To be considered for the prize:

1. The thesis subject may range from fundamental (mathematical) to experimental (technological) physics, but a clear relation to quantum technology (quantum information, computation, communication, sensing) must be evident to the jury.
2. The masters student should have completed all requirements for the Masters Degree at an academic institution in the greater Stockholm area, and the thesis must have been approved with a passing grade and published to their university website. There is NO requirement that the thesis should contain a peer-reviewed article, or posting on a pre-print server.
3. Submissions must be made by Aug. 31 of the year that the prize is given. Theses which are older than one year will not be considered. The Thesis and Masters Degree must have an approval date which is within one year prior to Aug. 31.
4. The Jury will evaluate submissions and announce their decision by Sept. 31. The winner will be invited to the QTH fall event (Oct. 23-24, 2024) where they will receive a medal, and present their work.
5. The submission is made via e-mail to director of QTH. The e-mail, with subject ‘Lindblad Prize Submission’ must contain a letter of recommendation and motivation for the candidate, buy the submitting faculty member. The e-mail must also contain a link where the thesis can be down-loaded.

Göran Lindblad

Göran Lindblad was a theoretical physicists and pioneer in the field of open quantum systems and quantum information. Receiving his first degree in technical physics in 1964, he spent his entire carrier at KTH. In 1974 he defended his PhD thesis on ’The concepts of information and entropy applied to the measurement process in quantum theory and in statistical mechanics’. Soon thereafter he invented the Lindblad Equation, which was published in a paper entitled ‘On the generators of quantum dynamical semigroups’ [Commun Math Phys 48:119 (1976)]. Today the Lindblad Equation is used copiously in to model and simulate open quantum systems, i.e. quantum technological systems which are necessarily connected to an ‘environment’ consisting of their control and measurement ports. Göran was a dedicated physicists who contributed as a researcher and teacher at KTH, officially retiring in 2005. He continued to come to his office and contribute until his passing in 2022.