Tommaso Toffoli
Tommaso Toffoli (Italian pronunciation: [tomˈmaːzo ˈtɔffoli]) is an Italian-American professor of electrical and computer engineering at Boston University where he joined the faculty in 1995.[1] He has worked on cellular automata and the theory of artificial life (with Edward Fredkin and others), and is known for the invention of the Toffoli gate.
Early life and career[edit]
He was born in June, 1943 in Montereale Valcellina, in northeastern Italy, to Francesco and Valentina (Saveri) Toffoli and was raised in Rome. He received his laurea in physics (equivalent to a master's degree) from the University of Rome La Sapienza in 1967.[citation needed]
Toffoli moved to the United States in 1969.[citation needed]
In 1976 he received a Ph.D. in computer and communication science from the University of Michigan, then in 1978 he joined the faculty of Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a principal research scientist, where he remained until 1995, when he joined the faculty of Boston University.[citation needed]
Books[edit]
- Cellular Automata Machines: A New Environment for Modeling, MIT Press (1987), with Norman Margolus. ISBN 0-262-20060-0.
See also[edit]
- Billiard-ball computer
- Block cellular automaton
- CAM-6
- Computronium
- Critters (cellular automaton)
- Programmable matter
- Reversible cellular automaton
References[edit]
- ^ Toffoli, Tommaso. "Professor". Archived from the original on 2015-02-03. Retrieved 2015-02-03.
External links[edit]
- Homepage Archived 2015-02-03 at the Wayback Machine
- Google Scholar profile
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