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Peter Shor

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Peter Williston Shor (born August 14, 1959) is an American theoretical computer scientist known for his work on quantum computation, in particular for devising Shor's algorithm, a quantum algorithm for factoring exponentially faster than the best currently-known algorithm running on a classical computer. He has been a professor of applied mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) since 2003. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Shor is the 179th most popular computer scientist (down from 176th in 2019), the 10,941st most popular biography from United States (down from 10,812th in 2019) and the 101st most popular American Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Peter Shor ranks 179 out of 245. Before him are Luis von Ahn, Bruce Schneier, Katie Bouman, Bassel Khartabil, David Marr, and David Karp. After him are Jean E. Sammet, Michael Dertouzos, Richard Garriott, Rob Pike, Scott Fahlman, and Grady Booch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Peter Shor ranks 468. Before him are Nikos Dendias, Marc Alexandre, Rafael Amador, Jon Oliva, Hiroshi Ohashi, and Everton Nogueira. After him are Tomislav Karamarko, Karl Shuker, Marco Antonio Solís, Ashlyn Gere, Zabou Breitman, and Laila Robins.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Peter Shor ranks 10,943 out of 20,380. Before him are Richard Hofstadter (1916), CoCo Vandeweghe (1991), Jack Weston (1924), Lou Williams (1986), Bridget Regan (1982), and Johnny Unitas (1933). After him are Bruce Bueno de Mesquita (1946), Jim Hall (1935), Robert Detweiler (1930), Shannon Leto (1970), Dustin Poirier (1989), and Ashlyn Gere (1959).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Peter Shor ranks 101. Before him are Edward F. Moore (1925), Randy Pausch (1960), Andy Hertzfeld (1953), Bruce Schneier (1963), Katie Bouman (1989), and David Karp (1986). After him are Jean E. Sammet (1928), Scott Fahlman (1948), Grady Booch (1955), Dave Cutler (1942), Robert Tappan Morris (1965), and Brian Acton (1972).

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