Laszlo B. Kish

Laszlo B. Kish
Laszlo Bela Kish
Born	1955 Hungary
Residence	United States
Nationality	American, Hungarian
Fields	Physicist and Electrical Engineer
Institutions	Texas A&M University of Uppsala
Alma mater	JATE
Academic advisors	Laszlo Vize Miklos Torok
Known for	Kish cypher Noise-based logic Fluctuation-enhanced sensing Sensing of phage-triggered ion cascades (SEPTIC) Johnson noise engines and demons Speed–error–energy limits of computers Zero-power communication Signal-to-noise enhancement in stochastic resonance Percolation noise in high-Tc superconductors 1/f noise measurements, models and critique Founding editor-in-chief of Fluctuation and Noise Letters Founder of the conference series Unsolved Problems of Noise Co-founder of SPIE's symposium series Fluctuations and Noise
Notable awards	Doctor Honoris Causa from Uppsala University (2011) Benzelius Prize from the Royal Society of Science of Sweden (2001), Doctor Honoris Causa from University of Szeged (2012)
Notes
He changed his name from 'Kiss' to 'Kish' in 1998 while living in Sweden.

Laszlo Bela Kish (né: László Bela Kiss) is a physicist and professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University. His activities include a wide range of issues surrounding the physics and technical applications of stochastic fluctuations (noises) in physical, biological and technological systems, including nanotechnology. His earlier long-term positions include the Department of Experimental Physics, University of Szeged, Hungary (JATE, 1982–1997), and Angstrom Laboratory, Uppsala University, Sweden (1997–2001). During the same periods he had also conducted scientific research in short-term positions, such as at the Eindhoven University of Technology (Netherlands, 1986, 1997),University of Cologne (Germany, 1989, 1990), National Research Laboratory of Metrology (Japan, 1991),University of Birmingham (United Kingdom, 1993), and others.

He received his MS in physics from Attila József University (JATE), Hungary, 1980; and Doctoral degree in Solid State Physics, at JATE in 1984. He had no official PhD adviser, though his mentors were Laszlo Vize and Miklos Torok. He received a Docent in Solid State Physics (habilitation) from Uppsala University, Sweden in 1994. He received a Doctor of Science (Physics), from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 2001.

His main areas of interest have been related to stochastic fluctuations (noise), especially those related to the relevant laws, limits and applications, including the addressing of new or open questions, or exposing fashionable misconceptions. He has/had been working in many related fields, (see his list of publications) such as 1/f noise and its models, stochastic resonance, high-Tc superconductors, noise at percolation and biased percolation, nanoparticles and their lognormal size distribution, self-organized criticality, universal conductance fluctuations, the error–speed–power dissipation issues of physical informatics, noise as information and information carrier, chemical and biological sensing, secure communication, unconventional computation, vibration-induced fluctuation analysis of soils, electronic device noise vs its degradation, weight fluctuations of memory devices during/after writing/deletion of information, etc. He has often played the role of a critic. His inventions and co-inventions includefluctuation-enhanced sensing, SEPTIC method (prompt bacterium detection), secure communication with Johnson-like noise (Kish cypher), speed–error–energy limits of computers,zero-signal-power communication, "information theoretically secure computer hardware",noise-based logic, Electrical noise engines and others.