SOComputing Published 2020-10-11 17:29:50
APS (The American Physical Society) has announced the Society’s Spring 2021 prize and award recipients, including those for the 2020 LeRoy Apker Award for undergraduate research and the 2020 Dwight Nicholson Medal for Outreach.
The APS Prizes and Awards recognize outstanding achievements in research, education, and public service. With few exceptions, they are open to all members of the scientific community in the US and abroad. The nomination and selection procedure, involving APS-appointed selection committees, guarantees high standards and prestige.
https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/updates/spring2021.cfm
The Science Of Computing concerned are as followings:
2021 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics
Joel L. Lebowitz, Rutgers University
For seminal contributions to nonequilibrium and equilibrium statistical mechanics, in particular, studies of large deviations in nonequilibrium steady states and rigorous analysis of Gibbs equilibrium ensembles.
https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/heineman.cfm
2021 Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics
Anders W. Sandvik, Boston University
For the development of the stochastic series expansion algorithm, and for numerous creative applications of this method to the study of quantum phase transitions.
https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/rahman.cfm
2021 Rolf Landauer and Charles H. Bennett Award in Quantum Computing
Chao-Yang Lu, University of Science and Technology of China
For significant contributions to optical quantum information sciences, especially on solid-state quantum light sources, quantum teleportation and optical quantum computing.
https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/landauer-bennet.cfm
About APS:
The American Physical Society (APS) is a nonprofit membership organization working to advance and diffuse the knowledge of physics through its outstanding research journals, scientific meetings, and education, outreach, advocacy, and international activities. APS represents over 55,000 members, including physicists in academia, national laboratories, and industry in the United States and throughout the world. Society offices are located in College Park, MD (Headquarters), Ridge, NY, and Washington, DC.
