Moni Naor
Naor's research connects formal cryptographic definitions to mechanisms with visible security consequences: confidentiality, integrity, human-verification challenges, and distributed trust.
Moni Naor is a computer scientist at the Weizmann Institute of Science whose research centers on cryptography and theoretical computer science. His work has examined the assumptions and constructions used to make security claims precise.
Cryptographic contributions
With Adi Shamir, Naor introduced visual cryptography, a method for sharing an image across transparencies so that the secret becomes visible only when shares are combined. His work with collaborators also helped develop non-malleable cryptography and secure public-key notions.
Security history
Naor's work matters to security history because it turns informal aims—such as preventing meaningful tampering—into definitions that can be tested and constructions that can be analyzed.
Timeline
- 1989Completes a Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley.
- 1994Co-authors the visual-cryptography paper with Adi Shamir.
- 2008Named an IACR Fellow.
- 2016Receives the ACM Paris Kanellakis Award with collaborators for work on aggregation algorithms.
Moni Naor
- Type
- Person
- Era
- 1980s-Present
- Known for
- Visual cryptography; Non-malleable cryptography; Foundations of cryptography; CAPTCHA-related early work
- Tags
- cryptography, complexity-theory, academic-research, privacy
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