John R. Koza is a computer scientist and a former adjunct professor at Stanford University, most notable for his work in pioneering the use of genetic programming for the optimization of complex problems.
John Koza is also credited with being the creator of the 'scratch card' with the help of retail promotions specialist Daniel Bower.
He earned a doctoral degree in computer science from the University of Michigan in 1972.
[2] Koza was featured in Popular Science for his work on evolutionary programming that alters its own code to find far more complex solutions.
[3] He established the organization National Popular Vote Inc. to advocate for state adoption of the policy and the election of supportive candidates.