Micius Quantum Prize

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Micius Quantum Prize
Awarded forpromoting the quantum information science and technology research
Location Shanghai
CountryChina
Hosted by Micius quantum foundation, Chinese Academy of Science
Reward(s)1,000,000 ¥ (150,000$)
First awarded2018
Website Micius Quantum Prize

The Micius Quantum Prize is awarded every year since 2018 "for promoting the quantum information science and technology research". The recipients are awarded one million Chinese yuan (about 150,000 US dollars) and a gold medal. The prize is awarded by the Micius quantum foundation, which was established thanks to donations (with a sum of 100 million Chinese yuan) from private entrepreneurs. Chair of the selection committee is Chunli Bai, the president of the Chinese Academy of Science.

The prize is named after Mozi, an ancient Chinese philosopher (~400 B.C) who founded the school of Mohism during the Hundred Schools of Thought period.

Laureates

YearImageLaureate [A] Country [B] Rationale [C] CategoryRef
2018 David Deutsch.jpg David Deutsch Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
"For his seminal conceptual contributions on quantum Turing machine and Quantum algorithm"Theory [1]
Peter Shor 2017 Dirac Medal Award Ceremony.png Peter Shor Flag of the United States.svg  United States "For his groundbreaking theoretical work on factoring algorithm and quantum error correction"
Zoller Peter.jpg Peter Zoller Flag of Austria.svg  Austria "For their outstanding theoretical contributions that enabled the scalable implementations of quantum information processing such as quantum computation with trapped ions, quantum simulation with ultracold atoms, and quantum repeaters"
Prof Cirac office klein (cropped).jpg Ignacio Cirac Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Blatt rainer.jpg Rainer Blatt Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
"For his pioneering experimental work on the realizations of quantum logic gates, multiparticle entanglement, quantum simulation, and quantum computing algorithms using trapped ions"Experimental
David Wineland 2008.jpg David Wineland Flag of the United States.svg  United States "For his groundbreaking experiments that opened the way to quantum computing and quantum metrology with trapped ions"
2019 Stephen Wiesner Flag of Israel.svg  Israel "For his original conceptual idea on conjugate coding that inspired the discovery of practical quantum cryptography"Theory [2]
Charles H. Bennett Flag of the United States.svg  United States "For their inventions of quantum key distribution, quantum teleportation, and entanglement purification"
Gilles Brassard (2019).jpg Gilles Brassard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Artur Ekert 2011.jpg Artur Ekert Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
"For his inventions of entanglement-based quantum key distribution, entanglement swapping, and entanglement purification"
Pan Jian Wei 20230826.jpg Pan Jianwei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China "For their groundbreaking experiments in multi-photon interferometry and free-space quantum transmission that enabled practically secure and large-scale quantum communications"Experimental
Godany zeilinger2011 2452 blackboard.jpg Anton Zeilinger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
2020 Carlton M Caves 10-3-2020.jpg Carlton M. Caves Flag of the United States.svg  United States "For his foundational work on quantum metrology and quantum information theory, especially for elucidating the fundamental noise in interferometers and its suppression with the use of squeezed states."Theory [3]
Hidetoshi Katori Flag of Japan.svg  Japan "For their groundbreaking achievements in precision quantum measurements, in particular for the development of extremely stable and accurate optical atomic clocks."Experimental
Colliding Fermions; Atomic Clock Accuracy (5978323607).jpg Jun Ye Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2021 John Clarke Flag of the United States.svg  United States "For their leading roles in pioneering superconducting quantum circuits and qubits."Experimental [4]
Michel H. Devoret 2017 190x180.jpg Michel H. Devoret Flag of France.svg  France
Yasunobu Nakamura cropped Yasunobu Nakamura 202303.jpg Yasunobu Nakamura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan

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References

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