Pioneers

Leonard Adleman

Cryptography

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Computing Atlas. "Leonard Adleman." Accessed September 1, 2026. https://dev-computing.interactiveatlas.org/pioneers/leonard-adleman.

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Computing Atlas. (n.d.). Leonard Adleman. Retrieved September 1, 2026, from https://dev-computing.interactiveatlas.org/pioneers/leonard-adleman

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@misc{computingatlas-leonard-adleman,
  author = {Computing Atlas},
  title = {Leonard Adleman},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-computing.interactiveatlas.org/pioneers/leonard-adleman},
  note = {Accessed September 1, 2026}
}

Leonard Max Adleman is an American computer scientist. He is one of the creators of the RSA encryption algorithm, for which he received the 2002 Turing Award. He is also known for the creation of the field of DNA computing and coining the term computer virus.

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1945 1

Birth Date

1945-12-31 1

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1. Wikipedia: Leonard Adleman

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Leonard Max Adleman is an American computer scientist. He is one of the creators of the RSA encryption algorithm, for which he received the 2002 Turing Award.

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December 31, 1945

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