Michael Fischer
Professor of Computer Science
Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science
Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science
Elected to the Academy in 2022
Education
University of Michigan, 1963, BS, Mathematics; Harvard University, 1965, MA, Applied Mathematics and 1968, Phd, Applied Mathematics
Professional Area
Theoretical computer science; Distributed computing; Cryptography; Privacy of sensitive information; Computer security; Object-oriented programming
Citation
Internationally recognized for contributions to theory and practice of distributed computing and cryptography; for assisting the state of Connecticut in acquiring voter-verified optical scan voting equipment; and for teaching humility to students entrusted with the power of digital technology.