Claude Crépeau
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Dr. Claude Crépeau is a professor
in the School of Computer Science
at McGill University
. Ηe was born in Montreal
, Quebec
, Canada
, in 1962. He received a Masters degree from the Université de Montréal
in 1986, and obtained his Ph.D. in Computer Science
from MIT in 1990, working in the field of cryptography
with Prof. Silvio Micali
as his Ph.D. advisor and Gilles Brassard
as his M.Sc advisor. He spent two years as a Postdoctoral
Fellow at Université d'Orsay
, and was a CNRS researcher at École Normale Supérieure
from 1992 to 1995. He was appointed associate professor at Université de Montréal
in 1995,
and has been a faculty member at McGill University
since 1998. He is a member of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
program on Quantum Information Processing
.
Prof. Crépeau is best known for his fundamental work in zero-knowledge proof
, multi-party computing, quantum cryptography
, and quantum teleportation
.
In 1993, together with Charles H. Bennett
, Gilles Brassard
, Richard Jozsa
, Asher Peres
, and William Wootters
, Prof. Crépeau invented quantum teleportation
.
Prof. Crépeau has an Erdős number of 2, having co-authored a paper with Carl Pomerance
.
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
in the School of Computer Science
McGill University School of Computer Science
The School of Computer Science is a School in the Faculty of Science at McGill University located in the McConnell Engineering Building at 3480 University, Montreal. The school is the second most funded computer science department in Canada. It currently has 34 faculty members, 60 Ph.D...
at McGill University
McGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
. Ηe was born in Montreal
Montreal
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, Quebec
Quebec
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, Canada
Canada
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, in 1962. He received a Masters degree from the Université de Montréal
Université de Montréal
The Université de Montréal is a public francophone research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It comprises thirteen faculties, more than sixty departments and two affiliated schools: the École Polytechnique and HEC Montréal...
in 1986, and obtained his Ph.D. in Computer Science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
from MIT in 1990, working in the field of cryptography
Cryptography
Cryptography is the practice and study of techniques for secure communication in the presence of third parties...
with Prof. Silvio Micali
Silvio Micali
Silvio Micali is an Italian-born computer scientist at MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and a professor of computer science in MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science since 1983. His research centers on the theory of cryptography and information...
as his Ph.D. advisor and Gilles Brassard
Gilles Brassard
Gilles Brassard was born in Montreal, Canada, in 1955. He received a Masters degree from the Université de Montréal in 1975, and obtained his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Cornell University in 1979, working in the field of cryptography with John Hopcroft as his advisor...
as his M.Sc advisor. He spent two years as a Postdoctoral
Fellow at Université d'Orsay
Paris-Sud 11 University
University of Paris-Sud or University of Paris-Sud or University of Paris XI is a French university distributed among several campuses in the southern suburb of Paris...
, and was a CNRS researcher at École Normale Supérieure
École Normale Supérieure
The École normale supérieure is one of the most prestigious French grandes écoles...
from 1992 to 1995. He was appointed associate professor at Université de Montréal
Université de Montréal
The Université de Montréal is a public francophone research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It comprises thirteen faculties, more than sixty departments and two affiliated schools: the École Polytechnique and HEC Montréal...
in 1995,
and has been a faculty member at McGill University
McGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
since 1998. He is a member of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research enables Canadian researchers to work on international research teams that are custom built to transform their fields of study...
program on Quantum Information Processing
Quantum computer
A quantum computer is a device for computation that makes direct use of quantum mechanical phenomena, such as superposition and entanglement, to perform operations on data. Quantum computers are different from traditional computers based on transistors...
.
Prof. Crépeau is best known for his fundamental work in zero-knowledge proof
Zero-knowledge proof
In cryptography, a zero-knowledge proof or zero-knowledge protocol is an interactive method for one party to prove to another that a statement is true, without revealing anything other than the veracity of the statement....
, multi-party computing, quantum cryptography
Quantum cryptography
Quantum key distribution uses quantum mechanics to guarantee secure communication. It enables two parties to produce a shared random secret key known only to them, which can then be used to encrypt and decrypt messages...
, and quantum teleportation
Quantum teleportation
Quantum teleportation, or entanglement-assisted teleportation, is a process by which a qubit can be transmitted exactly from one location to another, without the qubit being transmitted through the intervening space...
.
In 1993, together with Charles H. Bennett
Charles H. Bennett (computer scientist)
Charles H. Bennett is an IBM Fellow at IBM Research. Bennett's recent work at IBM has concentrated on a re-examination of the physical basis of information, applying quantum physics to the problems surrounding information exchange...
, Gilles Brassard
Gilles Brassard
Gilles Brassard was born in Montreal, Canada, in 1955. He received a Masters degree from the Université de Montréal in 1975, and obtained his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Cornell University in 1979, working in the field of cryptography with John Hopcroft as his advisor...
, Richard Jozsa
Richard Jozsa
Richard Jozsa is the holder of the Leigh Trapnell Chair in Quantum Physics at the University of Cambridge. His research area is quantum information science; a pioneer of this field, he is the co-author of the Deutsch-Jozsa quantum algorithm and one of the co-inventors of quantum teleportation...
, Asher Peres
Asher Peres
Asher Peres was an Israeli physicist, considered a pioneer in quantum information theory. According to his autobiography, he was born in Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne in France, where his father, a Polish electrical engineer, had found work laying down power lines...
, and William Wootters
William Wootters
William Kent Wootters is an American physicist, and a leading contributor to the field of quantum information theory. He proved the no cloning theorem in a joint paper with Wojciech H. Zurek. It was also independently discovered by Dennis Dieks. He has also worked on the quantification of...
, Prof. Crépeau invented quantum teleportation
Quantum teleportation
Quantum teleportation, or entanglement-assisted teleportation, is a process by which a qubit can be transmitted exactly from one location to another, without the qubit being transmitted through the intervening space...
.
Prof. Crépeau has an Erdős number of 2, having co-authored a paper with Carl Pomerance
Carl Pomerance
Carl Bernard Pomerance is a well-known number theorist. He attended college at Brown University and later received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1972 with a dissertation proving that any odd perfect number has at least 7 distinct prime factors. He immediately joined the faculty at the...
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Publications
- C. H. Bennett, G. Brassard, C. Crépeau, R. Jozsa, A. Peres, & W. K. Wootters, Teleporting an unknown quantum state via dual classical and Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen channels, Phys. Rev. Lett. 70 1895-1899 (1993) (http://www.research.ibm.com/quantuminfo/teleportation/teleportation.html)