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Scott Aaronson

Also Known As Scott J. Aaronson · Scott Joel Aaronson
Theory of Computation

Scott Joel Aaronson is an American theoretical computer scientist and Schlumberger Centennial Chair of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin. His primary areas of research are computational complexity theory and quantum computing. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Birth Year
1981 1
Birth Date
1981-05-21 1
Award
ACM Fellow 2
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ACM Prize in Computing 2
Award
Alan T. Waterman Award 2
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Messenger Lectures 2
Award
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers 2
Contribution Kind
Theory 1
Highest Honour
ACM Prize in Computing 1
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1. Wikipedia: Scott Aaronson
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  • Lead section
    Scott Joel Aaronson (born May 21, 1981) is an American theoretical computer scientist and Schlumberger Centennial Chair of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin.
  • Infobox, Born
    May 21, 1981
  • Infobox: awards
    Alan T. Waterman Award PECASE Tomassoni awards, Tomassoni-Chisesi Prize ACM Prize in Computing
  • Infobox: known_for
    PostBQP, Quantum Turing machine with postselection Algebrization Boson sampling
  • In Field: Theory of Computation, Lead paragraph
  • In Field: Quantum Computing, Lead paragraph
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2. Wikidata: Scott Aaronson
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