Martin Hellman selected as 2020 ACM Fellow
His citation reads, "For the invention of asymmetric public-key cryptography and the promulgation of a practical cryptographic key-exchange method.”
Congratulations to Professor Emeritus Martin Hellman. He has been selected as a 2020 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Fellow.
The ACM Fellows program recognizes the top 1% of ACM Members for their outstanding accomplishments in computing and information technology and/or outstanding service to ACM and the larger computing community. Fellows are nominated by their peers, with nominations reviewed by a distinguished selection committee.
"This year our task in selecting the 2020 Fellows was a little more challenging, as we had a record number of nominations from around the world," explained ACM President Gabriele Kotsis. "The 2020 ACM Fellows have demonstrated excellence across many disciplines of computing. These men and women have made pivotal contributions to technologies that are transforming whole industries, as well as our personal lives. We fully expect that these new ACM Fellows will continue in the vanguard in their respective fields."
Excerpted from ACM.org's "2020 ACM Fellows Recognized for Work that Underpins Today's Computing Innovations".
Please join us in congratulating Marty for this well-deserved recognition.