Roger Needham
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Roger Michael Needham CBE FRS FREng (9 February 1935 – 1 March 2003)[3] was a British computer scientist.[4][5][6]
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Roger Needham | |
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Born | (1935-02-09)9 February 1935 Sheffield, England, UK |
Died | 1 March 2003(2003-03-01) (aged 68) Willingham, Cambridgeshire, England, UK |
Nationality | British |
Education | Doncaster Grammar School for Boys |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge (BA, PhD) |
Known for | Needham–Schroeder protocol BAN logic Tiny Encryption Algorithm XTEA |
Spouse | |
Awards | Faraday Medal (1998) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Computer science |
Institutions | University of Cambridge Microsoft |
Thesis | The application of digital computers to problems of classification and grouping (1962) |
Doctoral advisor | David Wheeler[1] |
Doctoral students | |
Website | www |
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