Renato Renner (born 11 December 1974) is a Swiss professor for Theoretical Physics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, where he is head of the Research Group for Quantum Information Theory.[1] His research interests include Quantum Information and Computation, the Foundations of Quantum Physics and Quantum thermodynamics.[2]
Renato Renner | |
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 Renato Renner in 2010 | |
| Born | 11 December 1974 Lucerne, Switzerland |
| Alma mater | ETH Zurich |
| Scientific career | |
| Thesis | Security of Quantum Key Distribution (2005) |
| Doctoral advisor | Ueli Maurer |
Education and career
editRenner was born 11 December 1974 in Lucerne, Switzerland, where he received his high school degree in 1994 from Kantonsschule. He then went to study physics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) and continued his education at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, where he graduated in theoretical physics. Renner then joined ETH's department of Computer Science as a Ph.D. student, where he worked in the field of Quantum Cryptography and specialized in the Security of Quantum Key Distribution, which became the title of his doctoral thesis in 2005.[1][3] He continued his scientific career with a two-year postdoctoral researcher position at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics of the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.[1]
At his return to Switzerland in 2007, Renner started as assistant professor at ETH Zurich and then continued to work from 2012 as associate professor in the Department of Theoretical Physics, where he was promoted to a Full Professor in 2015.[4] He and his team are especially active in the field of Cyber Security.[5][6]
Awards
edit- 2018, ALEA Award of the AVETH[7]
- 2017 and 2011, Teaching Award (Golden Owl) from the ETH Zurich Physics Student Association[citation needed]
- 2016, TCC Test of Time Award from the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR)[8]
- 2015, Fellowship at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study[citation needed]
- 2011, CRM Aisenstadt Chair[9]
- 2010 - 2015, ERC Starting Independent Researcher Grant
- Best Dissertation Award by the German Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- 2005, ETH Medal for his PhD thesis
References
edit- ^ a b c "ETH Zürich - Renato Renner" (PDF). www.bi.id.ethz.ch. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "Renato Renner - Home". Author DO Series. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ Renner, Renato (2005). Security of quantum key distribution (Doctoral Thesis thesis). ETH Zurich.
- ^ "ETH Zürich - Renato Renner". www.bi.id.ethz.ch. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ Christopher Portmann and Renato Renner: Security in Quantum Cryptography. research-collection.ethz.ch, 2021-08-30. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
- ^ Christian Speicher: Seit Jahren versprechen Quantenphysiker die absolut sichere Verschlüsselung von Daten. Aber erst jetzt lösen sie dieses Versprechen wirklich ein. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 2022-07-30. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
- ^ "Renato Renner mit dem ersten ALEA Award ausgezeichnet". ethz.ch. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "TCC Test of Time Award". www.iacr.org. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "Aisenstadt - Renato Renner". www.crm.umontreal.ca. Retrieved 26 February 2022.