Kevin Karplus

Kevin John Karplus
Karplus in 2004
Born (1954-11-30) November 30, 1954
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Alma materStanford University
Known forKarplus–Strong string synthesis, protein structure prediction particularly success in CASP
AwardsExcellence in Teaching Award UCSC Senate, 2004, Herzog Mathematics Competition, 1973
Scientific career
FieldsComputer Science
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Santa Cruz
Thesis CHISEL: An Extension to the Programming Language C for VLSI Layout  (1983)
Doctoral advisorJeff Ullman
Doctoral studentsRachel 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.

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