[Qp-l] Scott Aaronson - ACM Prize

[Tamas Kozsik]

ACM has named Scott Aaronson the recipient of the 2020 ACM Prize in
Computing for his pioneering contributions to quantum computing.
Aaronson helped develop the concept of quantum supremacy, which is when
a quantum device is able to solve a problem that classical computers
cannot solve in a reasonable amount of time. The University of Texas at
Austin professor established many theoretical precepts of quantum
supremacy experiments, and has researched how such experiments could
facilitate the generation of cryptographically random bits. ACM
president Gabriele Kotsis said, "Importantly, his contributions have
not been confined to quantum computation, but have had significant
impact in areas such as computational complexity theory and physics."