About Nikita Borisov
Born 1977. Nikita Borisov is a Russian cryptographer, engineer, computer scientist, professor and UIUC, known for Off-the-Record Messaging.
Nikita Borisov is a cryptographer and computer security researcher, currently a professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His notable work includes one of the first cryptanalyses of the WEP wireless encryption protocol together with Ian Goldberg and David Wagner, and the design of the Off-the-Record Messaging protocol with Goldberg.
Borisov received a B. Math in computer science and pure math in 1997 from the University of Waterloo. He received an M.S. and a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2002 and 2005, respectively.
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Who is Nikita Borisov?
cryptographer
When was Nikita Borisov born?
Nikita Borisov was born on 24 December 1977 in Moscow.
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Nikita Borisov is a cryptographer, engineer, computer scientist, professor and UIUC.
What is Nikita Borisov known for?
Nikita Borisov is known for Off-the-Record Messaging.
What nationality is Nikita Borisov?
Nikita Borisov is Russian.
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