Biography
Martin Edward Hellman (born October 2, 1945) is an American cryptologist and mathematician, best known for his invention of public-key cryptography in cooperation with Whitfield Diffie and Ralph Merkle . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Hellman is a longtime contributor to the computer privacy debate, and has applied risk analysis to a potential failure of nuclear deterrence . Hellman was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2002 for contributions to the theory and practice of cryptography. In 2015, he and Whitfield Diffie won the ACM Turing Award . In 2016, he wrote a book with his wife, Dorothie Hellman, that links creating love at home to bringing peace to the planet ( A New Map for Relationships: Creating True Love at Home and Peace on the Planet ). Fields: Cryptography, Computer science, Electrical engineering Education: New York University BS Stanford University MS PhD Award Citation: IEEE Centennial Medal (1984) EFF Pioneer Award (1994) Louis E. Levy Medal (1997) Golden Jubilee Awards for Technological Innovation (1998) Marconi Prize (2000) National Academy of Engineering Member (2002) Hamming Medal (2010) Computer History Museum Fellow (2011) [ 1 ] Turing Award (2015)
About the Turing Award
The ACM A.M. Turing Award is an annual prize given by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for contributions of lasting and major technical importance to computer science. It is generally recognized as the highest distinction in computer science and is colloquially known as the "Nobel Prize of Computing."
Quick Facts
- Award: ACM A.M. Turing Award
- Added: 2026-02-07
- Source: Wikipedia
- Prize: $1,000,000 (USD)
- Presented by: ACM
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Notable Winners
- Donald Knuth (1974)
- Tim Berners-Lee (2016)
- Geoffrey Hinton (2018)
- Yoshua Bengio (2018)
- Yann LeCun (2018)