Karl Sims

Karl Sims is an American computer scientist, in 1994, thus became famous, has produced that he with genetic programming virtual beings ( evolved virtual creatures ), resulting in realistic simulated environments with respect to a function (eg a fast moving ) in the so-called artificial evolution have prevailed.

Karl Sims worked at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He received his BS from MIT in 1984 and his MS from With Media Lab in 1987. He worked for Thinking Machines and Whitney demos Production. In addition, he helped with the founding of Optomystic.

In 1998 he was MacArthur Fellow, so one of the Americans, " show exceptional merit and promise continued and increased creative work " the. Currently he heads GenArts, a company that deals with special effects in movies.