Peter Shor

American professor of applied mathematics at MIT · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1959 · age 67

Peter Williston Shor is an American theoretical computer scientist known 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.

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2022Fellow of the American Mathematical SocietyAward2019ACM FellowAward2018IEEE Eric E. Sumner AwardAward2017ICTP Dirac MedalAward2010Josiah Willard Gibbs LectureshipAward2002King Faisal International Prize in ScienceAward1999Dickson Prize in ScienceAwardGödel PrizeAward1998IMU Abacus MedalAwardInternational Quantum Communication AwardAwardO'Reilly Open Source AwardAward1959Born14 August 1959