Ivan Damgård
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Ivan Damgård is a Danish cryptographer renowned for foundational contributions to modern cryptography, including work on hash function design and secure multiparty computation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ivan Damgård canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4381651 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ivan Damgård Context triple: [Merkle–Damgård construction, independentlyProposedBy, Ivan Damgård]
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A.
Lars Knudsen
Lars Knudsen is a Danish-born film producer known for his work on acclaimed independent and art-house films, including the horror drama "Midsommar."
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B.
Mihir Bellare
Mihir Bellare is a prominent computer scientist and cryptographer known for his foundational work in modern cryptographic theory and practice.
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C.
Phillip Rogaway
Phillip Rogaway is a prominent cryptographer known for his influential work on the theory and practice of encryption and for advocating the ethical and social responsibilities of cryptography.
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D.
Daniele Micciancio
Daniele Micciancio is a computer scientist known for his influential work in lattice-based cryptography and computational complexity.
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E.
Eli Biham
Eli Biham is an Israeli cryptographer known for his pioneering work in differential cryptanalysis and contributions to modern cryptographic research.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ivan Damgård Target entity description: Ivan Damgård is a Danish cryptographer renowned for foundational contributions to modern cryptography, including work on hash function design and secure multiparty computation.
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A.
Lars Knudsen
Lars Knudsen is a Danish-born film producer known for his work on acclaimed independent and art-house films, including the horror drama "Midsommar."
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B.
Mihir Bellare
Mihir Bellare is a prominent computer scientist and cryptographer known for his foundational work in modern cryptographic theory and practice.
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C.
Phillip Rogaway
Phillip Rogaway is a prominent cryptographer known for his influential work on the theory and practice of encryption and for advocating the ethical and social responsibilities of cryptography.
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D.
Daniele Micciancio
Daniele Micciancio is a computer scientist known for his influential work in lattice-based cryptography and computational complexity.
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E.
Eli Biham
Eli Biham is an Israeli cryptographer known for his pioneering work in differential cryptanalysis and contributions to modern cryptographic research.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer scientist
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cryptographer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| almaMater | Aarhus University ⓘ |
| coauthor |
Claudio Orlandi
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Jesper Buus Nielsen ⓘ Mads Jurik ⓘ Ronald Cramer ⓘ
linked to:
John Kelsey
Tal Rabin ⓘ Yuval Ishai ⓘ |
| countryOfWork | Denmark ⓘ |
| employer | Aarhus University ⓘ |
| familyName |
Damgård
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linked to:
Mogensen
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| field |
cryptography
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theoretical computer science ⓘ |
| givenName | Ivan ⓘ |
| hasContribution |
construction of efficient secure multiparty computation protocols
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design and analysis of collision-resistant hash functions ⓘ development of homomorphic encryption-based schemes ⓘ foundational work on composability in cryptographic protocols ⓘ improvements to verifiable secret sharing schemes ⓘ protocols for maliciously secure multiparty computation ⓘ |
| influencedField |
applied cryptography
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cryptographic protocol design ⓘ privacy-preserving computation ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Damgård–Jurik cryptosystem
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Damgård–Nielsen multiparty computation protocols ⓘ foundational contributions to modern cryptography ⓘ hash function design ⓘ secure multiparty computation ⓘ work on commitment schemes ⓘ work on universally composable security ⓘ work on verifiable secret sharing ⓘ work on zero-knowledge proofs ⓘ |
| name | Ivan Damgård ⓘ |
| nationality | Danish ⓘ |
| occupation | professor ⓘ |
| researchArea |
complexity-theoretic cryptography
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cryptographic hash functions ⓘ cryptographic protocols ⓘ multiparty computation ⓘ public-key cryptography ⓘ secure computation ⓘ |
| workInstitution | Department of Computer Science, Aarhus University ⓘ |
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Referenced by (5)
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