Conjugate coding
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Conjugate coding is a cryptographic tool, introduced by Stephen Wiesner
in the sixties. Because its publication has been surprisingly rejected, it was developed to the world of public-key cryptography in the eighties as Oblivious Transfer
, first by Rabin
and then by Even
.
It is used in the field of Quantum Computing.
Stephen Wiesner
Stephen J. Wiesner is a research physicist currently living in Israel. As a graduate student at Columbia University in New York in the late 1960s and early 1970s, he discovered several of the most important ideas in quantum information theory, including quantum money , quantum multiplexing...
in the sixties. Because its publication has been surprisingly rejected, it was developed to the world of public-key cryptography in the eighties as Oblivious Transfer
Oblivious transfer
In cryptography, an oblivious transfer protocol is a type of protocol in which a sender transfers one of potentially many pieces of information to a receiver, but remains oblivious as to what piece has been transferred....
, first by Rabin
Michael O. Rabin
Michael Oser Rabin , is an Israeli computer scientist and a recipient of the Turing Award.- Biography :Rabin was born in 1931 in Breslau, Germany, , the son of a rabbi. In 1935, he emigrated with his family to Mandate Palestine...
and then by Even
Shimon Even
Shimon Even was an Israeli computer science researcher. His main topics of interest included algorithms, graph theory and cryptography. He was a member of the Computer Science Department at the Technion since 1974...
.
It is used in the field of Quantum Computing.