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NSA News & Highlights

NSA SPOTLIGHT

Capt. Grace Hopper on Future Possibilities: Data, Hardware, Software, and People (Part Two, 1982)

We're reaching into the vault to bring you a lecture delivered to the NSA workforce in 1982 by then-Navy Captain Grace Hopper entitled, "Future Possibilities: Data, Hardware, Software, and People." Grace Hopper was an American computer scientist and mathematician, and a pioneer of computer programing. Among her accomplishments, Hopper was the first to devise the theory of machine-independent programming languages. She ultimately reached the rank of Rear Admiral in the United States...

U.S. Military Academy honored at White House for winning NSA’s 2024 Cyber Exercise

No Such Puzzle: Reindeer Games

Headline Puzzle: December 2024

Tag: mathematician

July 17, 2018

July 2018 Puzzle Periodical - Marble Math

NSA Puzzle Periodical for July 2018: Marble Math

June 19, 2018

June 2018 Puzzle Periodical - Mug Math

NSA Puzzle Periodical for June 2018: Mug Math

May 15, 2018

May 2018 Puzzle Periodical - Shall We Play a Game? Computer Tic-Tac-Toe

NSA Puzzle Periodical for May 2018: Computer Tic-Tac-Toe

April 17, 2018

April 2018 Puzzle Periodical - 'APRIL = MATH'

April 2018 NSA Puzzle Periodical - 'APRIL = MATH' - Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month Challenge by Benjamin E.

March 20, 2018

March 2018 Puzzle Periodical - a, b, c - Variable Alphabet Equation

March 2018 NSA Puzzle Periodical - a, b, c - Variable Alphabet Equation by Wendell W.

Feb. 20, 2018

February 2018 Puzzle Periodical - A Plethora of Penguins

February 2018 Puzzle Periodical; Puzzle created by David B., NSA Mathematician

Dec. 19, 2017

December 2017 Puzzle Periodical - Reindeer Games!

December 2017 Puzzle Periodical - Reindeer Games; Puzzle created by Benjamin E., NSA Mathematician

Nov. 21, 2017

November 2017 Puzzle Periodical - Twisted Sequences

November 2017 Puzzle Periodical - Twisted Sequences; Puzzle created by Wendell W., NSA Mathematician

Oct. 17, 2017

October 2017 Puzzle Periodical - Jumping Kangaroos

October 2017 Puzzle Periodical - Jumping Kangaroos; Puzzle created by David B., NSA Mathematician

Sept. 19, 2017

September 2017 Puzzle Periodical - Arabella's Spider Web

September 2017 Puzzle Periodical - Arabella's Spider Web; Puzzle created by Katrina J., NSA Mathematician