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Vincent Rijmen

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Vincent Rijmen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈvɪnsɛnt ˈrɛimə(n)]; born 16 October 1970) is a Belgian cryptographer and one of the two designers of the Rijndael, the Advanced Encryption Standard. Rijmen is also the co-designer of the WHIRLPOOL cryptographic hash function, and the block ciphers Anubis, KHAZAD, Square, NOEKEON and SHARK. In 1993, Rijmen obtained a degree in electronics engineering at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Afterwards, he was a PhD student at the ESAT/COSIC lab of the K.U.Leuven. In 1997, Rijmen finished his doctoral dissertation titled Cryptanalysis and design of iterated block ciphers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 14 different languages on Wikipedia. Vincent Rijmen is the 225th most popular computer scientist, the 957th most popular biography from Belgium and the most popular Belgian Computer Scientist.

Vincent Rijmen is a Belgian cryptographer best known for his contributions to the field of cryptography, particularly as one of the co-designers of the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) algorithm. His work has significantly influenced modern encryption techniques and secure communications.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Vincent Rijmen ranks 225 out of 245. Before him are Eric Allman, Nancy Lynch, Douglas Crockford, Steve Wilhite, Werner Koch, and Gottfrid Svartholm. After him are John Ousterhout, Tron, David Jones, Daniel Domscheit-Berg, Shawn Fanning, and Mihalis Yannakakis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Vincent Rijmen ranks 763. Before him are Irv Gotti, Jenny Saville, Harini Amarasuriya, Shinsuke Shiotani, David Adams, and Karoline Krüger. After him are Rene Liu, Chris Cunningham, Nenad Pralija, Anna Bågenholm, Tímea Nagy, and Sohail Khan.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Vincent Rijmen ranks 957 out of 1,190. Before him are Johan Vansummeren (1981), Barbara Dex (1974), Dirk Medved (1968), Dedryck Boyata (1990), Steve Darcis (1984), and Bernd Thijs (1978). After him are Walter Baseggio (1978), Tim Wellens (1991), Sammy Bossut (1985), Prince Gabriel of Belgium (2003), Charly Musonda (1996), and Stijn Devolder (1979).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Belgium

Among computer scientists born in Belgium, Vincent Rijmen ranks 1. 

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