Adi Shamir Scientist

Adi Shamir (Hebrew: עדי שמיר‎; born July 6, 1952) is an Israeli cryptographer. He is a co-inventor of the RSA algorithm (along with Ron Rivest and Len Adleman), a co-inventor of the Feige–Fiat–Shamir identification scheme (along with Uriel Feige and Amos Fiat), one of the inventors of differential cryptanalysis and has made numerous contributions to the fields of cryptography and computer science.

Personal facts

Birth date	July 06, 1952
Birth place	Tel Aviv , Israel
Residence	Israel
Education	Weizmann Institute of Science Bachelor of Science
Known for	Differential cryptanalysis RSA (cryptosystem) Feige–Fiat–Shamir identification scheme