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Silvio Micali

1954 - Today

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Silvio Micali (born October 13, 1954) is an Italian computer scientist, professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the founder of Algorand, a proof-of-stake blockchain cryptocurrency protocol. Micali's research at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory centers on cryptography and information security. In 2012, he received the Turing Award for his work in cryptography. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Silvio Micali is the 161st most popular computer scientist (down from 139th in 2019), the 4,024th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,816th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Silvio Micali ranks 161 out of 245. Before him are Hal Abelson, Kent Beck, Elizabeth J. Feinler, Annie Easley, Kathleen Booth, and Needleman–Wunsch algorithm. After him are Henriette Avram, Liu Gang, Yoshua Bengio, James H. Clark, Leslie Valiant, and Brewster Kahle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Silvio Micali ranks 472. Before him are Dominique Bathenay, Irina Levitina, Andrzej Sekuła, Lou Pearlman, Yuji Horii, and José Diego. After him are Gerónimo Barbadillo, Yuji Takada, Verner Lička, Raymond T. Odierno, Adrie Koster, and Donald Gibb.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Silvio Micali ranks 4,025 out of 5,161. Before him are Matteo Garrone (1968), Goffredo Parise (1929), Romano Bonagura (1930), Antonio Maspes (1932), Saul Malatrasi (1938), and Roberto Fiore (1959). After him are Maurizio Damilano (1957), Chiara Ferragni (1987), Gelindo Bordin (1959), Luciano Ligabue (1960), Anna Maria Alberghetti (1936), and Ivano Blason (1923).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Italy

Among computer scientists born in Italy, Silvio Micali ranks 2. Before him are Robert Fano (1917).

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