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Bruce Donald

Also Known As Bruce R Donald · Bruce Randall Donald
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Bruce Randall Donald (born 1958) is an American computer scientist and computational biologist. He is the James B. Duke Professor of Computer Science and Biochemistry at Duke University, and has made numerous contributions to several fields including robotics, microelectromechanical systems, geometric and physical algorithms, computational geometry, protein design, protein structure determination and computational chemistry.

Facts
Birth Year
1958 1
Award
Guggenheim Fellowship 1
Award
ACM Fellow 1
Award
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 1
Award
Presidential Young Investigator Award 1
Connections

Credited

Kinodynamic Planning, Algorithms
Source Wikipedia: Kinodynamic planning

In Field

Bioinformatics, Fields
Source Bruce Donald (Wikipedia)
Robotics, Fields
Source Bruce Donald (Wikipedia)

Invented

Kinodynamic Planning, Algorithms
Source Wikipedia: Kinodynamic planning
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Nationality

United States

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Sources
1. Wikidata: Bruce Donald
  • Wikidata Q4977383, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q4977383 P569 (date of birth)
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Wikipedia: Kinodynamic planning
  • Credited: Kinodynamic Planning, Lead
    The term was coined by Bruce Donald, Pat Xavier, John Canny, and John Reif.
  • Invented: Kinodynamic Planning, Lead section
    The term was coined by Bruce Donald, Pat Xavier, John Canny, and John Reif.
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Bruce Donald (Wikipedia)
  • In Field: Robotics, Infobox field and known_for, lead paragraph
  • In Field: Bioinformatics, Infobox field and known_for, lead paragraph
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