Birth Name:

Ralph Merkle

Male

Birth Date:

Sat, Feb 02, 1952

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Berkeley, California, United States

Age:

72

Zodiac Sign:

Aquarius

Astrology Data:

Sun

12°

Aqu

56'

About Ralph Merkle

Ralph C. Merkle (born February 2, 1952) is a computer scientist. He is one of the inventors of public key cryptography, the inventor of cryptographic hashing, and more recently a researcher and speaker on cryonics.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Ralph Merkle's personal website

• Oral history interview with Martin Hellman – from 2004, Palo Alto, California. Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Hellman describes his invention of public key cryptography with collaborators Whitfield Diffie and Ralph Merkle at Stanford University in the mid-1970s. He also relates his subsequent work in cryptography with Steve Pohlig (the Pohlig–Hellman system) and others.

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Ralph Merkle: Sun 12 Aquarius, Moon 12 Taurus, Mercury 29 Capricorn, Venus 7 Capricorn, Mars 6 Scorpio, Jupiter 10 Aries, Saturn 14 Libra, Uranus 10 Cancer, Neptune 21 Libra, Pluto 20 Leo, Sun Quincunx Uranus, Sun Sextile Jupiter, Sun Trine Saturn, Venus Sextile Mars, Venus Square Jupiter, Venus Opposition Uranus, Venus Sesquiquadrate Pluto, Mars Trine Uranus, Jupiter Opposition Saturn, Jupiter Square Uranus, Saturn Square Uranus, Saturn Conjunct Neptune, Neptune Sextile Pluto

Categories related to Ralph Merkle: Living people, 1952 births, February 2 births, Modern cryptographers, Scientists at PARC (company), Computer security academics, American people of Swiss descent, 20th-century American inventors, American cryptographers, Cryonicists, Nanotechnologists, Georgia Tech faculty, International Association for Cryptologic Research fellows

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