Warit Asavanant, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Applied Physics at The University of Tokyo, Japan. He earned his Ph.D. at the Furusawa–Yoshikawa Laboratory with research topics centering the usage of continuous-variable optical entanglement in quantum computation. He received an award for his outstanding M.S. thesis from the Department of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo.

Akira Furusawa, Ph.D., is a Professor of Applied Physics at The University of Tokyo and a Deputy Director of RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing, Japan. He is a pioneer in quantum teleportation and his research has ensured great progress toward the realization of optical quantum computers using quantum teleportation techniques. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Ryogo Kubo Memorial Award in 2006, the JSPS Prize and Japan Academy Medal in 2007, the International Quantum Communication Award in 2008, the Toray Science and Technology Prize in 2014, and the Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon in 2016.