Alexander Semenovich Holevo (, also spelled as Kholevo and Cholewo) is a
Soviet
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and
Russia
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n
mathematician
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, one of the pioneers of
quantum information science
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.
Biography
Steklov Mathematical Institute
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, Moscow, since 1969. He graduated from
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
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in 1966, defended a PhD Thesis in 1969 and a Doctor of Science Thesis in 1975. Since 1986 A.S. Holevo is a Professor (
Moscow State University
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and
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
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).
Research
A.S. Holevo made substantial contributions in the mathematical foundations of
quantum theory,
quantum statistics
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and
quantum information
Quantum information is the information of the state of a quantum system. It is the basic entity of study in quantum information theory, and can be manipulated using quantum information processing techniques. Quantum information refers to both t ...
theory. In 1973 he obtained an upper bound for the amount of classical information that can be extracted from an ensemble of quantum states by quantum measurements (this result is known as ''
Holevo's theorem
Holevo's theorem is an important limitative theorem in quantum computing, an interdisciplinary field of physics and computer science. It is sometimes called Holevo's bound, since it establishes an upper bound to the amount of information that can ...
''). A.S. Holevo developed the mathematical theory of
quantum communication channels, the noncommutative theory of statistical decisions, he proved
coding theorems in quantum information theory and revealed the structure of
quantum Markov semigroups and measurement processes. A.S. Holevo is the author of about one-hundred and seventy published works, including five monographs.
Honours and awards
* Andrey Markov Prize of Russian Academy of Sciences (1997)
* Prizes for the best scientific achievements of Russian Academy of Sciences (1992, 1995, 2008)
* Quantum Communication Award (1996)
* Alexander von Humboldt Research Award (1999).
* Invited Speaker of the
International Congress of Mathematicians
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The Fields Medals, the IMU Abacus Medal (known before ...
, Madrid (2006)
*Claude E. Shannon Award (2016)
Bibliography
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See also
* History of quantum computing
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* Werner–Holevo channels
References
1943 births
Living people
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology alumni
Academic staff of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Academic staff of Moscow State University
Quantum information science
20th-century Russian mathematicians
Soviet mathematicians
Quantum information scientists
Academic staff of the Steklov Institute of Mathematics
Information theorists
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