Raymond Laflamme
Raymond Laflamme is Director of the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC), a leading-edge scientific institution at the University of Waterloo in Canada. He co-founded IQC shortly after joining Waterloo’s renowned Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. Previously, Laflamme spent nine years at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, during which time he was named an Oppenheimer Fellow. He earned his PhD from Cambridge University under the direction of Stephen Hawking. Laflamme lives in Waterloo with his wife Janice and their children Jocelyne and Patrick.
Driven By Curiosity
I proved Stephen Hawking wrong. Whenever I say those five words during a speech, people in the audience suddenly perk up, as if a little jolt of electricity has been delivered to their seats. I always get a kick out of that. When I say “I proved Stephen Hawking wrong,” I’m not boasting (although, as [...]
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