Pioneers

Gilles Brassard

Quantum Computing

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Computing Atlas. "Gilles Brassard." Accessed September 1, 2026. https://dev-computing.interactiveatlas.org/pioneers/gilles-brassard.

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Computing Atlas. (n.d.). Gilles Brassard. Retrieved September 1, 2026, from https://dev-computing.interactiveatlas.org/pioneers/gilles-brassard

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@misc{computingatlas-gilles-brassard,
  author = {Computing Atlas},
  title = {Gilles Brassard},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-computing.interactiveatlas.org/pioneers/gilles-brassard},
  note = {Accessed September 1, 2026}
}

Gilles Brassard is a Canadian computer scientist. He is a faculty member of the Universite de Montreal, where he has been a Full Professor since 1988 and Canada Research Chair since 2001, and he shared the 2025 Turing Award with Charles H. Bennett for their work in quantum information science.

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Birth Year

1955 1

Birth Date

1955-04-20 1

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Also in Science Atlas: Breakthrough Prize, discussed there.
Also in Science Atlas: Turing Award, discussed there.
Also in Science Atlas: Wolf Prize, discussed there.

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1. Wikipedia: Gilles Brassard

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Gilles Brassard (born April 20, 1955) is a Canadian computer scientist. He is faculty member of the Université de Montréal, where he has been a Full Professor since 1988 and Canada Research Chair since 2001. He shared the 2025 Turing Award with Charles H. Bennett for their work in quantum information science.

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April 20, 1955

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