Scott Kirkpatrick is known for his work in the field of computer science, particularly in optimization and artificial intelligence. He is credited with the development of simulated annealing, a probabilistic technique that is used for approximating the global optimum of a given function. Simulated annealing mimics the process of annealing in metallurgy, where controlled cooling helps to minimize defects. Kirkpatrick introduced this algorithm in a landmark paper co-authored with Chilean physicist Jorge A.
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A computer scientist.[ref]
https://www.cs.huji.ac.il/w~kirk/. Independent biographical source: Institutional homepage identifies School of Computer Science and Engineering and research interests; self-authored January 2009 CV confirms physics PhD and computer science professorship. No life dates asserted.
Portrait of Scott Kirkpatrick
. Photograph from Hebrew University of Jerusalem's official researcher profile. Source.