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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Martin Edward Hellman papers
creator:
Hellman, Martin E.
Identifier/Call Number: SC1176
Physical Description:
3 Linear Feet
(and 265 megabytes)
Date (inclusive): 1971-2018
Date (bulk): bulk
The materials are open for research use.
Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a
digital use copy.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must
be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, California 94305-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special
Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright
owner, heir(s) or assigns. See:
http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
[identification of item], Martin Edward Hellman Papers (SC1176). Dept. of Special
Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
The materials consist of research files, subject files, publications and correspondence
documenting public key cryptography and the Beyond War project.
Martin Edward Hellman was born in New York, NY in October 1945. He received his B.E. from
New York University in 1966, and his M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1967 and
1969, all in Electrical Engineering.
Prof. Hellman was at IBM's Watson Research Center from 1968-1969 and an Assistant Professor
of Electrical Engineering at MIT from 1969-1971. Returning to Stanford in 1971, he served on
the regular faculty until becoming Professor Emeritus in 1996. He has authored over seventy
technical papers, ten US patents and a number of foreign equivalents.
Hellman is best known for his invention, with Diffie and Merkle, of public key
cryptography. In addition to many other uses, this technology forms the basis for secure
transactions on the Internet. He has also been a long-time contributor to the computer
security debate, starting with the issue of DES's key size in 1975, serving (1994-96) on the
National Research Council's Committee to Study National Cryptographic Policy, and currently
serving on Verified Voting's Board of Advisors.
Prof. Hellman also has a deep interest in the ethics of technological development. With
Prof. Anatoly Gromyko of Moscow, he co-edited Breakthrough: Emerging New Thinking, a book
published simultaneously in Russian and English in 1987 during the rapid change in
Soviet-American relations. His current project in this area, Defusing the Nuclear Threat,
has been endorsed by a number of prominent individuals including a former Director of the
National Security Agency, Stanford's President Emeritus, and two Nobel Laureates.
Existence and Location of Copies
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Computer Files series for
digital versions of select items.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Information theory.
Data Encryption Standard.
Data encryption (Computer science) -- United States.
Cryptography -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Diffie, Whitfield.
Hellman, Martin E.
Merkle, Ralph Charles.