VYZOV PRIZE AWARDED FOR ION QUANTUM PROCESSORS AND POLARITON-BASED TRANSISTORS. WINNERS IN FOUR CATEGORIES RECEIVED 10 MLN RUBLES EACH
21 декабря 2023
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On December 19, the VYZOV Prize for Future Technologies awards ceremony took place in Moscow. The Prize's Scientific Committee chaired by Artem Oganov, Doctor in Physics and Mathematics, reviewed 218 application from Russian researchers and chose the winners in the following four categories: Future (for scientific achievement that has impacted the dynamics of development of future technologies), Engineering Solution (for an invention that helped significantly advance a certain technology), Breakthrough (for scientific research that enabled the creation of future technologies), and Scientist of the Year (for personal contribution to the creation of future technologies and changing the scientific landscape). The winner in each category received 10 million rubles, broadcast of the awards ceremony is available at the Prize's official website.
The Prize in the Future category was awarded to Ilya Semerikov, Candidate of Physics and Mathematics working at the Russian Quantum Center and Lebedev Physical Institute, for creating a trapped-ion quantum computer. The winner in Engineering Solution category is Hamlet Khodzhibagiyan, from the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, for developing and producing magnets based on high-temperature superconductors. In Breakthrough category, the Prize was awarded to Pavlos Lagoudakis (Skoltech) for his works in polariton physics and the development of a polariton-based transistor. Raul Gainetdinov, Candidate of Medical Sciences working at St Petersburg University, one of the world's leading experts on dopamine receptors and trace amines, was named Scientist of the Year. His research can help create new drugs for curing depression and other diseases.
Hamlet Khodzhibagiyan, Candidate of Physics and Mathematics, Deputy Director of Laboratory of High Energy Physics at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), won the Prize in Engineering Solution category. He is known as one of the creators of Nuclotron, JINR's main synchrotron. He received the award for developing magnets based on high-temperature superconductors for powerful energy storage devices that enable research in the new physics. Mr. Khodzhibagiyan's solution opens up new opportunities and helps drastically reduce energy consumption compared with the existing systems.