prize (1983) Paris Kanellakis Award (1996) Turing Award (2002) Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences (2005) Israel Prize (2008) Foreign Member of the Royal Society (2018)[1]
Scientific career
Fields	Cryptography
Institutions	Weizmann Institute Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thesis	The fixedpoints of recursive definitions[2] (1976)
Doctoral advisor	Zohar Manna[3]
Doctoral students	Eli Biham Uriel Feige Amos Fiat[3]

Website	www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il/profile/scientists/shamir-profile.html