Kevin Karplus
Kevin John Karplus | |
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| Born | November 30, 1954 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Education | Stanford University |
| Known for | Karplus–Strong string synthesis, protein structure prediction particularly success in CASP |
| Awards | Excellence in Teaching Award UCSC Senate, 2004, Herzog Mathematics Competition, 1973 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer Science |
| Workplaces | University of California, Santa Cruz |
| Thesis | CHISEL: An Extension to the Programming Language C for VLSI Layout (1983) |
| Jeff Ullman | |
Doctoral students | Rachel Karchin |
Kevin Karplus (born November 30, 1954) is a professor emeritus in the Biomolecular Engineering Department at University of California, Santa Cruz. He is best known for his work on the Karplus–Strong string synthesis algorithm he did as a computer science graduate student at Stanford University.