Speaker: Neil Henderson
Speaker: Jeffrey Wong
Abstract: Is your work new, and is it useful? Who else knows about it, and how? These are fundamental questions to whether or not a patent can be obtained. Is your idea abstract or tangible? Can software be patented, and if so how? This lecture will cover the criteria for patentability, the process for obtaining a patent and the timeline, and the costs and strategies involved in developing a patent portfolio.
Back by popular demand, CryptoWorks21 will once again launch the Intellectual Property (IP) Management Lunch and Learn Lecture Series! Our knowledgeable speakers will provide more in-depth presentation built from the previous sessions.
The lectures are designed for researchers working in areas related to information technology, including cryptography and quantum technology.
Article by ICFO - The Institute of Photonic Sciences
An international team of scientists presents a thorough review in Nature on quantum machine learning, its current status and future prospects.
As we approach the development of a quantum computer with tens of
well-controlled qubits, it is natural to ask what can be done with
such a device. Specifically, we would like to construct an example of
a practical problem that is beyond the reach of classical computers,
but that requires the fewest possible resources to solve on a quantum
computer. We address this problem by considering quantum simulation of
spin systems, a task that could be applied to understand phenomena in
The toric code is a topological quantum error correcting code, and an example of a stabilizer code, defined on a two-dimensional spin lattice. It also represents the simplest example of topological order -- Z2 topological order that was first studied in the context of Z2 spin liquid. I will talk about our recent progress in the search for a toric code topological order in the kagome antiferromagnetic spin system.
There are tremendous efforts underway to better understand systems with topological order --- global properties that are not discernible locally. The best-known examples are quantum Hall effects in electronic systems, where insensitivity to local properties manifests itself as conductance through edge states which are insensitive to defects and disorder.
A light emitting diode (LED)-based spectrophotometer designed and implemented by Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) researchers is the first demonstration of characterizing optical coatings using a simple, automated device.
Benjamin Lovitz of the Department of Physics and Astronomy is presenting his thesis:
Practical Quantum Fingerprinting and Appointment Scheduling
Benjamin is supervised by IQC faculty member Norbert Lütkenhaus.