[quantum-info] FW: Call for John Stewart Bell Prize Nominations (deadline 15 December 2014)

[Daniel Gottesman]

*From:* Aephraim M. Steinberg [mailto:steinberg at physics.utoronto.ca]
*Sent:* October-10-14 3:48 PM
*To:* Sandu Popescu
*Cc:* Aephraim Steinberg; Eugene Polzik; Michel Devoret; Ignacio Cirac
*Subject:* Call for John Stewart Bell Prize Nominations (deadline 15
December 2014)



Dear friends and colleagues:



I am writing to share with you the Call For Nominations for the 2015 John
Stewart Bell Prize for reearch on

fundamental issues in quantum mechanics and their applications.



This call can also be found on
http://cqiqc.physics.utoronto.ca/bell_prize/nominations.html



We would be very grateful if between now and the mid-December deadline, you
could spread the word about

the Prize, and/or consider nominating a deserving scientist.  We hope this
award will continue to play an important

role in highlighting and recognizing the exciting breadth of research in
this field.



I apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this call.



Sincerely yours,

Aephraim Steinberg





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*REQUEST FOR NOMINATIONS FOR *

*THE 2015 JOHN STEWART BELL PRIZE *

*FOR RESEARCH ON FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES IN QUANTUM MECHANICS AND THEIR
APPLICATIONS:*



Dear friends and colleagues:



We are pleased to announce the 2015 John Stewart Bell Prize, and ask for
your assistance in identifying deserving candidates for the award.



The John Stewart Bell Prize for Research on Fundamental Issues in Quantum
Mechanics and their Applications (short form: "Bell Prize") is awarded
every other year, in particular again in 2015, for significant
contributions first published in the 6 years preceding January 1st of the
award year. The award is meant to recognize major advances relating to the
foundations of quantum mechanics and to the applications of these
principles – this covers, but is not limited to, quantum information
theory, quantum computation, quantum foundations, quantum cryptography, and
quantum control. The award is not intended as a "lifetime achievement"
award, but rather to highlight the continuing rapid pace of research in
these areas. It is intended to cover even-handedly theoretical and
experimental research, both fundamental and applied.  Further information
about the Bell Prize may be found at
http://cqiqc.physics.utoronto.ca/bell_prize/home.html



The award is funded and managed by the University of Toronto, Centre for
Quantum Information and Quantum Control (CQIQC), but the award selection
will be handled by an arms-length selection committee. The membership of
the 2015 committee is

   - Sandu Popescu (chair, and winner of the 2011 Bell Prize)
   - Aephraim Steinberg, ex officio vice-chair
   - Eugene Polzik
   - Michel Devoret (co-winner of the 2013 Bell Prize)
   - Ignacio Cirac

The award will be presented as part of the biennial CQIQC conference,
during which the awardee will be invited to deliver a prize lecture.  (The
meeting

will run in mid-August, 2015 at the Fields Institute, University of
Toronto.  The conference web page is under development, but the previous
conference programme can be viewed at
http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/13-14/CQIQCV/)



To nominate a candidate for this award, please email your nomination to
Anna Ho, CQIQC administrative assistant, at aho at chem.utoronto.ca. The
nomination should include the name and affiliation of the nominee, a 1-2
paragraph statement of the importance of the contribution on the basis of
which you are making the nomination and the principal literature citations
to this work (which must have been published between January 2009 and
December 2014). Self-nomination is prohibited.



All nominations received prior to December 15, 2014 will be considered
(although the committee will not be bound to restrict itself to these
nominations).



Thank you in advance for your assistance,



Sandu Popsecu

on behalf of the Bell Prize selection committee



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