2015 IACR Fellows
![headshot of Ernie Brickell, 2015 IACR fellow](/fellows/2015/brickell.jpg)
Ernie Brickell
For founding the Journal of Cryptology, for industrial implementations supporting privacy, and for contributions to secret sharing, attestation, and the cryptanalysis of knapsack-based cryptosystems.
![headshot of Joe Kilian, 2015 IACR fellow](/fellows/2015/kilian.jpg)
Joe Kilian
For ingenious contributions to areas including primality testing, secure computation, oblivious transfer, interactive proofs, zero knowledge, and watermarking.
![headshot of Kaisa Nyberg, 2015 IACR fellow](/fellows/2015/nyberg.jpg)
Kaisa Nyberg
For fundamental contributions to the design and analysis of block ciphers, for contributions to mobile phone security, and for service to the IACR.
![headshot of Tatsuaki Okamoto, 2015 IACR fellow](/fellows/2015/okamoto.jpg)
Tatsuaki Okamoto
For theoretical and practical contributions to areas including encryption, signatures, identification, elliptic-curve cryptosystems, zero knowledge, and electronic cash, and for service to the IACR.
![headshot of Bart Preneel, 2015 IACR fellow](/fellows/2015/preneel.png)
Bart Preneel
For outstanding service to the IACR, for numerous research contributions, for sustained educational leadership, and for effectively leading the European cryptologic research community.
![headshot of Tal Rabin, 2015 IACR fellow](/fellows/2015/rabin.jpg)
Tal Rabin
For contributions to the theory of multiparty computation, encryption, and signatures, and for leadership on cryptographic research within industry.