Farhi, Edward [2011]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: For his seminal discoveries of new quantum algorithms and quantum computational paradigms, in particular the quantum walk and quantum adiabatic methods.

Laflamme, Raymond [2011]
University of Waterloo
Citation: For his visionary leadership in the field of quantum information science, and for his numerous fundamental contributions to the theoretical foundations and practical implementation of quantum information processing, especially quantum error correction and linear optical quantum computing.

O'Brien, Jeremy [2011]
University of Bristol
Citation: For his seminal contributions to quantum optics, in particular for founding contributions to the field of integrated quantum photonics and its applications to quantum information processing and quantum metrology.

Smolin, John [2011]
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Citation: For his profound contributions to the elucidation of phenomena and techniques central to our current understanding of quantum information theory.

Wiseman, Howard [2011]
Griffith University
Citation: For his seminal contributions to the quantum theory of measurement, particularly to the formulation of continuous measurement, feedback, and control.

Zanardi, Paolo [2011]
University of Southern California
Citation: For his profound theoretical contributions at the interface of quantum information processing and condensed matter physics, in particular his pioneering work on noiseless subspaces, holonomic quantum computation, and the fidelity approach to quantum phase transitions.