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(U) The Crypto-Mathematics Institute (CMI)
FROM:
CMI President
Run Date: 06/17/2004
FROM:
CMI President
(U//FOUO) The Crypto-Mathematics Institute (CMI) is the oldest of
the Learned Organizations at NSA. It was established by Lieutenant
General John A. Samford, Director, NSA, in a memorandum dated
October 1957. The CMI has been an integral part of the
mathematics community at NSA ever since its inception.
(U//FOUO) The purpose of the Institute is to promote those
aspects of mathematics which pertain to cryptology and to provide
a focal point for the NSA mathematics community in fields of
common interest. Its membership is open to anyone with an
interest in crypto-mathematics.
(U//FOUO) CMI sponsors a variety of social and scholarly events,
often in conjunction with an Agency office or the Professional
Health Program (PHP). For example, CMI and the Mathematics PHP
co-sponsored a talk on June 3, 2004 by Professor Ron Rivest, the
"R" in RSA*. Regular CMI activities include a monthly newsletter
and seminar . Annually, CMI hosts a pizza luncheon for newly
hired mathematicians and an all-day classified mathematics
conference called Mathfest . The main social event and
celebration of professional highlights is the annual awards banquet
at the end of the academic year.
(U//FOUO) The Institute bestows a variety of honors at the annual
banquet: essay contest prizes, Distinguished Memberships, CMI
President's Award, and CMI Teaching Award.
The CMI Essay Contest was established in 1959 to
recognize outstanding written contributions to the fields of
mathematics and cryptology.
The Distiguished Members form the CMI Hall of Fame,
drawn from retirees in the extended classified mathematics
community.
Since 1978, the CMI President's Award (or
mathematician of the year) has recognized Agency
personnel who are making important contributions to the
mission of the cryptologic community through the
development and application of the science of mathematical
cryptology.
The CMI Teaching Award was established in 1997 to
honor important teaching contributions to the mathematics
community.
(U//FOUO) A complete listing of CMI officers and activities appears
on the CMI internal website , (or "go cmi").
SERIES:
(U) Learned
Organizations
1. Join a Learned
Organization
2. The Crypto-Linguistic
Association (CLA)
3. The CryptoMathematics
Institute (CMI)
4. The International
Affairs Institute
*(U) Notes:
RSA = Rivest, Shamir and Adleman, as in RSA Laboratories
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without the consent of S0121 (DL sid_comms)."
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