Charles Rackoff
Charles Rackoff · Technology & Engineering
Co-inventor of zero-knowledge proofs, a pillar of modern cryptography; Gödel Prize (1993)
1948, New York City, United States
United States · Canada
Charles Rackoff is recognized among Jewish contributors to Technology & Engineering — Co-inventor of zero-knowledge proofs, a pillar of modern cryptography; Gödel Prize (1993)
Rackoff, an American Jewish cryptographer at the University of Toronto, co-invented zero-knowledge proofs and interactive proof systems with Shafi Goldwasser and Silvio Micali — a pillar of modern cryptography that lets one prove a statement true while revealing nothing else. For this work he shared the 1993 Gödel Prize.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Gödel Prize
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Co-inventor of zero-knowledge proofs, a pillar of modern cryptography; Gödel Prize (1993)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Gödel Prize
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