| 词条 | Melvin Currie |
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| image_size = 150px | name = Melvin (Mel) Currie | birth_name = | birth_date = 1948 | birth_place = Pittsburgh | death_date = | death_place = | residence = | citizenship = | nationality = | ethnicity = | field = Mathematics | work_institutions = | alma_mater = Yale University | doctoral_advisor = William Fleissner | doctoral_students = | known_for = | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | prizes = | religion = | signature = | footnotes = }}Melvin "Mel" Robert Currie is an American mathematician and cryptographer. He is a former Chief of the Cryptographic Research and Design Division at the National Security Agency. His recognitions include the 2007 Crypto-Mathematics Institute's Leadership Award and the Director's Distinguished Service Medal.[1] He is the author of the 2018 popular mathematics book Mathematics: Rhyme and Reason, published jointly by the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute.[2] Early LifeCurrie is African-American. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1948. His parents separated when he was six. Currie spent the rest of his childhood living with his mother, younger brother, and maternal grandparents. [3] EducationCurrie received a BA from Yale University, where he majored in mathematics and economics. He went to graduate school at the University of Pittsburgh.[3] He received his PhD in 1983; his advisor was William Fleissner, and the title of his dissertation was A metric characterization of the irrationals via a group operation.[4] References1. ^{{cite web |title=Dr. Mel Currie, Southwestern District |url=https://civilrights.baltimorecity.gov/mel-currie |website=Baltimore City Office of Civil Rights |accessdate=29 October 2018}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Currie, Melvin}}{{US-gov-bio-stub}}{{Crypto-bio-stub}}2. ^{{cite web |title=Mathematics: Rhyme and Reason |url=https://bookstore.ams.org/mcl-22 |website=AMS Bookstore |accessdate=29 October 2018}} 3. ^1 {{cite web |title=Melvin Robert Currie |url=https://www.maa.org/programs-and-communities/outreach-initiatives/summa/summa-archival-record/melvin-robert-currie |publisher=Mathematical Association of America |accessdate=30 October 2018}} 4. ^{{mathgenealogy|id=61715}} 9 : African-American government officials|American cryptographers|National Security Agency cryptographers|20th-century American mathematicians|21st-century American mathematicians|Living people|1948 births|African-American mathematicians|University of Pittsburgh alumni |
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