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Raymond Laflamme

Canadian theoretical physicist (1960-2025) · Canada · Scientists · Died at 64

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Raymond Julien Joseph Laflamme, was a Canadian theoretical physicist who was the founder and, until June 2017, the director of the Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo.

A life in dates

2025Died19 June 20252017Officer of the Order of CanadaAward2011Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceAward2008Fellow of the Royal Society of CanadaAward1960Born19 July 1960

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Officer of the Order of Canada2017
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science2011
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada2008

About this person

Raymond Julien Joseph Laflamme, was a Canadian theoretical physicist who was the founder and, until June 2017, the director of the Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo. He was also a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Waterloo and an associate faculty member at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. Laflamme was a Canada Research Chair in Quantum Information. In December 2017, he was named as one of the appointees to the Order of Canada.

Country
Canada
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1960 to 2025 · aged 64

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