Ueli Maurer
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Ueli Maurer is a Swiss mathematician and computer scientist renowned for his contributions to cryptography and information security.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ueli Maurer canonical | 3 |
| Ueli | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T130476 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ueli Maurer Context triple: [University of Zurich, hasNotableAlumnus, Ueli Maurer]
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A.
Lutz Zülicke
Lutz Zülicke is a German physicist and academic best known for supervising Angela Merkel’s doctoral research in quantum chemistry.
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B.
Hans Mayer
Hans Mayer was an Austrian economist of the Austrian School, known for his work on value theory and as a prominent academic in early 20th-century Vienna.
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C.
Josef Bühler
Josef Bühler was a high-ranking Nazi official and lawyer who served as State Secretary in the General Government of occupied Poland and played a key role in implementing the Holocaust.
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D.
Philippe Erlanger
Philippe Erlanger was a French historian and cultural administrator best known for initiating and organizing the creation of the Cannes Film Festival.
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E.
Eduard de Stoeckl
Eduard de Stoeckl was a 19th-century Russian diplomat best known for representing the Russian Empire in Washington and arranging the sale of Alaska to the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ueli Maurer Target entity description: Ueli Maurer is a Swiss mathematician and computer scientist renowned for his contributions to cryptography and information security.
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A.
Lutz Zülicke
Lutz Zülicke is a German physicist and academic best known for supervising Angela Merkel’s doctoral research in quantum chemistry.
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B.
Hans Mayer
Hans Mayer was an Austrian economist of the Austrian School, known for his work on value theory and as a prominent academic in early 20th-century Vienna.
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C.
Josef Bühler
Josef Bühler was a high-ranking Nazi official and lawyer who served as State Secretary in the General Government of occupied Poland and played a key role in implementing the Holocaust.
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D.
Philippe Erlanger
Philippe Erlanger was a French historian and cultural administrator best known for initiating and organizing the creation of the Cannes Film Festival.
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E.
Eduard de Stoeckl
Eduard de Stoeckl was a 19th-century Russian diplomat best known for representing the Russian Empire in Washington and arranging the sale of Alaska to the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer scientist
ⓘ
cryptographer ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
computer science
ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ |
| affiliation | International Association for Cryptologic Research ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
IACR Fellowship
ⓘ
IEEE Fellowship ⓘ
linked to:
IEEE Fellow
RSA Award for Excellence in Mathematics ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Switzerland ⓘ |
| educatedAt | ETH Zurich ⓘ |
| employer | ETH Zurich ⓘ |
| familyName | Maurer ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cryptography
ⓘ
discrete mathematics ⓘ information security ⓘ information theory ⓘ theoretical computer science ⓘ |
| givenName |
Ueli
ⓘ
linked to:
Ulrich
|
| hasAcademicAdvisor | Ernst Specker ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contributions to information security
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contributions to modern cryptography ⓘ information-theoretic models of security ⓘ rigorous security proofs for cryptographic schemes ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
German ⓘ |
| memberOf |
ETH Zurich Department of Computer Science
ⓘ
linked to:
ETH Zurich
|
| name | Ueli Maurer ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
Daniele Micciancio
ⓘ
Mihir Bellare ⓘ |
| notableWork |
cryptographic protocol design
ⓘ
foundations of modern cryptography ⓘ
linked to:
foundations of cryptography
information-theoretic cryptography ⓘ
linked to:
Communication Theory of Secrecy Systems
key agreement protocols ⓘ provable security in cryptography ⓘ secure multi-party computation contributions ⓘ universal composability framework contributions ⓘ |
| occupation |
researcher
ⓘ
university professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of computer science at ETH Zurich ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
block ciphers and hash functions
ⓘ
cryptographic protocols ⓘ foundations of cryptography ⓘ information-theoretic security ⓘ key management ⓘ provable security ⓘ public-key cryptography ⓘ secure communication protocols ⓘ |
| workInstitution | ETH Zurich ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ueli Maurer Description of subject: Ueli Maurer is a Swiss mathematician and computer scientist renowned for his contributions to cryptography and information security.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.