Peter Williston Shor (born August 14, 1959) is an American theoretical computer scientist known for his work on quantum computation, in particular for devising Shor's algorithm, a quantum algorithm for factoring exponentially faster than the best currently-known algorithm running on a classical computer. He has been a professor of applied mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) since 2003.
peter williston shor (born august 14 1959) is an american theoretical computer scientist known for his work on quantum computation in particular for devising shor's algorithm a quantum algorithm for factoring exponentially faster than the best currently-known algorithm running on a classical computer he has been a professor of applied mathematics at the massachusetts institute of technology (mit) since 2003