In June 2020, we decided, on a yearly base, to elect the Quantum Personality of the Year.
The 6-10 nominees are selected by our Advisory Board during the Year n.
Then an interview of each nominee is published on our website and our monthly newsletter from mid-December up to mid-January, Year n.
A call for vote is proposed by the end of January, Year n+1, to all our members/subscribers.
The winner is announced by the beginning of February, Year n+1.
Quantum Personality of the Year 2020 – Nominees:
- Paulina Mazurek (BEIT), Poland
- Itamar Sivan (Quantum Machines), Israël
- Ilyas Khan (Cambridge Quantum Computing – CQC), United Kingdom
- Daniel Twitchen (E6 – Element Six), United Kingdom
- John Levy (Seeqc), USA
Ilyas Khan elected Quantum Personality of the Year 2020
With more than 40% of the votes, Ilyas Khan, CEO of Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC) has won the title of « Quantum Personality of the Year 2020 ».