Peter Shor Scientist

Peter Williston Shor (born August 14, 1959) is an American professor of applied mathematics at MIT, most famous 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.

Personal facts

Peter Shor
Birth dateAugust 14, 1959
Birth place
New York City , United States , New York
Nationality
United States
Residence
United States
Education
California Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Known for
Shor's algorithm

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Scientist

awards
Nevanlinna Prize
Gödel Prize
King Faisal International Prize
William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition
MacArthur Fellows Program
doctoral advisor
Field of study
Computer science

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External resources

  1. http://ctp.lns.mit.edu
  2. http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/indices/a-tree/s/Shor:Peter_W=.html
  3. http://www-math.mit.edu/~shor
  4. http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/usr/copetas/www/public/pr/nov5-99.html
  5. http://www.q2cfestival.com/play.php?lecture_id=7757