!!!Gilles Brassard \\ %%(float:left;margin-left:20px;margin-right:30px;) [{Image src='Brassard_Gilles_ETH-ITS-2019_small.jpg' caption='Photo: Christina Buchmann' alt='Gilles Brassard' height='200'}] %% [{AcadMemberDataPlugin}] \\ \\ \\ \\ __Present and Previous Positions__ *2001 Canada Research Chair in Quantum Information Science (renewed 2008, 2015) *1988 Professor, Université de Montréal *1983 Associate Professor, Université de Montréal *1979 Assistant Professor, Université de Montréal \\ __Fields of Scholarship__ [{AcadMemberFOScholarshipPlugin}] \\ __Honours and Awards__ *''Doctor Honoris Causa'': ETH Zürich (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule), 2010; University of Ottawa, 2014; Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, 2015 *2019 [BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Sciences|https://www.frontiersofknowledgeawards-fbbva.es/noticias/the-bbva-foundation-recognizes-charles-h-bennett-gilles-brassard-and-peter-shor-for-their-fundamental-role-in-the-development-of-quantum-computation-and-cryptography/ ] (together with Charles H. Bennett and Peter Shor) "''for their fundamental role in the development of quantum computation and cryptography''" *2019 Micius Quantum Prize *February 2019 Inaugural Chaire du Québec, Académie royale de Belgique *2018 Wolf Prize for Physics (together with Charles H. Bennett) "''for founding and advancing the fields of Quantum Cryptography and Quantum Teleportation''". *2017 Officer of the Ordre national du Québec *2016 Lifetime Achievement Award in Computer Science, CS-Can/Info-Can:the Canadian society for computer science *2013 Officer of the Order of Canada *2013 Fellow of the Royal Society of London *2013 Prix d’excellence, FRONT *2012 Creation of NSERC Gilles Brassard Doctoral Prize for Interdisciplinary Research *2012 Thomson Reuters Citation Laureate (their “picks” for the Nobel Prize) *2011 Killam Prize for Natural Sciences, Canada Council *2010 Doctorate Honoris Causa, ETH Zürich *2009 Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering (highest scientific honour in Canada), NSERC *2008 Personality of the year 2007 in information technology, Federation de l'informatique du Québec, OCTAS *2006 Award of excellence, NSERC *2006 Fellow, International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) *2006 Rank Prize in Opto-Electronics, United Kingdom *2002 Fellow, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) *2000 Prix Marie-Victorin (highest scientific recognition by Government of Québec) *1998 Foreign member, Latvian Academy of Sciences *1997 Killam Research Fellow, Canada Council *1996 Fellow, Royal Society of Canada, Academy of Science *1995 Scientist of the Year, La Presse (leading daily newspaper in Montréal) *1994 Steacie Prize, National Research Council of Canada *1992 Prix Urgel-Archambault, ACFAS *1992 E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship, NSERC \\ \\ %%columns-900 %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/paper_content_pencil_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Curriculum Vitae |User/Brassard_Gilles/CV] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/book_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Publication list|User/Brassard_Gilles/Publications] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/camera_noflash_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Highlights of my work and anecdotes|User/Brassard_Gilles/Highlight] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/database_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Other information|User/Brassard_Gilles/OtherInformation] %% %% [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW edit gbrassard}][{ALLOW upload gbrassard}][{ALLOW comment All}]