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Martin Hellman

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Martin Hellman
Martin Hellman

Martin E. Hellman (born October 2, 1945) is a cryptologist, famous for his invention of public key cryptography in cooperation with Whitfield Diffie and Ralph Merkle.

He earned his Bachelor's degree from New York University in 1966, and at Stanford University he earned a Master's degree in 1967 and a PhD in 1969, all in electrical engineering.

From 1968-1969 he worked at IBM's Watson Research Center where he encountered Horst Feistel. From 1969-1971 he was an assistant professor at MIT. He return to Stanford in 1971, becoming Professor Emeritus in 1996, although he has now retired from research and most of his university activities.

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