Quantum cryptography pioneers win the Turing Award for secure communications
TL;DR
US physicist Charles Bennett and Canadian computer scientist Gilles Brassard win the ACM Turing Award for the BB84 quantum cryptography scheme, a breakthrough that uses quantum physics to detect any eavesdropping and may secure future digital communications; the prize includes $1 million.
- Quantum pioneers win Turing Award for encryption breakthrough BBC
- Turing Award Goes to Inventors of Quantum Cryptography The New York Times
- Quantum pioneers who perfected secrecy receive Turing Award CNN
- Canadian computer scientist Gilles Brassard wins Turing Award The Globe and Mail
- A Quantum Leap for the Turing Award WIRED
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