Temple F. Smith
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Temple Smith at Yale in 2008 | |
| Born | Temple Ferris Smith March 7, 1939 (age 86) Auburn, New York |
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| Known for | Smith-Waterman algorithm |
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| Institutions | Boston University |
| Thesis | The deuteron amplitudes from a composite particle nuclear scattering theory (1969) |
| Website | www |
Temple Ferris Smith (born March 7, 1939) is an emeritus professor in biomedical engineering who helped to develop the Smith-Waterman algorithm with Michael Waterman in 1981. 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 of the BioMolecular Engineering Research Center at Boston University for twenty years and is now professor emeritus.