Ralph Merkle
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Ralph Merkle is an American computer scientist and cryptographer known as a pioneer of public-key cryptography and for contributions such as Merkle trees and Merkle–Damgård hashing.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ralph Merkle canonical | 13 |
| Ralph C. Merkle | 3 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American person
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computer scientist ⓘ cryptographer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| almaMater | University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology
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IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal ⓘ RSA Award for Excellence in Mathematics ⓘ
surface form:
RSA Award for Mathematics
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| birthDate | 1952-02-02 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Berkeley
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surface form:
Berkeley, California, United States
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| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
design of cryptographic hash functions
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development of public-key cryptography ⓘ theory of digital signatures ⓘ |
| degree | PhD in electrical engineering ⓘ |
| doctoralThesis | Secrecy, Authentication, and Public Key Systems ⓘ |
| doctoralThesisYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| employer |
Elxsi
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Georgia Institute of Technology ⓘ Institute for Molecular Manufacturing ⓘ Xerox PARC ⓘ Zyvex ⓘ |
| familyName | Merkle ⓘ |
| field |
computer science
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cryptography ⓘ molecular nanotechnology ⓘ nanotechnology ⓘ |
| givenName | Ralph ⓘ |
| hasConceptNamedAfter |
Merkle puzzles
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Merkle tree ⓘ Merkle–Damgård construction ⓘ |
| influenced |
distributed ledger technologies
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modern blockchain design ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Merkle
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surface form:
Merkle tree
Merkle–Damgård construction ⓘ cryptographic hashing ⓘ public key distribution system ⓘ public-key cryptography ⓘ work on nanotechnology ⓘ |
| memberOf | International Association for Cryptologic Research ⓘ |
| name | Ralph Merkle self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | United States of America ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Merkle puzzles
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Merkle ⓘ
surface form:
Merkle tree
Merkle–Damgård construction ⓘ
surface form:
Merkle–Damgård hash construction
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| position |
director at Institute for Molecular Manufacturing
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faculty member at Georgia Institute of Technology ⓘ researcher at Xerox PARC ⓘ |
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