REQUEST FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2013 JOHN STEWART BELL PRIZE FOR  
        RESEARCH ON FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES IN QUANTUM MECHANICS 
                      AND THEIR APPLICATIONS


We are pleased to announce the 2013 John Stewart Bell Prize, and ask  
for your assistance in identifying deserving candidates for the award.

The John Stewart Bell Prize for Research on Fundamental Issues in  
Quantum Mechanics and their Applications (short form: "Bell Prize") is  
awarded every other year, in particular again in 2013, for significant  
contributions first published in the 6 years preceding January 1st of  
the award year. The award is meant to recognize major advances relating  
to the foundations of quantum mechanics and to the applications of these  
principles. This covers, but is not limited to, quantum information  
theory, quantum computation, quantum foundations, quantum cryptography,  
and quantum control. The award is not intended as a "lifetime  
achievement" award, but rather to highlight the continuing rapid pace of  
research in these areas. It is intended to cover even-handedly  
theoretical and experimental research, both fundamental and applied. 

The award is funded and managed by the University of Toronto, Centre  
for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (CQIQC), but the award  
selection will be handled by an arms-length selection committee. The  
membership of the 2013 committee is:

 Nicolas Gisin (chair, and winner of the inaugural Bell Prize, 2009)
 Aephraim Steinberg, ex officio vice-chair
 Sandu Popescu (winner of the 2011 Bell Prize)
 John Preskill
 Eugene Polzik

 The award will be presented as part of the biennial CQIQC conference,  
during which the awardee will be invited to deliver a prize lecture.   
This year's conference will additionally be a celebration of the  
upcoming 50th anniversary of Bell's Inequalities, making it a  
particularly special occasion.  (The meeting will run August 12-16, 2013  
at the Fields Institute, University of Toronto.  The conference web page  
is under development, but the previous conference programme can be  
viewed at 

    http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/11-12/CQIQCIV)

To nominate a candidate for this award, please email your nomination  
to Anna Ho, CQIQC administrative assistant, at [log in to unmask] The  
nomination should include the name and affiliation of the nominee, a 1-2  
paragraph statement of the importance of the contribution on the basis  
of which you are making the nomination and the principal literature  
citations to this work (which must have been published between January  
2007 and December 2012). Self-nomination is prohibited. 

All nominations received prior to January 31, 2013 will be considered  
(although the committee will not be bound to restrict itself to these  
nominations).

Thank you in advance for your assistance,


The Bell Prize Award Committee

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