Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman win Turing award

Q.  Who has/have won the Turing Awards 2016?
- Published on 03 Mar 16

a. Whitfield Diffie
b. Martin Hellman
c. Both of the above
d. None of the above

ANSWER: Both of the above
 
The Turing award institutionalised in 1960s is considered the Oscar of computer science and technology. Diffie and Hellman won the award for their famous Diffie-Helman public-key exchange protocol. Award carries cash prize of USD 1 million and is considered the Nobel prize for the computer science world.

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