Raymond Laflamme, Canadian pioneer in quantum computing, has died

Raymond Laflamme, Canadian pioneer in quantum computing, has died

Raymond Laflamme, a Canadian pioneer in the field of quantum information processing who once worked with Stephen Hawking, has died after a lengthy bout with cancer. The University of Waterloo announced his death in a press release this week. He died June 19 on what would have been his 65th birthday. Born in Québec City, the third of five siblings, Laflamme studied physics as an undergraduate at the Université Laval before moving to England to c…

University of Waterloo - Waterloo mourns the loss of Dr. Raymond Laflamme

Dr. Raymond Laflamme, a trailblazer in quantum information processing and pioneer of the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) at the University of Waterloo, died on June 19 after a lengthy battle wit. . .