Charles Bennett och Gilles Brassard vinner Turing Award

19 mars 2026

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Charles Bennett och Gilles Brassard har tilldelats Turing Award, datavetenskapens högsta utmärkelse, för sina banbrytande insatser inom kvantinformationsteorin. Deras bidrag härrör från en konversation 1979 i Atlanten utanför Puerto Ricos kust.

Turing Award tilldelas Charles Bennett och Gilles Brassard för deras grundläggande arbete inom kvantinformationsteori. Denna forskning har bidragit till att föra in datavetenskapen i kvantåldern, vilket framgår av en artikel i Wired som publicerades den 18 mars 2026. Priset belyser deras roll i att göra kvantdatorer tänkbara, i en tid då företag som Google, Microsoft, IBM och olika startups aktivt utvecklar kvantdatorer och tillkännager framsteg mot denna teknik. År 1979 verkade en sådan utveckling otänkbar. Den sommaren träffades de två forskarna under ett vattenmöte utanför Puerto Ricos kust. Deras diskussion ledde till skapandet av kvantinformationsteorin, vilket lade grunden för dagens kvantdatorer. Turing Award anses allmänt vara den högsta utmärkelsen inom området.

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