Background
Karp, Alan Hersh was born on August 6, 1946 in Syracuse, New York, United States. Son of Leo and Edith (Roth) Karp.
Karp, Alan Hersh was born on August 6, 1946 in Syracuse, New York, United States. Son of Leo and Edith (Roth) Karp.
Bachelor of Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, University Maryland, 1974.
Research assistant International Business Machines Corporation Research, Yorktown Heights, New York, 1974-1976. Assistant professor Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1976-1977. Member staff International Business Machines Corporation Science Center, Palo Alto, California, since 1977.
Chairman judges Gordon Bell Prize for Parallel Processing.
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Association Computing Machinery, International Astronomical Union, American Astronomical Society.
Married Nancy Lee Hurtt, December 19, 1970. 1 child, Joseph Samuel.