Daniel J. Bernstein

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Daniel J. Bernstein is an American mathematician, cryptographer, and computer scientist known for designing influential cryptographic algorithms and advocating for high-security, efficient public-key and symmetric cryptography.

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instanceOf computer scientist
cryptographer
human
mathematician
academicDegree PhD in mathematics
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1971-10-29
doctoralAdvisor Hugh L. Montgomery NERFINISHED
educatedAt New York University
University of California, Berkeley
employer Eindhoven University of Technology
University of Illinois at Chicago
familyName Bernstein
fieldOfWork computer science
computer security
cryptography
number theory
givenName Daniel
hasAlternativeName Daniel J. Bernstein
surface form: "D. J. Bernstein"

djbdns author
hasResearchInterest authenticated encryption
hash functions
lattice-based cryptography
post-quantum cryptography
software security
hasWebsite https://cr.yp.to/
knownFor advocacy for cryptographic security and performance
design of high-security, efficient public-key cryptography
design of high-security, efficient symmetric cryptography
work on elliptic-curve cryptography
work on side-channel resistant cryptographic implementations
notableWork ChaCha
Curve25519-based schemes
surface form: "Curve25519"

Curve25519-based schemes
surface form: "Curve25519-based Diffie–Hellman key exchange"

Ed25519
Curve25519-based schemes
surface form: "NaCl cryptographic library"

Poly1305
Salsa20
Salsa20
surface form: "Salsa20/8"

TweetNaCl
daemontools
djbdns
qmail
qmail security guarantee and bug bounty
occupation university teacher
placeOfBirth New York City
programmingLanguage C
sexOrGender male
thesisTitle Computing short vectors in lattices
thesisYear 1995

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RFC 8439 algorithmDesigner Daniel J. Bernstein
Poly1305 designedBy Daniel J. Bernstein
ChaCha20 designer Daniel J. Bernstein
Salsa20 designer Daniel J. Bernstein
Daniel J. Bernstein hasAlternativeName Daniel J. Bernstein
this entity surface form: "D. J. Bernstein"

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