University of Southern California
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Leonard AdlemanHenry Salvatori Distinguished Chair in Computer Science and Professor of Computer Science and Biological SciencesContact Information Phone: (213) 740-6490 Office: ACB 529 LINKS Faculty Profile on Departmental Website |
Education |
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 Ph.D. Computer Science, University of California at Berkeley, 1/1976
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B.S. Mathematics, University of California at Berkeley, 1/1968
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Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History |
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Henry Salvatori Professor, University of Southern California, 01/01/1985-
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Professor, University of Southern California, 01/01/1983-01/01/1985
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Associate Professor, University of Southern California, 01/01/1980-01/01/1983
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Description of Research |
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Summary Statement of Research Interests |
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| Professor Adleman's research interests include algorithms, computational complexity, computer viruses, cryptography, DNA computing, immunology, molecular biology, number theory and quantum computing. | |
Honors and Awards |
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American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow, 2006-
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National Academy of Sciences, 2006-
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Recipient of National or International Prize in Discipline, A.M. Turing Award in Computer Science, 2003
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IEEE Kobayashi Award for Computers and Communications (Joint with Rivest and Shamir), 2000
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RSA Chair created at MIT in honor of inventors of RSA Cryptosystem. (First holder: Professor Shafi Goildwasser - Dept. of Computer Science, MIT), 1997
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USC Associates Award For Creativity In Research And Scholarship, 1996
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ACM Paris Kanallakis Award for Theory and Practice. For work on Public-Key-Cryptography (joint with Diffie, Hellman, Merkle, Rivest and Shamir)., 1996
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Elected to the National Academy of Engineering, 1996
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Alexander von Humbolt Fellowship Recipient, Distinguished Alumnus Award, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1995
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Senior Research Award, University of Southern California, School of Engineering, 1991
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Best paper award of the IEEE Group on Information Theory, 1978
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