Stephen Wiesner

Stephen Wiesner
Stephen Wiesner
	Rank Prize (2006) Micius Quantum Prize (2019)
	Scientific career
Fields	quantum information
Thesis	Experimental test of the rotational invariance of the weak interaction (1972)

Stephen J. Wiesner (1942 – August 12, 2021)

quantum information theory, including quantum money^[2] (which led to quantum key distribution), quantum multiplexing^[3] (the earliest example of oblivious transfer) and superdense coding^[4] (the first and most basic example of entanglement-assisted communication). Although this work remained unpublished for over a decade, it circulated widely enough in manuscript form to stimulate the emergence of quantum information science

in the 1980s and 1990s.

Stephen Wiesner is the son of

Rank Prize in Optoelectronics with Charles H. Bennett, and Gilles Brassard for quantum cryptography. In 2019, he received one of six Micius Quantum Prizes, along with Bennett, Brassard, Artur Ekert, Anton Zeilinger and Pan Jianwei

for quantum communication.

In the 1970’s, after leaving academia, he worked in many different Silicon Valley startups while also working on weekends at a fruits and vegetable distribution co-op. During this time he became interested in Judaism and in finding solutions for solar energy, clean energy and space migration.

After moving to Israel, in addition to his religious study, Steve worked part time in construction and as a surveyor. He continued to work constantly on inventions, ideas and prototypes, mostly related to clean energy, sustainability and space travel. [6]^[1] He remained affiliated with the Quantum Foundations & Information Group at Tel Aviv University.^[7]^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b "Shtetl-Optimized » Blog Archive » Stephen Wiesner (1942-2021)".
^ Satell, Greg (July 10, 2016). "The Very Strange—And Fascinating—Ideas behind IBM's Quantum Computer". Forbes.
^ S.J. Wiesner, "Conjugate Coding", SIGACT News 15:1, pp. 78–88, 1983.
PMID 10046665
.

^ How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival, by David Kaiser

ISBN 978-0521199568
. Retrieved 8 August 2018.

^ Greer Fay Cashman (2020-04-23). "Grapevine: Total separation". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2021-08-14.

^ "People@Quantum". tau.ac.il. Retrieved 2021-08-14.

Further reading

The Code Book, Simon Singh, (Doubleday, 1999), pp. 331–338.

Jerry Wiesner: scientist, statesman, humanist: memories and memoirs, Jerome Bert Wiesner and Walter A. Rosenblith, (MIT Press, 2003), p. 591.

Brief History of Quantum Cryptography: A Personal Perspective, Gilles Bassard, October 17, 2005.

Edward Farhi, Aram Harrow (2013). "Quantum, Quantum, Quantum: Cloning, Money, and Monogamy" (PDF). MIT Physics Annual Report. pp. 59–66. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-09.

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[death-1] "Shtetl-Optimized » Blog Archive » Stephen Wiesner (1942-2021)".

[2] Satell, Greg (July 10, 2016). "The Very Strange—And Fascinating—Ideas behind IBM's Quantum Computer". Forbes.

[3] S.J. Wiesner, "Conjugate Coding", SIGACT News 15:1, pp. 78–88, 1983.

[4] PMID 10046665
.

[5] How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival, by David Kaiser

[6] ISBN 978-0521199568
. Retrieved 8 August 2018.

[7] Greer Fay Cashman (2020-04-23). "Grapevine: Total separation". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2021-08-14.

[8] "People@Quantum". tau.ac.il. Retrieved 2021-08-14.

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