Paul Ehrenfest Best Paper Award for Quantum Foundations

Summary: 

To acknowledge outstanding achievements in the foundations of quantum physics, Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) in Vienna introduces the Paul Ehrenfest Best Paper Award for the best quantum foundations publication in a given year.

The Paul Ehrenfest Best Paper Award is a prize for the most significant publication in the foundations of quantum physics, theoretical or experimental, during one calendar year. The aim of the award is to raise awareness for the field of quantum foundations, and to draw attention to new and interesting achievements in this area without delay. Candidate publications have to be published in a peer-reviewed journal. Other than that, papers from all areas in the foundations of quantum physics, and by authors of any background, will be eligible to receive the award.

Please visit http://www.iqoqi-vienna.at/paul-ehrenfest-best-paper-award-for-quantum-f... to learn about the name giver and the award rules.

For all papers published in 2015, the deadline for nominations is 29 February 2016.

The 2015 selection committee:

Alain Aspect
Caslav Brukner
Nikolas Gisin
Rob Spekkens
Aephraim Steinberg