Awards & Winners

Peter Shor

Date of Birth 14-August-1959
Place of Birth New York City
(New York, United States of America, Area code 917)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Mathematician, Computer Scientist
Peter Williston Shor is an American professor of applied mathematics at MIT, most famous 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.

Awards by Peter Shor

Check all the awards nominated and won by Peter Shor.

1998


Nevanlinna Prize
(For his development of Shor's algorithm.)