Martin Hellman(1945)
Computer ScienceMartin Edward Hellman is an American cryptologist and mathematician, best known for his invention of public-key cryptography in cooperation with Whitfield Diffie and Ralph Merkle. Hellman is a longtime contributor to the computer privacy debate, and has applied risk analysis to a potential failure of nuclear deterrence.
United StatesStanford University
3
Major Awards
83
Publications
24,197
Citations
30
h-index
38
i10-index
291.5
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
#3
Cybersecurity, nuclear security, alan turing, and illogical logic
Conference on Computer and Communications Security(2016)
5
citations
Recent Publications
View all worksExhaustive Cryptanalysis of the NBS Data Encryption Standard
Democratizing Cryptography2022
151citations
7citations
Cybersecurity, nuclear security, alan turing, and illogical logic
Conference on Computer and Communications Security2016
5citations
0citations
0citations
0citations
A Tribute to David Kahn
Cryptologia2009
2citations
3citations
An overview of public key cryptography
IEEE Communications Magazine2002
203citations
External Profiles
Career Path
Award progression over time
Apex Elite Prestigious
Co-winners
Shared the same award in the same year
Education
New York University
Stanford University(Doctor)
New York University Tandon School of Engineering
Bronx High School of Science
Doctoral Advisors
Ralph MerkleTaher ElgamalSik Kow Leung-Yan-CheongThomas M. Cover
Career Timeline
IBM?–present
Stanford University?–present
Massachusetts Institute of Technology?–present
Books
![The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/6699609-M.jpg)
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)
Leonard Adleman
Marconi Prize (2007)
Claude Shannon
Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences (1985)
Gilles Brassard
Turing Award (2025)
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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