Craig Gentry (computer scientist)
Craig Gentry | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1973 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Computer scientist, cryptographer |
| Known for | Fully homomorphic encryption |
| Notable work | Fully Homomorphic Encryption Using Ideal Lattices (2009) |
Craig Gentry (born 1973) is a prominent American computer scientist and currently serves as the CTO of TripleBlind. He is widely recognized for his groundbreaking work in cryptography, particularly for developing the first fully homomorphic encryption method.[1]
Education
Gentry distinguished himself early in his academic career by becoming a Putnam Fellow during his time at Duke University in 1993.[2] His doctoral thesis completed in 2009 introduced the inaugural fully homomorphic encryption scheme, a contribution that earned him the prestigious ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award.
Career
In recognition of his innovative research, Gentry was honored with the ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award in 2010. Subsequently, in 2014, he received a MacArthur Fellowship. His professional experience includes research roles at both the Algorand Foundation and IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center. Most recently, in 2022, he was co-recipient of the Gödel Prize along with Zvika Brakerski and Vinod Vaikuntanathan.
- ↑ Craig Gentry. Fully Homomorphic Encryption Using Ideal Lattices. Presented at the 41st ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing (STOC), 2009.
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