Rice computer scientist Nai-Hui Chia has won a prestigious Google Scholar Award, which includes funding to further his research on the use of quantum computers to simulate quantum physical systems.
Rice's Nai-Hui Chia awarded Google funding to study quantum simulations
Computer scientist's research has implications for quantum cryptography and complexity theory
Link: https://csweb.rice.edu/news/nai-hui-chia-receives-google-scholar-award-study-quantum-simulations