The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Richard M. Karp
Title:
Professor
Affiliation:
University of Washington
Department of Computer Science & Engineering
Seattle,Washington 98195 USA
Gender:
Male
Award Discipline:
Mathematics and Computer Science
Award Year:
1996
Citation:
"For his pioneering research in theoretical computer science and the development of NP-Completeness, a concept having an important role in the theory and the practice of computation."
Awarded by President Clinton in a White House ceremony on July 26, 1996.