Whitfield Diffie

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computer scientist cryptographer human

Whitfield Diffie is an American cryptographer best known as a pioneer of public-key cryptography, whose work revolutionized secure digital communication.

Aliases (2)

Bailey Whitfield Diffie ×2
Diffie ×2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	computer scientist → cryptographer → human →
activeInPeriod	20th century → 21st century →
awardReceived	Franklin Institute Award → IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal → Marconi Prize → Turing Award →
birthName	Bailey Whitfield Diffie →
coAuthor	New Directions in Cryptography →
coAuthorWith	Martin Hellman →
coInvented	Diffie–Hellman key exchange →
coInventedWith	Martin Hellman → Ralph Merkle →
contributedTo	development of digital signatures →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1944-06-05 →
educatedAt	Massachusetts Institute of Technology →
employer	Northern Telecom → Stanford University → Sun Microsystems →
familyName	Diffie →
fieldOfWork	computer security → cryptography → information security →
gender	male →
givenName	Bailey →
hasCitizenship	American →
hasOccupation	academic → computer security researcher → cryptographer →
influenced	modern Internet security protocols → public-key infrastructure design →
knownFor	pioneering public-key cryptography → revolutionizing secure digital communication →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	Association for Computing Machinery →
notableIdea	separation of encryption and decryption keys →
notableWork	Diffie–Hellman key exchange → public-key cryptography →
placeOfBirth	Washington, D.C., United States →
positionHeld	Chief Security Officer at Sun Microsystems →
receivedTuringAwardWith	Martin Hellman →
residence	United States →
subjectOf	biographical and historical works on cryptography →
turingAwardFor	invention of public-key cryptography →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bailey Whitfield Diffie ("Bailey Whitfield Diffie") → Whitfield Diffie ("Bailey Whitfield Diffie") →	birthName
Martin Hellman → Ralph Merkle →	coInventedWith
Bailey Whitfield Diffie ("Diffie") → Whitfield Diffie ("Diffie") →	familyName
New Directions in Cryptography →	author
Martin Hellman →	coAuthoredWith
New Directions in Cryptography →	coAuthorWith
Turing Award →	hasNotableRecipient
Chief Security Officer at Sun Microsystems →	heldBy
Diffie–Hellman key exchange →	introducedBy
Bailey Whitfield Diffie →	knownAs
Diffie–Hellman key exchange →	namedAfter
Harold Pender Award →	notableRecipient
Martin Hellman →	receivedTuringAwardWith