Friday, November 6, 2009 3:30 pm
-
4:30 pm
EST (GMT -05:00)
Computing with Untrusted Quantum Apparatus
Speaker: | Michele Mosca |
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Affiliation: | University of Waterloo |
Room: | Mathematics & Computer Building (MC) 5158 |
Abstract:
Quantum
information
processing
offers
the
possibility
of
solving
computational
problems
previously
thought
to
be
intractable,
and
of
achieving
cryptographic
objectives
previously
thought
to
be
impossible.
To
what
extent
must
we
trust
our
quantum
apparatus,
and
to
what
extent
can
we
objectively
test
for
its
faithful
behaviour?
For
example,
would
you
believe
a
quantum
proof
implemented
by
an
untrusted
quantum
computer?
Can
you
trust
a
quantum
cryptosystem
implemented
by
hardware
you
bought
from
an
untrusted
vendor?
I
will
discuss
some
old
and
new
results
related
to
these
questions.