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Charles H. Bennett

American physicist, information theorist and IBM Research fellow · United States · On the map · Scientists · Born 1943 · age 83

Charles Henry Bennett is an American physicist, information theorist and IBM Fellow at IBM Research. Bennett's recent work at IBM has concentrated on a re-examination of the physical basis of information, applying quantum physics to the problems surrounding information exchange.

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2020Claude E. Shannon AwardAwardFellow of the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceAward2019BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge AwardAward2018Wolf Prize in PhysicsAward2017ICTP Dirac MedalAward2012Clarivate Citation LaureatesAward2010Honorary Doctor of ETH ZürichAward2008Harvey PrizeAward2006Honorary doctor of the University of GdańskAward1999Honorary Doctorate of the Masaryk UniversityAward1998Fellow of the American Physical SocietyAward1943Born7 April 1943

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Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science2020
Claude E. Shannon Award2020
BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award2019
Wolf Prize in Physics2018
ICTP Dirac Medal2017
Clarivate Citation Laureates2012
Honorary Doctor of ETH Zürich2010
Harvey Prize2008
Honorary doctor of the University of Gdańsk2006
Honorary Doctorate of the Masaryk University1999
Fellow of the American Physical Society1998
IBM Fellow

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He has played a major role in elucidating the interconnections between physics and information, particularly in the realm of quantum computation, but also in cellular automata and reversible computing.

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Born 1943 · age 83

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