Adi Shamir

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computer scientist cryptographer human

Adi Shamir is an Israeli cryptographer best known as one of the co-inventors of the RSA public-key cryptosystem and a foundational figure in modern cryptography.

Aliases (1)

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Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	computer scientist → cryptographer → human →
awardReceived	EMET Prize → Gödel Prize → Israel Prize → Japan Prize → Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award → RSA Award for Excellence in Mathematics → Turing Award →
coAuthor	Amos Fiat → Eli Biham → Leonard Adleman → Moni Naor → Oded Goldreich → Ron Rivest →
coInvented	RSA public-key cryptosystem →
coInventorWith	Leonard Adleman → Ron Rivest →
countryOfCitizenship	Israel →
doctoralAdvisor	Michael Rabin →
educatedAt	Tel Aviv University → Weizmann Institute of Science →
employer	Weizmann Institute of Science →
familyName	Shamir →
fieldOfWork	computer science → cryptography →
gender	male →
givenName	Adi →
hasAcademicDiscipline	information security → theoretical computer science →
influenced	block cipher design → cryptographic protocol design → modern public-key cryptography →
knownFor	RSA public-key cryptosystem → Shamir secret sharing scheme → Shamir’s attack on RSA with low decryption exponent → cryptanalysis of DES → differential cryptanalysis → visual cryptography →
languageSpoken	English → Hebrew →
memberOf	French Academy of Sciences → Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities → US National Academy of Engineering → US National Academy of Sciences →
name	Adi Shamir →
nationality	Israeli →
workLocation	Rehovot →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ronald L. Rivest →	coAuthor
Leonard Adleman →	coInventedWith
Adi Shamir ("Shamir") →	familyName
RSA →	inventedBy
Adi Shamir →	name
RSA →	namedAfter