Elonka Dunin (/ɪˈlɒŋkəˈdʌnɪn/; born December 29, 1958) is an American video game developer and cryptologist.[1] Dunin worked at Simutronics Corp. in St. Louis, Missouri from 1990–2014, and in 2015 was Senior Producer at Black Gate Games in Nashville, Tennessee.[2] She is Chairperson Emerita and one of the founders of the International Game Developers Association's Online Games group, has contributed or been editor in chief on multiple IGDA State of the Industry white papers, and was one of the Directors of the Global Game Jam from 2011–2014.[3] As of 2020 she works as a management consultant at Accenture.[2]
Dunin has published a book of exercises on classical cryptography, and maintains cryptography-related websites about topics such as Kryptos, a sculpture at the Central Intelligence Agency containing an encrypted message,[1][4][5][6] and another on the world's most famous unsolved codes.[7] She has given several lectures on the subject of cryptography,[8][9] and according to the PBS series NOVA scienceNOW she is "generally considered the leading Kryptos expert in the world."[10] In 2010, bestselling author Dan Brown named a character, Nola Kaye, in his novel The Lost Symbol after her, in an anagram pattern.[11]
^ abChang, Kenneth (April 22, 2006). "A Break for Code Breakers on a C.I.A. Mystery". The New York Times.
^Vakhrusheva, Yulia (August 15, 2011). "Gloge and Dunin join Global Game Jam management team". Casual Connect. Archived from the original on April 22, 2012. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
^Hallett, Vicky (May 19, 2006). "Code Warrioress - she's cracking the D.C. area's biggest secret" (PDF). The Washington Post. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
^Kravitz, Derek (April 27, 2006). "London Lawyers Turn Into Code-Breakers". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
^"Enigmatic CIA Puzzle Kryptos May Be Flawed" NPR All Things Considered, April 21, 2006
^"Elonka's list of famous unsolved codes". elonka.com. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
^"NSA Cryptologic History Symposium in 2005". kryptos.yak.net. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
^Defcon 12: Kryptos and the Cracking of the Cyrillic Projector Cipher
^"Kryptos". NOVA scienceNOW. July 2007. Retrieved October 13, 2007.
^Kerman, Byron (October 2011). "What It's Like to Be a Cryptographer". St. Louis Magazine. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
ElonkaDunin (/ɪˈlɒŋkə ˈdʌnɪn/; born December 29, 1958) is an American video game developer and cryptologist. Dunin worked at Simutronics Corp. in St...
(1996) and A Pumpkin Coach (2000). ElonkaDunin (born 1958), American cryptographer and game developer Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski (born 1969), director of...
1992. In 2013, in response to a Freedom of Information Act request by ElonkaDunin, the NSA released documents that show these attempts to solve the Kryptos...
Elonka may refer to: ElonkaDunin (b. 1958), American game developer and author of books and articles on cryptography Stephen Michael Elonka (d. 1983)...
further information. In their book on codebreaking historical ciphers, ElonkaDunin and Klaus Schmeh describe double columnar transposition (see below) as...
date, are: Undeciphered writing systems (cleartext, natural-language writing of unknown meaning) ElonkaDunin's list of famous unsolved codes and ciphers...
real-life editor, Jason Kaufman). Nola Kaye: CIA analyst, named after ElonkaDunin, Kryptos expert Omar Amirana: A taxi driver Mark Zoubianis: A hacker...
August 8, 2010. Dunin, Elonka (2003). "ElonkaDunin's Sanborn page (his photograph, short biography, selected list of works". elonka.com. Retrieved August...
Incorporated. Current and past board directors include the founders ElonkaDunin, Lindsay Grace and Zuraida Buter. 2022 staff members are Executive Director...
2002 Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine Interview: ElonkaDunin Online Gaming Firm Attracts Fans Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine...
Russian language. The first English translation of the text was led by ElonkaDunin. The sculpture includes two messages. The first is a Russian text that...
Research in Zagreb, Croatia. Her two daughters are Teresa (T.J.) and ElonkaDunin. Dunin is also a leading member of Cross-Cultural Dance Resources, (CCDR)...
general in the United States Air Force Stacy Dragila, Olympic pole vaulter ElonkaDunin, video game developer Rodney Hannah, professional football player John...
makers of Massively Multiplayer Online Game Middleware (MMOG) technology ElonkaDunin: General Manager at Simutronics, senior editor of IGDA Online Games White...
irongeek, and ponyboy. Other notable speakers in 2006 included Jason Scott, ElonkaDunin, Drew Curtis, and Eric Meyer Notacon 4, April 27–29, 2007, worked as...
2006-05-06. "Apea.us". Archived from the original on 2004-06-27. "ElonkaDunin's Family Tree". Elonka.com. "Richard Feynman - Biography & Facts". Britannica.com...
Science. Griffith is listed as one of the contributors (as "Virgil G") in ElonkaDunin (2006). The Mammoth Book of Secret Codes And Cryptograms. Carroll & Graf...
ISBN 0-7611-4079-4 Harry Abrams. Escher Interactive (computer game) ElonkaDunin, The Mammoth Book of Secret Code Puzzles, 2006, Constable & Robinson...
Strasburger (1844–1912) Family Tree maintained by great-great-grandniece ElonkaDunin Deutsches Geschlechterbuch Band 207. C. A. Starke Verlag, Limburg an...
2009-02-02. Retrieved 2023-07-21. Note: The source refers to notes from ElonkaDunin in 2003.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)...
Gamer Convention was held here for a few years: SimuCon 1990, including ElonkaDunin and David Whatley SimuCon 1999 SimuCon 2000 The St. Louis Amateur Boxing...
from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-08-13. Dunin, Elonka (June 20, 2005). "Antoni Dunin (Hr.)". Retrieved 2007-08-13. Wojcierch Boguslawski....
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