Paul Syverson is a computer scientist best known for inventing onion routing, a feature of the Tor anonymity network.[1][2]
Paul Syverson | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Invention of onion routing |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Indiana University |
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| Discipline | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Center for High Assurance Computer Systems, US Naval Research Laboratory |
| Main interests | Traffic-secure communications |
In 2012, Foreign Policy magazine named Syverson, and Tor's co-creators Roger Dingledine and Nick Mathewson, among its Top 100 Global Thinkers "for making the web safe for whistleblowers".[3]
In 2014, Syverson was named a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ A Model of Onion Routing with Provable Anonymity. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-77366-5_9. Retrieved 2020-03-01 – via SpringerLink.
- ^ "Almost Everyone Involved in Developing Tor was (or is) Funded by the US Government". Pando. 2014-07-16. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
- ^ Wittmeyer, Alicia P.Q. (26 November 2012). "The FP Top 100 Global Thinkers". Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on 30 November 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
- ^ McKinney, Donna (19 February 2015). "NRL's Paul Syverson Named Fellow by Association for Computing Machinery". US Naval Research Laboratory. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ "Paul Syverson". ACM Awards. Association for Computing Machinery.