Mathematician:Robert James McEliece

Mathematician
American mathematician and engineering professor best known for his work in information theory.

Nationality
American

History

 * Born: 1942
 * 1964: B.S. at Caltech
 * 1967: Ph.D. at Caltech

Theorems and Definitions

 * McEliece Cryptosystem
 * McEliece's Theorem

Publications

 * 1978: A Public-Key Cryptosystem Based On Algebraic Coding Theory