Roger Needham
Roger Michael Needham ( CBE FREng FRS ) (born February 9, 1935 - March 1, 2003 in Willingham , Cambridgeshire ) was a British computer scientist .
Among his theoretical contributions is the development of the Burrows-Abadi-Needham logic for authentication . Together with Michael D. Schroeder , he developed the Needham-Schroeder protocol , which is the basis for authentication and key exchange with Kerberos . He was also involved in the development of the Tiny Encryption Algorithm (TEA) and the extended TEA , both algorithms for block encryption .
In 1962 Needham began working for the Computer Laboratory , which was then called the Mathematical Laboratory. In 1980 he became head of the Laboratory, in 1981 he became a professor and stayed with the laboratory until his retirement in 1995. Needham founded Microsoft's UK research center in 1997 . He is also a founding member of Wolfson College , Cambridge.
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| SURNAME | Needham, Roger |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Needham, Roger Michael (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British computer scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1935 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 1, 2003 |
| Place of death | Willingham |