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Victor S. Miller

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Victor S. Miller · Technology & Engineering

What

Co-invented elliptic-curve cryptography.

When

1947, Brooklyn, New York, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Victor S. Miller is recognized among Jewish contributors to Technology & Engineering — Co-invented elliptic-curve cryptography.

How & why

Victor Saul Miller is an American mathematician who, independently of Neal Koblitz, proposed elliptic-curve cryptography in 1985 — now a foundation of modern secure communications, used in everything from web encryption to cryptocurrencies. He also co-invented the LZW data-compression algorithm. He worked at IBM Research and the Institute for Defense Analyses, and is Jewish.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Computer Science

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Co-invented elliptic-curve cryptography.

1947

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Computer Science