Jerry M. Chow [2021]
IBM Quantum
Citation: For seminal scientific contributions to the field of superconducting quantum computing, and for enabling quantum computing to a broad research audience via Cloud accessible devices.
Nominated by: DQI
Andrew Houck [2021]
Princeton University
Citation: For key contributions to the development and optimization of modern superconducting qubits, the advancement of circuit quantum electrodynamics as a platform for quantum information processing, and pioneering experimental work on quantum simulation of photonic many-body systems.
Nominated by: DQI
Kohei Itoh [2021]
Keio University
Citation: For pioneering research on silicon and diamond isotope engineering that radically accelerated the development of silicon quantum computers and diamond quantum sensors.
Nominated by: DQI
Geoff Pryde [2021]
Griffith University
Citation: For pioneering developments and advancements in photonic quantum information science, photonic entanglement-enhanced metrology, loss-tolerant quantum protocols for entanglement distribution, and the study of quantum correlations and quantum measurement.
Nominated by: DQI
Michelle Yvonne Simmons [2021]
University of New South Wales
Citation: For inventing a radical technology for building atomic-scale devices, and for pioneering their use in the creation of precision atom qubits in silicon.
Nominated by: DQI
Bei Zeng [2021]
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Citation: For pioneering work and contributions in quantum information science (QIS), including error correction and fault-tolerance, many-body entanglement, quantum tomography, quantum marginals, and QIS applications in quantum matter, and for her long-term contribution to QIS services and education.
Nominated by: DQI