Laszlo B. Kish
{{Short description|American physicist (born 1955)}}
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| caption = Laszlo Bela Kish
| birth_place = Hungary
| birth_date = 1955
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| nationality = American, Hungarian
| fields = Physicist and Electrical Engineer
| workplaces = Texas A&M
University of Uppsala
| alma_mater = JATE
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| academic_advisors = Laszlo Vize
Miklos Torok
| doctoral_students = Zoltan Gingl, George Trefan, Jesper Ederth, Anders Hoel, Jong Un Kim, Hung-Chih Chang
| known_for = [http://sites.google.com/site/kishcypher/ Kish cypher]
Noise-based logic
Fluctuation-enhanced sensing
Sensing of phage-triggered ion cascades (SEPTIC)
[http://www.ece.tamu.edu/%7Enoise/research_files/noise_engines.htm Johnson noise engines and demons]
[http://www.ece.tamu.edu/%7Enoise/research_files/research_dissip.htm Speed–error–energy limits of computers]
Zero-power communication
Signal-to-noise enhancement in stochastic resonance
Percolation noise in high-Tc superconductors
1/f noise measurements, models and critique
Founding editor-in-chief of Fluctuation and Noise Letters
Founder of the conference series [http://upon4.unile.it/history.html Unsolved Problems of Noise]
Co-founder of SPIE's symposium series [http://www.quiprocone.org/FN04_CALL_v.pdf Fluctuations and Noise]
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| awards = [http://www.ece.tamu.edu/NewsAndEvents/Newsletter/Vol11No2/news_kishhonor.php Doctor Honoris Causa] from Uppsala University (2011)
Benzelius Prize from the Royal Society of Science of Sweden (2001),
[http://www.ece.tamu.edu/NewsAndEvents/Newsletter/Vol12No6/news_kish.php Doctor Honoris Causa] from University of Szeged (2012)
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Laszlo Bela Kish (born László Béla Kiss) is a physicist and professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University. His activities[http://www.ece.tamu.edu/~noise/publist.pdf Publication list of Laszlo Kish] include a wide range of issues surrounding the physics and technical applications of stochastic fluctuations (noises) in physical, biological and technological systems, including nanotechnology. His earlier long-term positions include the Department of Experimental Physics, University of Szeged, Hungary (JATE, 1982–1997), and Angstrom Laboratory, Uppsala University, Sweden (1997–2001). During the same periods he had also conducted scientific research in short-term positions, such as at the Eindhoven University of Technology (Netherlands, 1986, 1997),{{cite web |url=http://www.tue.nl/en/university/column-1/about-the-university/ |title=About the University |access-date=2011-05-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607025043/http://www.tue.nl/en/university/column-1/about-the-university |archive-date=2011-06-07 }} University of Cologne (Germany, 1989, 1990), National Research Laboratory of Metrology (Japan, 1991),{{cite web |url=http://www.aist.go.jp/NRLM/english/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-05-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722004212/http://www.aist.go.jp/NRLM/english/ |archive-date=2011-07-22 }} University of Birmingham (United Kingdom, 1993), and others.
Education
He received his MS in physics from Attila József University (JATE), Hungary, 1980; and doctoral degree in solid state physics, at JATE in 1984. He had no official PhD adviser, though his mentors were Laszlo Vize and Miklos Torok. He received a docent in solid state physics (habilitation) from Uppsala University, Sweden, in 1994. He received a Doctor of Science (physics), from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 2001.
Research
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His main areas of interest have been related to stochastic fluctuations (noise), especially those related to the relevant laws, limits and applications, including the addressing of new or open questions, or exposing fashionable misconceptions. He has/had been working in many related fields, (see his list of publications) such as 1/f noise and its models, stochastic resonance, high-Tc superconductors, noise at percolation and biased percolation, nanoparticles and their lognormal size distribution, self-organized criticality, universal conductance fluctuations, the error–speed–power dissipation issues of physical informatics, noise as information and information carrier, chemical and biological sensing, secure communication, unconventional computation, vibration-induced fluctuation analysis of soils, electronic device noise vs its degradation, weight fluctuations of memory devices during/after writing/deletion of information, etc. He has often played the role of a critic.[http://www.ece.tamu.edu/~noise/research_files/mythbuster.html Myth-busting in Physics and Information Technology, webpage at Texas A&M University] His inventions and co-inventions include fluctuation-enhanced sensing, SEPTIC method (prompt bacterium detection), secure communication with Johnson-like noise ([http://sites.google.com/site/kishcypher/ Kish cypher]), speed–error–energy limits of computers,{{Cite web|url=http://www.ece.tamu.edu/%7Enoise/research_files/research_dissip.htm|title = Electrical and Computer Engineering}} zero-signal-power communication, "information theoretically secure computer hardware",{{Cite web|url=http://www.ece.tamu.edu/%7Enoise/research_files/secure_hardware.htm|title = Electrical and Computer Engineering}} noise-based logic, [http://www.ece.tamu.edu/%7Enoise/research_files/noise_engines.htm Electrical noise engines] and others.
Public activity
He was the founding editor-in-chief of Fluctuation and Noise Letters (2001–2008), where he is currently Honorary Editor (2009–present). Kish is the founder of the international conference series [http://upon4.unile.it/history.html Unsolved Problems of Noise] (held at various locations at every 3rd years since 1996 when he chaired the first meeting). He is co-founder of SPIE's international conference series [http://www.quiprocone.org/FN04_CALL_v.pdf Fluctuations and Noise] (with D. Abbott) and the [http://www.ece.tamu.edu/%7Enoise/HotPI_2013/HotPI_2013.html Hot Topics of Physical Informatics (HotPI)] conference series (with David K. Ferry and He Wen). He coauthored the HTML document available for download from the internet, The Dancer and the Piper: Resolving Problems with Government Research Contracting.
Honors
He was the recipient of the year 2001 Benzelius Prize of the Royal Society of Science of Sweden for his activities on fluctuation-enhanced chemical sensing. In 2011, he received the title of [https://web.archive.org/web/20110318090728/http://www.ece.tamu.edu/NewsAndEvents/Newsletter/Vol11No2/news_kishhonor.php Honorary Doctor (Honoris Causa)] from Uppsala University, Sweden for his achievement in "research and technical applications of random fluctuations and noise." In 2012, he received the title of [https://archive.today/20130217101406/http://www.ece.tamu.edu/NewsAndEvents/Newsletter/Vol12No6/news_kish.php Honorary Doctor (Honoris Causa)] from the University of Szeged for his "outstanding research work and achievements."
See also
References
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External links
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- [https://noise.ece.tamu.edu/research_files/mythbuster.html Myth-busting in Physics and Information Technology, webpage at Texas A&M University]
- [https://noise.ece.tamu.edu/research_files/research_secure.htm Kirchhoff-Law-Johnson-Noise (KLJN) secure key exchange]
- [https://engineering.tamu.edu/electrical/profiles/lkish.html Kish's homepage]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110318090728/http://www.ece.tamu.edu/NewsAndEvents/Newsletter/Vol11No2/news_kishhonor.php News article on Kish's honorary doctor conferment at Uppsala University]
- [https://archive.today/20130217101406/http://www.ece.tamu.edu/NewsAndEvents/Newsletter/Vol12No6/news_kish.php News article on Kish's honorary doctor conferment at University of Szeged]
- [https://noise.ece.tamu.edu/research_files/noise_engines.htm Electrical noise engines and demons]
- [http://sites.google.com/site/kishcypher/ Kish cypher book]
- [http://www.technologyreview.com/view/428202/quantum-cryptography-outperformed-by-classical-technique/ MIT Technology Review feature article about the Kish cypher]
- [http://www.ece.tamu.edu/%7Enoise/HotPI_2013/HotPI_2013.html Hot Topics of Physical Informatics (HotPI)]
- [http://www.ece.tamu.edu/%7Enoise/research_files/research_dissip.htm Noise/energy limits computation]
- [http://www.ece.tamu.edu/%7Enoise/research_files/noise_engines.htm Johnson noise engines and demons]
- [http://www.ece.tamu.edu/%7Enoise/research_files/secure_hardware.htm Unconditionally secure computer hardware]
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