Dr.
David E. Shaw
D.E. Shaw Research
Computer scientist; Company founder and executive
Area
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Specialty
Computer Sciences
Elected
2007
Computational biochemist, specializing in design of massively parallel supercomputers and algorithms and their application to biomolecular simulation. Earlier, helped found the field of computational finance, and built one of the world's largest hedge funds. Advisor on science and technology policy to the White House and Congress.
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