Quantum information pioneers win computing’s highest honor

TL;DR
Brassard and Bennett win ACM’s Turing Award for founding quantum information science, including BB84 quantum key distribution and quantum teleportation, the first prize to honor quantum physics and its impact on secure communication and computing.
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- Major Turing computing award goes to quantum science for first time Nature
- Turing Award Goes to Inventors of Quantum Cryptography The New York Times
- Quantum pioneers who perfected secrecy receive Turing Award CNN
- Quantum pioneers win Turing Award for encryption breakthrough BBC
- Canadian computer scientist Gilles Brassard wins Turing Award The Globe and Mail
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