Ron Rivest
Rivest’s work helped establish public-key cryptography as a practical discipline, while his later work has engaged with the security of civic technology.
Ron Rivest is an MIT computer scientist and co-inventor of RSA public-key cryptography. RSA provided a practical construction for encryption and digital signatures based on a publicly shareable key, profoundly influencing computer security.
Cryptographic design
Rivest’s work spans algorithms, cryptographic primitives, and the societal uses of security technology. He has also contributed to discussions of verifiable elections and the risks of trusting opaque systems.
Recognition
Rivest shared the 2002 ACM Turing Award with Adi Shamir and Leonard Adleman for RSA.
Timeline
- 1977Co-invents RSA with Adi Shamir and Leonard Adleman.
- 1978Publishes the RSA paper with Shamir and Adleman.
- 2002Receives the ACM Turing Award with Shamir and Adleman.
- PresentContinues research and teaching through MIT and affiliated projects.
Ron Rivest
- Type
- Person
- Era
- 1970s-Present
- Known for
- RSA public-key cryptosystem; Cryptographic algorithms; Electronic-voting research
- Tags
- cryptography, public-key-cryptography, algorithms, academic-research
Created by Joas A Santos · Something wrong or want it removed? Open an issue.