Richard Karp: His influence and how to honor him

[furcyd]

https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2019/03/richard-karp-his-influence-and-how-to.html

[NikkiA]

Might be worth (in future) noting that there are multiple Richard Karp people, for a moment I a) thought it was the other CS-related Richard Karp, and b) that he had died (neither of the CS Richards have, thankfully).

As is obvious (now) from furcyd's post, this is about Richard M Karp

[fmajid]

Wait, he is still alive, isn't he?

[furcyd → fmajid]

Yep; it is a good idea to honor people during their lifetime. For Karp, here is the occasion they are choosing for it: https://simons.berkeley.edu/support/richard-m-karp-fund