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Ralph Merkle was born on 2 February, 1952 in Berkeley, California, US, is an American cryptographer. Discover Ralph Merkle's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?

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Age 72 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 2 February 1952
Birthday 2 February
Birthplace Berkeley, California, US
Nationality United States

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1952

Ralph C. Merkle (born February 2, 1952) is an American computer scientist and mathematician.

He is one of the inventors of public-key cryptography, the inventor of cryptographic hashing, and more recently a researcher and speaker on cryonics.

Merkle is a renowned cryptographer, known for devising Merkle's Puzzles, co-inventing the Merkle–Hellman knapsack cryptosystem, and inventing cryptographic hashing (Merkle–Damgård construction) and Merkle trees.

He has worked as a manager at Elxsi, research scientist at Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center), and a nanotechnology theorist at Zyvex.

Merkle has held positions as a Distinguished Professor at Georgia Tech, senior research fellow at IMM, faculty member at Singularity University, and board member at Alcor Life Extension Foundation.

1980

Merkle was the manager of compiler development at Elxsi from 1980.

1982

Merkle is married to Carol Shaw, the video game designer best known for the 1982 Atari 2600 game, River Raid.

Merkle is on the board of directors of the cryonics organization Alcor Life Extension Foundation.

Merkle appears in the science fiction novel The Diamond Age, involving nanotechnology.

1988

In 1988, he became a research scientist at Xerox PARC.

1999

In 1999 he became a nanotechnology theorist for Zyvex.

2003

In 2003 he became a Distinguished Professor at Georgia Tech, where he led the Georgia Tech Information Security Center.

2006

In 2006 he returned to the San Francisco Bay Area, where he has been a senior research fellow at IMM, a faculty member at Singularity University, and a board member of the Alcor Life Extension Foundation.

2010

He received the IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal in 2010 and has published works on molecular manipulation and self-replicating machines.

Ralph Merkle is a grandnephew of baseball star Fred Merkle and is married to video game designer Carol Shaw.

He serves on the board of directors of the cryonics organization Alcor Life Extension Foundation and appears in the science fiction novel The Diamond Age.

While an undergraduate, Merkle devised Merkle's Puzzles, a scheme for communication over an insecure channel, as part of a class project.

The scheme is now recognized to be an early example of public key cryptography.

He co-invented the Merkle–Hellman knapsack cryptosystem, invented cryptographic hashing (now called the Merkle–Damgård construction based on a pair of articles published 10 years later that established the security of the scheme), and invented Merkle trees.

The Merkle–Damgård construction is at the heart of many hashing algorithms.

While at Xerox PARC, Merkle designed the Khufu and Khafre block ciphers, and the Snefru hash function.

He was awarded the IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal in 2010.

He is active in the field of molecular manipulation and self-replicating machines and has published books on the subject.

Ralph Merkle is a grandnephew of baseball star Fred Merkle; son of Theodore Charles Merkle, director of Project Pluto; and brother of Judith Merkle Riley, a historical writer.