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Andrew Yao Created 2026-10-31 Updated 2026-11-05
Andrew Yao is a computer scientist whose work spans analysis of algorithms, computational complexity theory, cryptography and quantum computing. His training included doctorates in both physics and computer science.[ref]
With Danny Dolev, he developed formal models for the security of cryptographic protocols using public-key cryptography. Their Dolev-Yao model makes an active adversary's possible manipulations explicit while treating the underlying encryption and decryption symbolically. The resulting distinction is useful: a protocol can fail through its pattern of messages even if its encryption primitives behave as intended.[ref]
On the Security of Public Key Protocols by Danny Dolev and Andrew Yao. 1981 Stanford report, abstract and introduction
Portrait of Andrew Yao
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