Quantum Cryptography Pioneers Win Turing Award for Unhackable Encryption Breakthrough

Quantum cryptography pioneers win Turing Award for unhackable encryption breakthrough

The pair will share the $1 million prize for their pioneering work in quantum cryptography and the broader field of quantum information science. Their 1984 paper introducing the BB84 protocol – an encryption method based on the fragile nature of photons – reimagined how information could be kept secret. At...Read Entire Article

Quantum pioneers Bennett and Brassard win 2025 Turing Award: securing the IoT future

Charles H. Bennett and Gilles Brassard have been named recipients of the 2025 ACM A.M. Turing Award for their ground-breaking work in quantum information science, a field that is reshaping secure communication and computing and has major implications for the Internet of Things (IoT). Often called the “Nobel Prize in Computing,” the award carries a $1 million prize funded by Google. It recognises the pair’s transformative contributions, from pion…

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