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Silvio Micali

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Silvio Micali is an Italian American computer scientist, born in 1954, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the founder of Algorand, a proof of stake blockchain cryptocurrency protocol. His research at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory centers on cryptography and information security, and in 2012 he and Shafi Goldwasser won the ACM Turing Award.

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Birth Year
1954 1
Birth Date
1954-10-13 2
Field
Cryptography and information security 2
Nationality
United States 1
Birthplace
Palermo, Italy 1
Field
Field (category)
Mathematics 1
Field (category)
Computer Science 1
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1. Silvio Micali (Wikidata)
  • P27 (country of citizenship): United States
    Q30
  • P19 (place of birth): Palermo, Italy
    Q2656
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2. Silvio Micali, Wikipedia
  • Lead, first sentence
    Silvio Micali (born October 13, 1954) is an Italian computer scientist, professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the founder of Algorand, a proof-of-stake blockchain cryptocurrency protocol.
  • Lead, second sentence
    Micali's research at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory centers on cryptography and information security.
  • Works In: Computer Science, Lead sentence
    Silvio Micali (born October 13, 1954) is an Italian computer scientist, professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the founder of Algorand, a proof-of-stake blockchain cryptocurrency protocol.
  • Member Of: National Academy of Sciences, Article text
    In 2007, he was selected to be a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the International Assoc
  • Member Of: Association for Computing Machinery, Categories
    Category:Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery
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