The Genius of Shafrira Goldwasser

We must tip our hat to the great minds of the 1980s and 1990s who build a strong foundation of security, including Ron Rivest, Ralph Merkle, Adi Shamir and Whitfield Diffie. But there are many others who had a long-term commitment to areas of privacy and public key encryption. This includes Shafrira “Shafi” Goldwasser. Over her career Shafrira was awarded many prizes, including, in 2012, the Turing Award, and, in 2019, an Honorary…