Long Citation (for publication and press release)
Raymond Laflamme has solved both practical and theoretical problems of fundamental importance to quantum information processing, and has been a leader in bringing Canada to international prominence in this field. He elucidated theoretical approaches to quantum error correction, which set the benchmark in this field, and gave the first experimental demonstrations of these techniques. He holds the world record for the largest quantum computer achieved to date. Furthermore, he has devised a radically new approach to quantum computing using linear optics. Laflamme is a founding member of Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics and Director of the Institute for Quantum Computing.

Short Citation (to be read at the Induction Ceremony)
Raymond Laflamme has solved both practical and theoretical problems of fundamental importance to quantum information processing, and has been a leader in bringing Canada to international prominence in this field. He elucidated theoretical approaches to quantum error correction, which set the benchmark in this field, and gave the first experimental demonstrations of these techniques.