John H. Reif

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A. Hollis Edens Distinguished Professor of Computer Science

Contact Information:
Education:
Ph.D. in Applied MathematicsHarvard University1977
M.S. in Applied MathematicsHarvard University1975
B.S., magna cum laude, in Applied Mathematics and Computer ScienceTufts University1973
High School DiplomaWellesley High School, Wellesley, MA1970
Research Interests:
Molecular assembly, DNA computing, robot motion planning, parallel algorithms, randomized algorithms, graph algorithms, algebraic computations, data compression, and optical computation.
Recent Publications: (More Publications)
    • Peng Yin, Rizal F. Hariadi, Sudheer Sahu, Harry M.T.Choi, Sung Ha Park, Thomas H. LaBean, John H. Reif, Programming DNA Tube Circumferences, Science, Vol. 321. no. 5890, pp. 824–826 (2008) [pdf]
    • John H. Reif and Thomas H. LaBean, Autonomous Programmable Biomolecular Devices Using Self-Assembled DNA Nanostructures, Communications of the ACM (CACM), Special Section entitled “New Computing Paradigms (edited by Toshinori Munakata), Volume 50, Issue 9, pp. 46-53 (2007) [pdf]