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Wednesday, April 17, 2024 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Open Quantum Computing, One Atom at a Time

Rajibul Islam
Faculty, Institute for Quantum Computing
Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo
Co-founder, Open Quantum Design

Quantum-Nano Centre, 200 University Ave West, Room QNC 0101 Waterloo, ON CA N2L 3G1

Quantum computing promises to advance our computational abilities significantly in many high-impact research areas. In this period of rapid development, the experimental capabilities needed to build quantum computing devices and prototypes are highly specialized and often difficult to access. In this public talk, we'll discuss how to build quantum computing devices one atom a time using the ion-trap approach. We'll show how we build quantum bits out of individually isolated atoms, explore how we use them to simulate other complex systems, and showcase how we're building open-access hardware to advance research in this exciting field.

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Quantum Q&A with Melissa Henderson

En francais

Dr. Melissa Henderson is a researcher at the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) and the University of Waterloos Department of Physics and Astronomy. Her research considers the scattering of neutral particles known as neutrons, and their relation to quantum materials.

En francais

The Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) and the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the Faculty of Science at the University of Waterloo would like to congratulate Dr. Thomas Jennewein on his appointment to the Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) Program, which he will hold at Simon Fraser University (SFU) in British Columbia.

En francais

Last week, the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) welcomed over 20 promising postdoctoral fellows from around the world to Waterloo as part of the ninth annual Quantum Innovators workshop.

Split into two streams focused on theoretical and experimental research, speakers covered topics ranging from fault-tolerance and quantum cryptography to quantum defects in diamonds and atomic arrays, and many more topics spanning cutting edge quantum information research.

Friday, October 20, 2023

Quantum Q&A with Shayan Majidy

En francais

Recently, Shayan Majidy was lead author of the perspective article Noncommuting conserved charges in quantum thermodynamics and beyond in Nature Review Physics, which surveys results across a subfield Majidy works in, including three of his recent papers, and discusses the future opportunities in this field of research. In this edition of ‘Quantum Q&A’, we’ve asked him to tell us  more about this new article.

Wednesday, October 4, 2023 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

IQC Student Seminar Featuring Impromptu Whiteboard Poster Session

Impromptu Whiteboard Poster Session

Quantum Nano Centre (QNC) Room 1201, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON

This week’s student seminar will take place in the form of an impromptu whiteboard poster session, where attendees will be divided into groups and will discuss each other's current work using the whiteboard. This is to encourage students to talk about their work in progress, and practice communication skills by talking to non-experts (quantum is a big field!). As always, pizza will be provided for attendees after the seminar.

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Wednesday, September 20, 2023 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

IQC Student Seminar Featuring Shlok Ashok Nahar

Using Symmetries to Improve Quantum de Finetti Reductions

Quantum Nano Centre, 200 University Ave W, Room QNC 1201
Waterloo, ON, CA N2L 3G1

The analysis of quantum information processing protocols for generic states is challenging. In contrast, when the states are IID, i.e. the same in every round of the protocol, the analysis greatly simplifies. de Finetti reductions are important to reduce the analysis of quantum information processing tasks to the IID case, though this reduction has some cost associated with it. In this talk I will describe how IID-symmetries can be used to reduce the cost associated with the quantum de Finetti reductions.

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