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Eli Biham

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Eli Biham is an Israeli cryptographer and cryptanalyst who is a professor in the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology's Computer Science department, where he served as dean from 2008 to 2013 after two years as chief of the graduate school. He publicly invented differential cryptanalysis, the work for which he received his doctorate while studying under Adi Shamir.

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Birth Year
1960 1
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IACR Fellow 1
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Source Serpent (cipher) (Wikipedia)
Source Serpent (cipher) (Wikipedia)
Source Tiger (hash function) (Wikipedia)

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Cryptography, Fields
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1. Wikidata: Eli Biham
  • Wikidata Q2142762, resolved via en.wikipedia pageprops (wave rule R-L)
  • Wikidata Q2142762 P569 (date of birth)
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Eli Biham (Wikipedia)
  • In Group: Applied Cryptography, lead sentence: Eli Biham (Hebrew: אלי ביהם) is an Israeli cryptographer and cryptanalyst who is a professor at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Computer
  • In Field: Cryptography, Lead
    Eli Biham (Hebrew: אלי ביהם) is an Israeli cryptographer and cryptanalyst who is a professor at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Computer Science department.
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Tiger (hash function) (Wikipedia)
  • Credited: Tiger (hash function), Lead
    Tiger is a cryptographic hash function designed by Ross Anderson and Eli Biham in 1995 for efficiency on 64-bit platforms.
  • Invented: Tiger (hash function)
    Tiger is a cryptographic hash function designed by Ross Anderson and Eli Biham in 1995 for efficiency on 64-bit platforms.
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Serpent (cipher) (Wikipedia)
  • Invented: Serpent (cipher), Lead
    Serpent was designed by Ross Anderson, Eli Biham, and Lars Knudsen.
  • Credited: Serpent (cipher), Lead
    Serpent was designed by Ross Anderson, Eli Biham, and Lars Knudsen.
  • Credited: Serpent Algorithm, Lead
    Serpent was designed by Ross Anderson, Eli Biham, and Lars Knudsen.
  • Invented: Serpent Algorithm, Lead
    Serpent was designed by Ross Anderson, Eli Biham, and Lars Knudsen.
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