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Scott Aaronson Professor of Computer Science; Director, Quantum Information Center, University of Texas at Austin
Laura Mersini-Houghton Professor of Theoretical Physics & Cosmology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Frank Wilczek Nobel Laureate in Physics; Templeton Prize recipient; Emeritus Professor of Physics, MIT; Distinguished Professor in Physics, Arizona State University
