Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard, who pioneered quantum information theory, win the ACM A.M. Turing Award; the pair developed the BB84 cryptography protocol (Steven Levy/Wired)
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March 18, 2026
Steven Levy / Wired: Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard, who pioneered quantum information theory, win the ACM A.M. Turing Award; the pair developed the BB84 cryptography protocol — Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard pioneered quantum information theory. Now they've been awarded the highest honor in computer science.
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