Editing Ralph Merkle (section)

==Career==
Merkle was the manager of [[compiler]] development at [[Elxsi]] from 1980. In 1988, he became a research scientist at [[Xerox PARC]]. In 1999 he became a nanotechnology theorist for [[Zyvex]]. In 2003 he became a [[Distinguished Professor]] at [[Georgia Institute of Technology|Georgia Tech]], where he led the [[Georgia Tech Information Security Center]].<ref name=MerkWK>{{cite press release |url= http://www.gatech.edu/news-room/release.php?id=164 |title= Cybersecurity Pioneer Selected to Lead Information Security Center at Georgia Tech |publisher= [[Georgia Institute of Technology]] |date= 2003-07-15 |access-date= 2007-03-17 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060905081109/http://www.gatech.edu/news-room/release.php?id=164 |archive-date= 2006-09-05 }}</ref> In 2006 he returned to the San Francisco Bay Area, where he has been a senior research fellow at IMM, a faculty member at [[Singularity University]], and a board member of the [[Alcor Life Extension Foundation]]. He was awarded the [[IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ieee.org/documents/hamming_rl.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620000223/http://ieee.org/documents/hamming_rl.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 20, 2010 | title=IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal Recipients |publisher=[[IEEE]] |access-date=2011-05-29}}</ref> He is active in the field of molecular manipulation and self-replicating machines and has published books on the subject.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Merkle |first1=Ralph |last2=Freitas |first2=Robert |title=Kinematic Self-Replicating Machines |date=2004 |publisher=Landes Bioscience |isbn=1570596905 |edition=978-1570596902}}</ref>