Latest news from IQC and what's new in quantum research
News
New IQC graduate wins American Physical Society award for exceptional contributions to physics community
Dr. José Polo-Gómez has won the American Physical Society’s (APS) 2026 Irwin Oppenheim Award for his research.
IQC welcomes Canada’s strong commitment to quantum technology and talent development in Budget 2025
The Government of Canada's 2025 budget commits $334.3 million over five years to strengthen the Canadian quantum ecosystem and anchor the national quantum industry.
Celebrating the latest cohort of graduates helping shape the future of quantum science and technology
Ten IQC graduates received their University of Waterloo graduate degrees from math and science faculties at fall 2025 convocation.
What's happening at IQC - Events
Events
IQC Math and CS seminar featuring Bowen Li
Lifting quantum Markov dynamics to speed up mixing
Location: Zoom
IQC Colloquium featuring Raffi Budakian
Novel approaches in quantum sensing and probing atomic-scale quantum transport
Location: QNC 0101
IQC faculty host: Na-Young Kim
Master's thesis defence - Vyom Patel
Quantum Algorithms for PDEs via Summation-by-Parts Discretisations
Location: MC 5501
Statement in support of protecting Canadian science and researchers
The Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) supports the efforts of the Government of Canada to secure and protect Canadian science and researchers. IQC takes the protection of intellectual property very seriously and commits to cooperate with various agencies and organizations in support of National Security priorities.
IQC also commits to, and will continue to, educate staff and researchers about the opportunities, pitfalls, and boundaries of protecting Canadian science and intellectual property for the benefit of IQC, the University of Waterloo, and indeed, future generations.