Ronald Rivest

Institute Professor Emeritus; Professor Emeritus of Computer Science and Engineering, [CS]

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April 12, 2023

Yael Tauman Kalai awarded the 2022 ACM Prize in Computing

The prize recognizes early-to-mid-career computer scientists who have made key research contributions to the field, such as Kalai’s influence on modern cryptographic practices.

February 22, 2023

Hari Balakrishnan Awarded Marconi Prize

The prize is the top honor within the field of communications technology.

May 31, 2022

Joel Moses, Institute Professor Emeritus and computer science trailblazer, dies at 80

Known as a visionary who brought together faculty from across MIT, Moses pioneered an influential symbolic mathematics program and held many top leadership posts.

February 4, 2022

The Millionth Algorithm: the runaway success of a foundational textbook

Charles E. Leiserson, the Edwin Sibley Webster Professor within the Department of EECS, recently received some tremendous news: Introduction to Algorithms, the textbook Leiserson coauthored with Tom Cormen,...

February 4, 2022

Anatomy of a bestseller: Tom Cormen on keeping “Introduction to Algorithms” current

Tom Cormen, Emeritus Professor of Computer Science at Dartmouth College, is one of the co-authors of Introduction to Algorithms, the influential textbook now in its fourth edition. A...