Temple F. Smith

Temple Smith
Temple Smith at Yale in 2008
Born
Temple Ferris Smith

March 7, 1939 (1939-03-07) (age 85)
Auburn, New York
Alma mater
Known forSmith-Waterman algorithm[3]
Awards
Scientific career
InstitutionsBoston University
ThesisThe deuteron amplitudes from a composite particle nuclear scattering theory (1969)
Websitewww.bu.edu/eng/profile/temple-f-smith-ph-d/

Temple Ferris Smith (born March 7, 1939) is an emeritus professor in biomedical engineering[4][5] who helped to develop the Smith-Waterman algorithm with Michael Waterman in 1981.[3] The Smith-Waterman algorithm serves as the basis for multi sequence comparisons, identifying the segment with the maximum local sequence similarity, see sequence alignment. This algorithm is used for identifying similar DNA, RNA and protein segments. He was director[when?] of the BioMolecular Engineering Research Center[4] at Boston University for twenty years and is now[when?] professor emeritus.

  1. ^ Maisel, M. (2007). "ISCB Honors Temple F. Smith and Eran Segal". PLOS Computational Biology. 3 (6): e128. Bibcode:2007PLSCB...3..128M. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.0030128. PMC 1904388. PMID 17604447.
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  3. ^ a b Smith, T.; Waterman, M. S. (1981). "Identification of common molecular subsequences". Journal of Molecular Biology. 147 (1): 195–197. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.63.2897. doi:10.1016/0022-2836(81)90087-5. PMID 7265238.
  4. ^ a b "BioMolecular Engineering Research Center | Boston University". Bmerc-www.bu.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  5. ^ "Temple Smith". Archived from the original on 2007-07-07. Retrieved 2007-05-03.