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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Peter_ShorPeter Shor - Wikipedia

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   Peter Shor. Peter Williston Shor (born August 14, 1959) is an American professor of applied mathematics at MIT. He is known for his work on quantum computation, in particular for devising Shor's algorithm, a quantum algorithm for factoring exponentially faster than the best currently-known algorithm running on a classical computer.

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2. news.mit.edu › 2023 › weird-weird-quantum-worldIt’s a weird, weird quantum world | MIT News | Massachusetts ...

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   Mar 10, 2023 · MIT professor of applied mathematics Peter Shor shared a brief history of quantum computing, including his own foundational role in the field, at the Institute’s 2023 Killian Lecture.

3. www-math.mit.edu › ~shorPeter Shor - Home Page - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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   My mathematical research is currently mainly in quantum computing and quantum information theory, but I am also interested in (and have in the past worked in) algorithms, computational geometry, combinatorics, and probability theory.

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   Who is Peter Shor?

   • Peter Shor, the Morss Professor of Applied Mathematics, is this year’s recipient of the James R. Killian, Jr. Faculty Achievement Award, which is the highest honor the Institute faculty can bestow upon one of its members each academic year. Lily Tsai, chair of the faculty, presents the award citation to Peter Shor.

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   Where did Peter Shor speak?

   • Peter Shor spoke to a a standing-room-only audience in MIT’s Huntington Hall, Room 10-250. In 1994, as Professor Peter Shor PhD ’85 tells it, internal seminars at AT&T Bell Labs were lively affairs. The audience of physicists was an active and inquisitive bunch, often pelting speakers with questions throughout their talks.

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   What awards did Peter Shor receive?

   • In 1998, Peter Shor received the Nevanlinna Prize and the International Quantum Communication Award. He also received the Dickson Prize in Science from Carnegie-Mellon in 1998. He was awarded the Gödel Prize of the ACM and a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in 1999.

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   Why is Shor important?

   • Shor is best known for having derived the eponymous Shor’s algorithm, a groundbreaking work that proved that a system of quantum bits, or “qubits,” could theoretically solve some problems exponentially faster than the most powerful, bit-based classical computers.

   Peter Shor receives 2022-2023 Killian Award - MIT News

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5. news.mit.edu › 2022 › shor-spielman-breakthroughPeter Shor wins Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

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   Sep 22, 2022 · Peter Shor, the Morss Professor of Applied Mathematics at MIT, has been named a recipient of the 2023 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. He shares the $3 million prize with three others for “foundational work in the field of quantum information”: David Deutsch at the University of Oxford, Charles Bennett at IBM Research, and Gilles ...

6. math.mit.edu › directory › profileProfile - MIT Mathematics

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   Peter Shor. Morss Professor of Applied Mathematics. shor@math.mit.edu. Phone: (617) 253-4362. Office: 2-375. Research. Quantum Computation, Quantum Information. Theoretical Computer Science. Bio. Peter Shor is Morss Professor of Applied Mathematics since 2003.

7. www.nature.com › articles › d41586/020/03068-9Quantum-computing pioneer warns of complacency over Internet ...

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   Oct 30, 2020 · 30 October 2020. Quantum-computing pioneer warns of complacency over Internet security. Nature talks to Peter Shor 25 years after he showed how to make quantum computations feasible — and how...

8. news.mit.edu › 2022 › peter-shor-receives-2022-2023Peter Shor receives 2022-2023 Killian Award | MIT News ...

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   May 11, 2022 · Renowned mathematician and quantum computing pioneer Peter W. Shor PhD ’85 has been named the recipient of MIT’s 2022-2023 James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award, the highest honor the Institute faculty can bestow upon one of its members each academic year.

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