Peter Zoller of the University of Innsbruck has been awarded the 2006 Dirac medal of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste, Italy. Zoller, the scientific director of the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Innsbruck, is honoured for his work in atomic physics, including proposing the use of trapped ions for quantum computing. The Dirac medal -- one of the world's most prestigious physics prizes -- is given each year on 8 August, the birth date of Paul Dirac.
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