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Gilles Brassard

Gilles Brassard

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Computer Science
Canada
2025

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Computer Science

D-Index
62
Citations
55742
World Ranking
2816
National Ranking
105

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2019 - BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
  • 2018 - Wolf Prize in Physics for their collaborative work in the rapidly expanding field of quantum information science.
  • 2013 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2011 - Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Prize, Canada Council
  • 2011 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2000 - Prix Marie-Victorin, Government of Quebec

Overview

Gilles Brassard is affiliated with the University of Montreal in Canada and has a research focus primarily within the field of Computer Science. Their work spans several subfields including Computational Theory and Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, and Physiology.

The scientist's research engages with diverse topics such as Computability, Logic, and AI Algorithms; Quantum Mechanics and Applications; History and advancements in chemistry; Biofield Effects and Biophysics; Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption; Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture; and Quantum Information and Cryptography.

Recent publications by Gilles Brassard include:

  • "Profile of John Clauser, Alain Aspect and Anton Zeilinger: 2022 Nobel laureates in Physics," 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Relativity could ensure security for cash machines," 2021, Nature
  • "Simple and Rigorous Proof Method for the Security of Practical Quantum Key Distribution in the Single-Qubit Regime Using Mismatched Basis Measurements," 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "On computable numbers, with an application to the Druckproblem," 2024, Theoretical Computer Science

Frequent co-authors include Michel Boyer, Nicolas Godbout, Rotem Liss, Stéphane Virally, and Sophie Berthelette.

Publications by Gilles Brassard have appeared in venues such as the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature, arXiv (Cornell University), and Theoretical Computer Science.

Awards and honors associated with Gilles Brassard encompass the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2019), the Wolf Prize in Physics (2018) awarded for collaborative work in quantum information science, fellowship in the Royal Society of the United Kingdom (2013), the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Prize from the Canada Council (2011), membership in Academia Europaea (2011), and the Prix Marie-Victorin from the Government of Quebec (2000).

Best Publications

  • Teleporting an unknown quantum state via dual classical and Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen channels

    Charles H. Bennett;Gilles Brassard;Claude Crépeau;Richard Jozsa

  • Purification of Noisy Entanglement and Faithful Teleportation via Noisy Channels

    Charles H. Bennett;Gilles Brassard;Sandu Popescu;Benjamin Schumacher

  • Quantum cryptography without Bell's theorem.

    Charles H. Bennett;Gilles Brassard;N. David Mermin

  • Quantum cryptography

    Charles H. Bennett;Gilles Brassard

  • Generalized privacy amplification

    C.H. Bennett;G. Brassard;C. Crepeau;U.M. Maurer

  • Quantum Amplitude Amplification and Estimation

    Gilles Brassard;Peter Hoyer;Michele Mosca;Alain Tapp

  • Strengths and Weaknesses of Quantum Computing

    Charles H. Bennett;Ethan Bernstein;Gilles Brassard;Umesh Vazirani

  • Limitations on Practical Quantum Cryptography

    Gilles Brassard;Norbert Lütkenhaus;Tal Mor;Barry C. Sanders

  • Experimental quantum cryptography

    Charles H. Bennett;François Bessette;Gilles Brassard;Louis Salvail

  • Tight bounds on quantum searching

    Michel Boyer;Gilles Brassard;Peter H yer;Alain Tapp

  • Minimum disclosure proofs of knowledge

    Gilles Brassard;David Chaum;C. Crépeau

  • Privacy amplification by public discussion

    Charles H. Bennett;Gilles Brassard;Jean-Marc Robert

  • Secret-key reconciliation by public discussion

    Gilles Brassard;Louis Salvail

  • Tight bounds on quantum searching

    Michel Boyer;Gilles Brassard;Peter Hoeyer;Alain Tapp

  • Quantum Counting

    Gilles Brassard;Peter Høyer;Alain Tapp

  • All-or-nothing disclosure of secrets

    Gilles Brassard;Claude Crépeau;Jean-Marc Robert

  • Limit on nonlocality in any world in which communication complexity is not trivial.

    Gilles Brassard;Harry Buhrman;Harry Buhrman;Noah Linden;André Allan Méthot

  • Quantum Cryptanalysis of Hash and Claw-Free Functions

    Gilles Brassard;Peter Høyer;Alain Tapp

  • Fundamentals of algorithmics

    Gilles Brassard;Paul Bratley

  • Practical Quantum Oblivious Transfer

    Charles H. Bennett;Gilles Brassard;Claude Crépeau;Marie-Hélène Skubiszewska

  • Strengths and weaknesses of quantum computing

    Charles H. Bennett;Gilles Brassard;Umesh Vazirani;Ethan Bernstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Claude Crépeau
Claude Crépeau McGill University
Charles H. Bennett
Charles H. Bennett IBM (United States)
William K. Wootters
William K. Wootters Williams College
Stefan Wolf
Stefan Wolf Universita della Svizzera Italiana
Moti Yung
Moti Yung Columbia University
Barry C. Sanders
Barry C. Sanders University of Calgary
David Chaum
David Chaum DigiCash
Eli Biham
Eli Biham Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
John A. Smolin
John A. Smolin IBM (United States)
Luc Devroye
Luc Devroye McGill University

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