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UNCG MATH PROFESSOR RECEIVES ACCOLADES FROM NSA

GREENSBORO — Dr. Paul Duvall, professor of Mathematics at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, was recently recognized by the National Security Agency (NSA) for his work and accomplishments.

Duvall's contributions and outstanding performance in resolving some of NSA's most difficult and high security technical and mathematical problems earned him the honors. The National Security Agency is the nation's cryptologic organization. It coordinates, directs, and performs highly specialized activities to protect U.S. information systems and produce foreign intelligence information. It is also one of the most important centers of foreign language analysis and research within the government.

Duvall has served as an expert math consultant to the NSA for more than two decades and is famous for his ability to rapidly identify and solve mathematical problems at the core of complex technical challenges. Director of NSA Lieutenant General Michael V. Hayden extended his appreciation to Duvall in a formal letter. Duvall will be honored publicly at a later time.

"The recent victory in which Dr. Duvall played a decisive role represents one of the most spectacular advances in our classified mathematical techniques in the past four decades," Hayden wrote. "This achievement will have a dramatic impact on our signals intelligence mission for years."

Duvall has done research in fractal geometry, topology and dynamics. Over the past 27 years, he has also worked with the Department of Defense as a consultant in the mathematics of cryptography and communications. A UNCG faculty member and head of the math department since 1986, Duvall previously taught at Oklahoma State University. He received his doctorate from the University of Georgia.

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