Awardees
Award Ceremony of the Eduard Rhein Award
Awardees 2023
Upon unanimous proposals of the Board of Trustees and the Jury, the Board decided to award Prof. Gilles Brassard, Ph.D. and Mr. Charles H. Bennett, Ph.D. with the Technology Award 2023 as well as Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius with the Culture Award 2023 of the EDUARD RHEIN FOUNDATION. The Ring of Honour is awarded to Univ.-Prof. Prof. h.c. Prof. cs. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. h.c. Ulrich Walter.
The technology award is endowed with Euro 40,000,
the cultural award with Euro 10,000.
Ring of Honor
Univ.-Prof. Prof. h.c. Prof. cs. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. h.c. Ulrich Walter
For his tireless commitment, as an astronaut and holder of the Chair of Astronautics at the Technical University of Munich, to awakening a fascination for scientific and technical knowledge in society
Technology Award
Prof. Gilles Brassard, Ph.D.
Charles H. Bennett, Ph.D.
For the conception of the first key agreement protocol whose security is derived from the validity of quantum physics
Writing is a very powerful means for the distribution of information to many people and over large distances, and for preserving the knowledge over time. Creating a network of potential readers was a primary challenge at the beginning. As literacy increased, the need to limit the access to information to selected readers developed. Julius Cesar […]
Cultural Award
Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius
For achievements in academic research and teaching, her commitment to communicating policy and science, and her outstanding role in communicating science to the general public
Antje Boetius is a marine biologist and professor of geomicrobiology at the University of Bremen. Since November 2017, she has headed the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven and leads the research group “Microbial Habitats” at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, where the first “meta-eaters” were discovered. She has worked as a leader of […]
Young People Award
Jakob Zöphel
Konrad-Zuse-Youth Prize for Computer Science of the Eduard Rhein Foundation: Electronical Nose
The human nose is a marvel of nature. Experts estimate that it can distinguish between billions and billions of scents. However, it is not able to smell all odors and gases. This is where Jakob Zöphel’s research project came in. He developed a kind of electronic nose by interconnecting 17 different gas sensors and integrating […]
Matthias Fuchs
Eduard Rhein Youth Award for Radio, Television and Information Technology: Software analyses walking movement
Some clinics and medical supply stores have a so-called gait lab. Here, patients walk on a special mat while sensors and cameras record their individual walking movements. Afterwards, software analyzes the gait and provides information on suitable shoe inserts, for example. However, such gait labs are expensive, which is why Matthias Fuchs decided to develop […]