Whitfield Diffie(1944)
Computer ScienceWhitfield Diffie is a recipient of the Turing Award (2015) from United States. They have received 3 major awards in total. Their primary field is Computer Science. They were educated at Stanford University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. They have been affiliated with University of London.
United StatesUniversity of Cambridge
3
Major Awards
69
Publications
19,129
Citations
23
h-index
29
i10-index
277.2
Avg Citations/Paper
Awards & Recognition
Most Cited Works
Top publications by citation count#1
Exhaustive Cryptanalysis of the NBS Data Encryption Standard
Democratizing Cryptography(2022)
151
citations
Recent Publications
View all worksExhaustive Cryptanalysis of the NBS Data Encryption Standard
Democratizing Cryptography2022
151citations
6citations
Open AccessBugs in our Pockets: The Risks of Client-Side Scanning
Journal of Cybersecurity2021
60citations
Open Access7citations
The Evolving Meaning of Information Security
Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining2016
2citations
Open Access0citations
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Co-winners
Shared the same award in the same year
Education
Stanford University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology(Bachelor of Science)
Jamaica High School
Books
Related Laureates
Other winners of the same award(s)
AS
Adi Shamir
Wolf Prize in Mathematics (2024)
AV
Andrew Viterbi
IEEE Medal of Honor (2010)
LA
Leonard Adleman
Marconi Prize (2007)
CS
Claude Shannon
Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences (1985)
GB
Gilles Brassard
Turing Award (2025)
GE
Geoffrey E. Hinton
Nobel Prize in Physics (2024)

Vint Cerf
Presidential Medal of Freedom (2024)
AB
Andrew Barto
Turing Award (2024)
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