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Summary: Department of Computer Science & Engineering Volume 10, Number 2
University of Washington Summer 1998
Karp Receives
Technion's
Harvey Prize
In May Prof. Richard Karp was awarded
the Leo M. Harvey Prize in Science and
Engineering by the Technion - Israel In-
stitute of Technology. Karp was recog-
nized for his "leadership and achieve-
ments in the areas of theoretical computer
science and operations research." His
fundamental contributions to combinato-
rial algorithms were specifically cited.
The Harvey Prize recognizes break-
throughs in science, technology and
medicine as well as contributions to peace
in the Middle East. Along with luminar-
ies such as Mikhail S. Gorbachev and
Freeman Dyson, there have been several
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