Marek Grajek
Marek Grajek is a Polish cryptologist , historian and author . His research areas, the application of part of cryptology in the financial industry , such as the Bitcoin - mining (mining of digital cash), as well as the history of cryptography .
After studying law at the University of Warsaw , he did his doctorate at the Warsaw School of Economics SGPiS (today Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie SGH ). He is the author of several books, such as the cryptanalysis of the Lorenz machine and the deciphering of the Enigma machine , as well as other publications on this subject, for example in the English-language specialist journal Cryptologia . He was one of the initiators of the cryptologist monument erected in front of the residential palace in Poznan in 2007 , which was erected there in honor of the three Polish cryptanalysts Marian Rejewski (1905–1980), Jerzy Różycki (1909–1942) and Henryk Zygalski (1908–1978) as well as their performance in breaking the German rotor cipher machine Enigma was built.
Marek Grajek was a member of the organizing committee of HistoCrypt , an international conference on the history of cryptology that was held for the first time in 2018 in the Swedish city of Uppsala .
Fonts
- An Inventory of Early Inter-Allied Enigma Cooperation. HistoCrypt 2018 (English), pp. 89–94, PDF , accessed on February 8, 2019.
- Never tylko Enigma - Ryba, która przemówiła. German "Not only Enigma - The fish that spoke" , 2013 (Polish), ISBN 83-01-17373-4
- Enigma - Bliżej prawdy. German “Enigma - Closer to the Truth” , Rebis 2010 (Polish), ISBN 83-7510-103-6
- Monument in Memoriam of Marian Rejewski, Jerzy Różycki and Henryk Zygalski Unveiled in Poznań. Cryptologia (English), 32: 2, 2008, pp. 101-103, doi: 10.1080 / 01611190801916634
Web links
- Photo with one of his books and an Enigma machine, accessed February 8, 2019.
- Marek Grajek: Enigma Relay Story (English; German about “The story of the Enigma relay ” ), accessed on February 8, 2019.
- Marek Grajek: The Vanguard of Mathematicians in Cryptology ( German "The avant-garde of mathematicians in cryptology" ). Polish Mathematical Society PTM (Polskie Towarzystwo Matematyczne) , PDF; 590 kB . Translated from Polish by Marcin Wietecki (English), accessed on February 8, 2019.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nicolas T. Courtois, Marek Grajek, Rahul Naik: The Unreasonable Fundamental Incertitudes Behind Bitcoin Mining , accessed on February 8, 2019.
- ↑ Marek Grajek: Monument in Memoriam of Marian Rejewski, Jerzy Różycki and Henryk Zygalski Unveiled in Poznań , Cryptologia , 32: 2, 2008, p 103, doi: 10.1080 / 01611190801916634
- ↑ HistoCrypt 2018: International Conference on Historical Cryptology (English), accessed on February 11, 2019.
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| SURNAME | Grajek, Marek |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish cryptologist, historian and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |