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Israeli Scientist Wins Japan Prize For Cryptography Work
Israeli computer scientist Adi Shamir was among three winners of the 2017 Japan Prize, an award honoring achievement in science and technology, for his work in the field of cryptography.
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Adi Shamir, a professor at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot, Israel, is one of three winners of the 2017 Japan Prize, which honors achievement in science and technology.
Shamir, who shared the 2002 ACM A.M. Turing award with Ronald Rivest and Leonard Adleman, was recognized for his contribution to information security through pioneering research on cryptography. "My main area of research is...making and breaking codes," Shamir says. "It is motivated by the explosive growth of computer networks and wireless communication. Without cryptographic protection, confidential information can be exposed to eavesdroppers, modified by hackers, or forged by criminals."
In addition to Shamir, the Japan Prize Foundation also honored Emmanuelle Carpentier, director of the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Germany, and Jennifer Doudna, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, for their research in gene editing. Each winner will receive about $443,000 and will be honored in Tokyo on April 19.
From Times of Israel (Israel)
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