Charles H. Bennett

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American scientist information theorist physicist

Charles H. Bennett is an American physicist and information theorist known as a founder of quantum information science, particularly for his work on quantum cryptography and the thermodynamics of information.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American scientist → information theorist → physicist →
academicDegree	PhD in chemical physics →
awardReceived	BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award → Harold Pender Award → Rolf Landauer and Charles H. Bennett Award in Quantum Computing → Shannon Award → Wolf Prize in Physics →
birthDate	1943-06-20 →
birthPlace	New York City NERFINISHED →
coAuthored	Quantum cryptography: Public key distribution and coin tossing → Teleporting an unknown quantum state via dual classical and Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen channels →
coDeveloped	concept of quantum teleportation →
coDevelopedWith	Asher Peres → Claude Crépeau → Gilles Brassard → Richard Jozsa → William K. Wootters →
coInvented	BB84 quantum key distribution protocol →
coInventedWith	Gilles Brassard →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
educatedAt	Brandeis University NERFINISHED → Harvard University →
employer	IBM →
familyName	Bennett →
fieldOfWork	quantum computation → quantum cryptography → quantum information theory → statistical mechanics → thermodynamics of information →
fullName	Charles Henry Bennett →
givenName	Charles →
influenced	development of modern quantum information theory → practical quantum key distribution systems →
knownFor	Bennett–Brassard 1984 protocol → development of quantum cryptography → foundations of quantum information science → quantum teleportation → reversible computation → thermodynamics of computation → work on Landauer's principle →
memberOf	American Physical Society →
notableConcept	logical reversibility in computation →
notableStudent	none known →
researchInterest	foundations of statistical mechanics → relationship between information and entropy →
workplace	IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Rolf Landauer →	influenced
Maxwell's demon thought experiment →	inspiredWorkBy