Silvio Micali
Silvio Micali | |
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| Born | October 13, 1954 |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Education | Sapienza University (BS) University of California, Berkeley (MS, PhD) |
| Known for | Blum–Micali algorithm Goldwasser–Micali cryptosystem GMR algorithm Zero-knowledge proof Claw-free permutation Pseudorandom Functions Peppercoin Algorand Semantic security Verifiable secret sharing |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer Science Cryptography |
| Institutions | University of Toronto University of Pennsylvania Tsinghua University MIT CS & AI Lab |
| Thesis | Randomness versus Hardness (1983) |
| Doctoral advisor | Manuel Blum |
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| Website | people |
Silvio Micali (born October 13, 1954) is an Italian computer scientist, professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the founder of Algorand, a proof-of-stake blockchain cryptocurrency protocol. Micali's research at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory centers on cryptography and information security.
In 2012, he received the Turing Award for his work in cryptography.