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 (August 8, 2008) [pdf] (DOI: 10.1126/science.1157312.) .
    • 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 (September, 2007) [pdf].