Silvio Micali Scientist

Silvio Micali (born October 13, 1954) is an Italian-born computer scientist at MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and a professor of computer science in MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science since 1983. His research centers on the theory of cryptography and information security.

Personal facts

Birth date	October 13, 1954
Birth place	Italy , Palermo
Nationality	Italian American
Education	University of California Berkeley
Known for	Zero-knowledge proof Goldwasser–Micali cryptosystem Pseudorandom function family Peppercoin

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Scientist

awards	Turing Award Gödel Prize
doctoral advisor	Manuel Blum
doctoral student	Mihir Bellare Phillip Rogaway Rafail Ostrovsky
Field of study	Computer science Cryptography