Best Student Paper Award

Once again, the GQI will award two "Best Student Paper" prizes at the 2008 APS March meeting---one for theoretical work, and one for experimental.

The awards, each consisting of a $500 cash prize, will be sponsored by Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Canada, and the Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo.

All undergraduate and graduate students who are both first author and presenters of an oral or poster presentation are eligible.  To be registered for the competition, a brief nomination letter from the student's supervisor stating that the results described in the presentation are substantially the student's own work and that the student is currently enrolled at a degree-granting institute, should be sent via email to Chris Fuchs at cfuchs@perimeterinstitute.ca.

The two equally weighted criteria for the award are quality of scientific results and quality of the presentation. Judging will be undertaken by an ad hoc committee consisting of five or more senior members of GQI.

Eligibility :

Undergraduate and graduate students who are both first author and presenter of any submitted (or invited) oral or poster presentation on the subject of quantum information, concepts, and computation. To be eligible, the student will be required to provide a brief nomination letter from the student's supervisor or co-supervisor, stating that the results described in the presentation are substantially the student's own work and that the student is currently enrolled at a degree-granting higher education institute.

Judging :

The two equally weighted criteria for the award are quality of scientific results and quality of the presentation. Judging is undertaken by an ad hoc committee comprising senior members of GQI, which is appointed by the GQI executive at the March meeting solely for the purpose of judging GQI student presentations at the same March meeting and presenting its recommendations to the GQI Executive. The committee of judges reports to the GQI Executive, and the GQI Executive is responsible for administering and presenting the awards at the same APS March meeting.

And the winners are ...

2007

Best Student-Paper Award in Theoretical Quantum Information, Concepts, and Computation at the American Physical Society March Meeting

Gleb Akselrod,
Department of Physics,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

This award is sponsored by the Perimeter Institute. It consists of a cash prize of $500.

Best Student-Paper Award in Experimental Quantum Information, Concepts, and Computation at the American Physical Society March Meeting

Frank Koppens,
Department of Applied Physics,
University of Technology, Delft, Niederlande.

This prize is sponsored by the Institute for Quantum Computing. It consists of a cash prize of $500.

The judging panel comprised Chris Fuchs, Carlton Caves, Steven Girvin, Matthew Leifer, Barry Sanders, John Sipe, Rob Spekkens and William Wootters.

2006

Best Student-Paper Award in Theoretical Quantum Information, Concepts, and Computation at the American Physical Society March Meeting

Michael Garrett,
Institute for Quantum Information Science,
University of Calgary.

This award is sponsored by the Perimeter Institute. It consists of a cash prize of $500.

Best Student-Paper Award in Experimental Quantum Information, Concepts, and Computation at the American Physical Society March Meeting

Chris Langer,
Time and Frequency Division,
National Institute of Standards and Technology.

This prize is sponsored by the Institute for Quantum Computing. It also consists of a cash prize of $500.

The judging panel comprised Charles Bennett, Jon Dowling, Hideo Mabuchi, Terry Rudolph, Barry Sanders and Rob Spekkens.