[roel_v]

Did you bother to google his handle? While I don't know his pure mathematics credentials, he's nerd-famous enough to not warrant an introduction. In fact, you not recognizing it says something about you.

[jlongr]

>he's nerd-famous enough to not warrant an introduction

What is nerd-famous supposed to be. He's at the center of some subjective in-group that exists in your head?

[TZubiri]

To be fair, we are on hacker news. I did once use on of his programs, American Fuzzy Lopper (fake advertisement lawsuit incoming if its not american). So he is not nobody apparently

[wizzwizz4]

He wrote the American Fuzzy Lop fuzzer, which was extremely influential – pretty much put fuzzing on the map.