Media Alert
CoreStreet Founder Wins RSA Conference Award For Mathematics
Silvio Micali Honored for his Continuing Contribution to the Field of Cryptography
CAMBRIDGE, MA (February 17, 2004)
Dr. Silvio Micali, co-founder and Chief Scientist of CoreStreet, Ltd., a leading provider of validation solutions for identity management and access control, will receive the RSA Conference Award for Mathematics on February 24th at the RSA Conference in San Francisco. Micali pioneered the modern theory of pseudo-random generation cryptography and secure protocols. He is the inventor of CoreStreet’s 14-patent core technology.
“It’s an honor to be recognized by my peers with such a prestigious award,” said Micali. “RSA Laboratories has done some wonderful work in the area of security over the years and they are truly experts in the field.”
Micali is a professor of computer science at MIT and a world leader in cryptography. He is a member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the recipient of the Goedel Prize, the highest award in theoretical computer science, which recognized his seminal invention of zero-knowledge and interactive proofs. In addition to his academic work, Micali is also a co-founder of Peppercoin, a micropayments company that enables profitable new business models for low-priced digital content and physical goods.
The RSA Conference Award for Mathematics will be presented by Dr. Burt Kalski, Chief Scientist of RSA Laboratories during the opening keynote address at 8am on Tuesday, February 24th in the San Francisco Moscone Center.
About CoreStreet
CoreStreet is the only provider of massively scalable validation products for identity management and access control. With CoreStreet’s Real Time Credentials™, organizations can control physical and logical access to buildings, computer networks, applications and devices.
Real Time Credentials solutions can be deployed anywhere in the world - in connected and disconnected environments - without having to set up costly and vulnerable infrastructure. CoreStreet’s products are designed to secure large, mission-critical applications for military, civilian government, financial services and healthcare customers. The company, headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., holds 14 patents with more pending. For more information, visit www.corestreet.com.
CoreStreet and Real Time Credentials are trademarks of CoreStreet Ltd.
