Makoto Matsumoto (mathematician)
Makoto Matsumoto (松本眞, born February 18, 1965) is a Japanese mathematician principally known as the inventor of the Mersenne Twister,[1][2] a widely used pseudorandom number generator. He is also the author of the CryptMT stream cipher.[3]
Career
[edit]In Jan 1998, while an associate professor at Keio University,[1] he invented the Mersenne Twister along with Takuji Nishimura. Two years later, he completed his Ph.D.[4] on random number generators.
Until his retirement in Aug 2023, he was a professor at the Department of Mathematics, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University.[5]
Awards
[edit]- Kirkman Medal - 1997[6]
- IBM Japan Science Prize - 1999[7]
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science - 2008[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Matsumoto, Makoto E.; Nishimura, Takuji (January 1998). "Mersenne Twister: A 623-Dimensionally Equidistributed Uniform Pseudo-Random Number Generator". ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation. 8: 3–30. doi:10.1145/272991.272995.
- ^ ""Rebirth into another world" in the world of mathematics: A craftsman enthralled by super random numbers". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 2 June 2020. Retrieved 2023-06-11.
- ^ New Stream Cipher Designs - The eSTREAM Finalists. Springer. Jan 2008. pp. 7–19. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-68351-3_2.
- ^ "Random number generators by M-sequences with high-dimensional equidistribution property,and their dynamic creation". CiNii Dissertations. University of Tokyo. 2000-03-16. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
- ^ "Members of Mathematics Department". Hiroshima University. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
- ^ "ICA Medals". Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
- ^ "IBM 科学の扉ー日本IBM科学賞ー歴代受賞者一覧 - Japan". Archived from the original on May 17, 2006.
- ^ "Chugoku News: Exploring 'Science' at Hiroshima University Graduate School of Science: High-Performance Random Number Program" (PDF). Chugoku Shinbun. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2022-01-20. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
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