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Public Key Encryption
Professor Len Adleman
Name : Professor Len Adleman
(Dec 31st 1945-)
Education :
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B.A. Mathematics - Yale University, 1969
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Ph.D. Computer Science - Stanford University, 1974.
Current position and accomplishments :
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Henry Salvatori Chair in Computer Science at the University of Southern
California
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Prof. Adleman is given credit as the first scientist to actually solve a
mathematical problem using DNA
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He also coined the term "computer virus" to describe the first example, which
was programmed by a student in his class in 1983.
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