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Education
University of California Botanical Garden, University of California, Berkeley
Zodiac Sign
♑ Capricorn
Chinese Zodiac
鸡 Rooster
Name Origin
English < Old French
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Leonard Adleman: American theoretical computer scientist and professor of computer science and molecular biology at the University of Southern California.
Born in California (age 80).
7 awards including ACM Fellow.
Studied at University of California Botanical Garden.
AWARDS (7)
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ACM Fellow
WON
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Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
WON
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IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award
WON
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National Cyber Security Hall of Fame
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Biography
Leonard 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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Leonard Adleman was born in California.
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