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| Name |
Adleman, Leonard M. |
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University of Southern California |
| Primary Field
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Computer and Information Sciences |
| Secondary Field
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Mathematics |
 Election Citation
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Adleman is best known for two major accomplishments: his seminal 1994 experiment with DNA in the field of molecular computation, and the RSA (Rivest, Shamir, and Adleman) Public-Key Cryptosystem, for which he and his colleagues received the Turing award. |
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Research Interests
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My deepest devotion is to mathematics. I have published in number theory, complexity theory and symbolic logic, but my interest in the topic is universal. I have on occasion applied mathematical ideas to practical problems such as cryptography. I have also been interested in taking a mathematical approach to the physical and biological sciences, as for example when investigating the potential of DNA as a computational substrate. It is my belief that after generations of specialization in the sciences, it is once again possible to be a generalist; a scientist who understands mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology and who can traffic in the best concepts of all of these fields. |
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