Lenore Blum

Lenore Blum
Lenore Blum
	Blum in 1998
Born	Lenore Carol Epstein; December 18, 1942; New York City, U.S.
Alma mater	Simmons College (BS); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD);
Known for	Blum Blum Shub pseudorandom number generator; Blum–Shub–Smale machine;
Spouse	Manuel Blum
Children	Avrim Blum
Awards	AAAS Fellow (1979); Noether Lecture (2002); PAESMEM (2005);
	Scientific career
Fields	Computer science
Thesis	Generalized Algebraic Theories: A Model Theoretic Approach (1968)
Doctoral advisor	Gerald Sacks
Doctoral students	Carol Frieze

Lenore Carol Blum (née Epstein; born December 18, 1942) is an American computer scientist and mathematician who has made contributions to the theories of real number computation, cryptography, and pseudorandom number generation. She was a distinguished career professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University until 2019 and is currently a professor in residence at the University of California, Berkeley. She is also known for her efforts to increase diversity in mathematics and computer science.