| Roger Needham | |
 Roger Needham in 1999 | |
| Born | 9 February 1935 |
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| Died | 1 March 2003 (aged 68) Willingham, Cambridgeshire |
| Residence | United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Fields | Computer science |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge, Microsoft |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Known for | BAN logic, TEA and XTEA encryption algorithms |
| Notable awards | Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
Notes Wife: Karen Spärck Jones | |
Roger Michael Needham CBE FREng FRS (9 February 1935 – 1 March 2003) was a British computer scientist. Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Alma mater is Latin for "nourishing mother" It was used in Ancient Rome as a title for the mother Goddess, and in Medieval Karen Spärck Jones FBA ( 26 August 1935 – 4 April 2007) was a British computer scientist The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. History Founded in 1976, the Academy was initially known as the Fellowship of Engineering. The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge, known simply as The Royal Society, is a Learned society for science that was founded in 1660 Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A computer scientist is a person that has acquired knowledge of Computer science, the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their application
Needham began his undergraduate studies at the University of Cambridge in 1953, graduating with a B. The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University) located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the A. in 1956 in mathematics and philosophy. His Ph.D. thesis was on applications of digital computers to the automatic classification and retrieval of documents. "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. A computer is a Machine that manipulates data according to a list of instructions. He worked on a variety of key computing projects in security, operating systems, computer architecture (capability systems) and local area networks. This article describes how security can be achieved through design and engineering An operating system (commonly abbreviated OS and O/S) is the software component of a Computer system that is responsible for the management and coordination In Computer engineering, computer architecture is the conceptual design and fundamental operational structure of a Computer system
Among his theoretical contributions is the development of the Burrows-Abadi-Needham logic for authentication, generally known as the BAN logic. Burrows-Abadi-Needham logic (also known as the BAN logic) is a set of rules for defining and analyzing information exchange protocols Authentication (from Greek αυθεντικός real or genuine from authentes author is the act of establishing or confirming something (or someone as Burrows-Abadi-Needham logic (also known as the BAN logic) is a set of rules for defining and analyzing information exchange protocols His Needham-Schroeder (coinvented with Michael Schroeder) security protocol forms the basis of the Kerberos authentication and key exchange system. The term Needham-Schroeder protocol can refer to one of two communication protocols intended for use over an insecure network both proposed by Roger Needham and A security protocol ( cryptographic protocol or encryption protocol) is an abstract or concrete protocol that performs a security -related function Kerberos is a Computer network Authentication protocol, which allows individuals communicating over a non-secure network to prove their identity to one Authentication (from Greek αυθεντικός real or genuine from authentes author is the act of establishing or confirming something (or someone as Key exchange is any method in Cryptography by which cryptographic keys are exchanged between users allowing use of a cryptographic Algorithm. He also codesigned the TEA and XTEA encryption algorithms. In Cryptography, the Tiny Encryption Algorithm (TEA is a Block cipher notable for its simplicity of description and Implementation (typically a few In Cryptography, XTEA ( eXtended TEA) is a Block cipher designed to correct weaknesses in TEA.
He joined Cambridge's Computer Laboratory, then called the Mathematical Laboratory, in 1962, became head of the laboratory in 1980, was made a professor in 1981 and remained with the laboratory until his retirement in 1995. The Computer Laboratory is the Computer science department of the University of Cambridge. The meaning of the word professor ( Latin: professor, person who professes to be an expert in some art or science teacher of highest rank) varies Needham then set up Microsoft's UK-based Research Laboratory in 1997. Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational Computer technology Corporation, which rose to dominate the Home computer Microsoft Research (MSR is a division of Microsoft created in 1991 for researching various Computer science topics and issues He was also one of the founding Fellows of Wolfson College, Cambridge. A fellow in the broadest sense is someone who is an equal or a comrade
Needham was elected to the Royal Society in 1985, became a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 1993 and received a CBE for his contributions to computing in 2001. The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge, known simply as The Royal Society, is a Learned society for science that was founded in 1660 History Founded in 1976, the Academy was initially known as the Fellowship of Engineering. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. Computing is usually defined like the activity of using and developing Computer technology Computer hardware and software. He also was a longtime and respected member of the International Association for Cryptologic Research and the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Security and Privacy. The International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR is a non-profit scientific organization whose purpose is to further research in Cryptology and related fields IEEE Computer Society is an organizational unit of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE He was made a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery in 1994. The Association for Computing Machinery, or ACM, was founded in 1947 as the world's first scientific and educational Computing society [1] Needham was married to Karen Spärck Jones. Karen Spärck Jones FBA ( 26 August 1935 – 4 April 2007) was a British computer scientist
Needham died of cancer in March 2003 at his home in Willingham, Cambridgeshire. Willingham is a medium to large Village in Cambridgeshire, England. The British Computer Society, in 2004, established an annual Roger Needham Lecture in his honour. The British Computer Society ( BCS) is a professional body that represents those working in Information Technology.
See also
- Maurice Wilkes (colleague)
- David Wheeler (colleague)
External links
- Information about Roger Needham provided by his wife
- Obit: Roger Needham, The Register, March 2, 2003
- Roger Needham Dies, Business Weekly, March 3, 2003
- Roger Needham, Computer Security Expert, Dies at 68, The New York Times, March 6, 2003
- Microsoft's Needham dies from cancer, The Seattle Times, March 6, 2003
- Speech presenting Needham with an honorary degree, Loughborough University, July 13, 2001
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Needham, Roger |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Computer scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 1, 2003 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Willingham, Cambridgeshire |
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