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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
95
Citations
42929
World Ranking
1874
National Ranking
1030

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2002 - Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
  • 1989 - US President's National Medal of Science "For his broad and remarkable researches in mathematical analysis, probability theory and mathematical statistics, and in the application of these ideas to mathematical economics, mechanics, and population genetics.", Presented by President Bush at a White House Ceremony on October 18, 1989.
  • 1987 - INFORMS John von Neumann Theory Prize
  • 1981 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1972 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1957 - Wald Memorial Lecturer

Overview

Samuel Karlin was affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their academic career involved collaboration with various researchers, notably Sabin Lessard.

The scientist received several recognitions throughout their career. These included being named a Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) in 2002 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1981. They were also a Member of the National Academy of Sciences since 1972 and delivered the Wald Memorial Lecture in 1957.

In 1987, Samuel Karlin was awarded the INFORMS John von Neumann Theory Prize. Two years later, in 1989, they received the US President's National Medal of Science for broad contributions in mathematical analysis, probability theory, and mathematical statistics, as well as applications of these fields to mathematical economics, mechanics, and population genetics. This award was presented by President Bush at a White House ceremony on October 18, 1989.

Best Publications

  • Prediction of Complete Gene Structures in Human Genomic DNA

    Chris Burge;Samuel Karlin

  • Methods for assessing the statistical significance of molecular sequence features by using general scoring schemes

    Samuel Karlin;Stephen F. Altschul

  • An introduction to stochastic modeling

    Howard M. Taylor;Samuel Karlin

  • Tchebycheff Systems: With Applications in Analysis and Statistics.

    D. A. Kappos;S. J. Karlin;W. J. Studden

  • Applications and statistics for multiple high-scoring segments in molecular sequences.

    Samuel Karlin;Stephen F. Altschul

  • Finding the genes in genomic DNA

    Christopher B Burge;Samuel Karlin

  • Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences

    Frank Restle;Kenneth J. Arrow;Samuel Karlin;Patrick Suppes

  • Classes of orderings of measures and related correlation inequalities. I. Multivariate totally positive distributions

    Samuel Karlin;Yosef Rinott;Yosef Rinott

  • Mathematical Methods and Theory in Games, Programming, and Economics.

    S. Vajda;Samuel Karlin

  • Over- and under-representation of short oligonucleotides in DNA sequences.

    Chris Burge;Allan M. Campbell;Samuel Karlin

  • Protein length in eukaryotic and prokaryotic proteomes

    Luciano Brocchieri;Samuel Karlin

  • Methods and algorithms for statistical analysis of protein sequences.

    V Brendel;P Bucher;I R Nourbakhsh;B E Blaisdell

  • Why is CpG suppressed in the genomes of virtually all small eukaryotic viruses but not in those of large eukaryotic viruses

    S Karlin;W Doerfler;L R Cardon

  • Correlations between Shine-Dalgarno sequences and gene features such as predicted expression levels and operon structures.

    Jiong Ma;Allan Campbell;Samuel Karlin

  • What Drives Codon Choices in Human Genes

    Samuel Karlin;Jan Mrázek

  • Detecting anomalous gene clusters and pathogenicity islands in diverse bacterial genomes.

    Samuel Karlin

  • Compositional differences within and between eukaryotic genomes

    Samuel Karlin;Jan Mrázek

  • Strand compositional asymmetry in bacterial and large viral genomes

    Jan Mrázek;Samuel Karlin

  • Studies in Linear and Non-Linear Programming.

    E. M. L. Beale;Kenneth J. Arrow;Leonid Hurwicz;Hirofumi Uzawa

  • Studies in the Mathematical Theory of Inventory and Production

    K. J. Arrow;S. Karlin;H. Scarf

Frequent Co-Authors

Volker Brendel
Volker Brendel Indiana University
Kenneth J. Arrow
Kenneth J. Arrow Stanford University
Marcus W. Feldman
Marcus W. Feldman Stanford University
Amir Dembo
Amir Dembo Stanford University
Simon Tavaré
Simon Tavaré Columbia University
Andrew J. Gentles
Andrew J. Gentles Stanford University
Philipp Bucher
Philipp Bucher École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Lloyd S. Shapley
Lloyd S. Shapley University of California, Los Angeles
Edward S. Mocarski
Edward S. Mocarski Emory University

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