John Stewart Bell - Legacy

Legacy

In 2008, a prize named in honor of Bell was created by the Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control at the University of Toronto. Officially called "The John Stewart Bell Prize for Research on Fundamental Issues in Quantum Mechanics and their Applications," the prize is awarded every other year for significant contributions first published during the six preceding years. The award recognizes major advances relating to the foundations of quantum mechanics and to the applications of these principles. In 2009, the first award was presented by Alain Aspect to Professor Nicolas Gisin, University of Geneva for his theoretical and experimental work on foundations and applications of quantum physics - notably quantum nonlocality, quantum cryptography, and quantum teleportation.