BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Drupal iCal API//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Events items teaser X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69d95646d3283 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240812 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240824 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/quantum-sch ool-young-students LOCATION:Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Quantum School for Young Students CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Discover how mathematics\, physics\, computer science\, enginee ring\, and\nmore combine into one of the most exciting topics in modern sc ience\n– quantum information – at the Quantum School for Young Student s\n(QSYS). X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE DTSTAMP:20260410T195758Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69d95646d4485 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240819 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240831 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/quantum-sch ool-young-students LOCATION:Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Quantum School for Young Students CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Discover how mathematics\, physics\, computer science\, enginee ring\, and\nmore combine into one of the most exciting topics in modern sc ience\n– quantum information – at the Quantum School for Young Student s\n(QSYS). X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE DTSTAMP:20260410T195758Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69d95646d4cfa DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240722T103000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240722T140000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/lessons-sec ure-deployment-cryptographic-primitives LOCATION:QNC - Quantum Nano Centre Room 1201 200 University Avenue West Wat erloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Lessons on secure deployment of cryptographic primitives CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:ELENA BAKOS LANG AND KEVIN HENRY\, NCC GROUP\n\nQNC building\ , 200 University Ave. Room 1201\, Waterloo \n\nThe security of cryptograp hic primitives and protocols is inextricably\ntied to that of the implemen tations deployed in the real world.\nEnsuring that these implementations a re as secure as possible is thus\na problem at the heart of cryptographic security.\n\nThis workshop will introduce common classes of cryptographic\ nvulnerabilities\, including improper randomness generation\,\nside-channe l attacks\, flaws in primitives or protocols\, and others\,\nand discuss s ecure coding practices that can help mitigate them\, based\non our experie nces auditing cryptographic code. This discussion will\nbe complemented by a set of practical exercises to provide experience\nin spotting insecure constructions. Additionally\, as implementation\nquality is often tied to the quality of the source material\, we will\npresent a case study on a re cent widely implemented threshold signing\nprotocol where ambiguous or unc lear presentation in the academic\nsource material has led to multiple cri tical implementation\nvulnerabilities.\n\nThis workshop is presented by NC C Group Cryptography Services practice\nin Waterloo\, Ontario.\n\nTo atten d this program please email us at cryptoworks21@uwaterloo.ca\nby July 17\, 2024. DTSTAMP:20260410T195758Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69d95646d5571 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240717T140000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240717T160000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/introductio n-analyzing-cryptographic-protocols-using-taramin LOCATION:QNC - Quantum Nano Centre Room 1201 200 University Avenue West Wat erloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:An introduction to analyzing cryptographic protocols using Taramin\ nprover CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:DOUGLAS STEBILA\, UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO\n\nQNC building\, 200 University Ave. Room 1201\, Waterloo \n\nThis workshop will provide an in troduction to the Tamarin prover\n[https://tamarin-prover.com-/]\, which is a security protocol\nverification tool that analyzes cryptographic prot ocols in a symbolic\nmodel and can automatically identify attacks or concl ude that certain\nclasses of attacks do not exist. The workshop will inclu de a hands-on\nexercise using the Tamarin prover.\n\nTo attend this progra m please email us at cryptoworks21@uwaterloo.ca\nby July 16\, 2024. DTSTAMP:20260410T195758Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69d95646d5e41 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240703T120000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240703T130000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/iqc-student -seminar-featuring-lars-kamin LOCATION:QNC - Quantum Nano Centre 1201 200 University Avenue West Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:IQC Student Seminar Featuring Lars Kamin CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:WEIGHT ESTIMATION FOR OPTICAL DETECTION SETUPS\n\nQNC building\ , 200 University Ave. Room 1201\, Waterloo \n\nRealistic models of optica l detection setups are crucial for numerous\nquantum information tasks. Fo r instance\, squashing maps allow for more\nrealistic descriptions of the detection setups by accounting for\nmultiphoton detections. To apply squas hing maps\, one requires a\npopulation estimation of multiphoton subspaces of the input to the\ndetection setup. So far\, there has been no universa l method for those\nsubspace estimations for arbitrary detection setups.\n \nWe introduce a generic subspace estimation technique applicable to any\n passive linear optical setup\, accounting for losses and dark counts.\nThe resulting bounds are relevant for adversarial tasks such as QKD or\nentan glement verification. Additionally\, this method enables a generic\npassiv e detection setup characterization\, providing the necessary\nmeasurement POVM for e.g. QKD security proofs. DTSTAMP:20260410T195758Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69d95646d66d6 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240708T103000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240708T113000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/quantum-com putational-advantage-simulating-many-body-spin LOCATION:QNC - Quantum Nano Centre 200 University Avenue West QNC 1201 Wate rloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Quantum computational advantage in simulating many-body spin dynami cs CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:IQC COLLOQUIUM - DR. CHAE-YEUN PARK\, XANADU\n\nQNC building\, 200 University Ave. Room QNC 1201 Waterloo \n\nUnderstanding the dynamics of quantum many-body systems is one of the\nfundamental objectives of phy sics. The existence of an efficient\nquantum algorithm for simulating thes e dynamics with reasonable\nresource requirements suggests that this probl em might be among the\nfirst practically relevant tasks quantum computers can tackle.\nAlthough an efficient classical algorithm for simulating such dynamics\nis not generally expected\, the classical hardness of many-body \ndynamics has been rigorously proven only for certain commuting\nHamilton ians. In this talk\, I will show that computing the output\ndistribution o f quantum many-body dynamics is classically difficult\,\nclassified as #P- hard\, also for a large class of non-commuting\nmany-body spin Hamiltonian s. Our proof leverages the robust polynomial\nestimation technique and the #P-hardness of computing the permanent of\na matrix. By combining this wi th the anticoncentration conjecture of\nthe output distribution\, I will a rgue that sampling from the output\ndistribution generated by the dynamics of a large class of spin\nHamiltonians is classically infeasible. Our fin dings can significantly\nreduce the number of qubits required to demonstra te quantum advantage\nusing analog quantum simulators. DTSTAMP:20260410T195758Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69d95646d6f5b DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240611T090000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240611T100000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/alex-kirill ova-masters-thesis-defense LOCATION:MC 200 University Avenue West Room MC 5417 Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Can ada SUMMARY:Alex Kirillova Master's Thesis Defense CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:BLACKBOX OPTIMIZATION FOR FREE-SPACE QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION\n \nMC\, 200 University Ave West\, Room MC 5417\nWaterloo\, ON CA N2L 3G1\n\ nSupervisors: Thomas Jennewein and Norbert Lütkenhaus DTSTAMP:20260410T195758Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69d95646d77b0 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240522T120000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240522T130000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/iqc-student -seminar-featuring-nachiket-sherlekar LOCATION:QNC - Quantum Nano Centre 200 University Avenue West Room QNC 1201 Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:IQC Student Seminar Featuring Nachiket Sherlekar CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:STABLE AND LOCALIZED EMISSION FROM AMBIPOLAR DOPANT-FREE LATERA L P-N\nJUNCTIONS\n\nQuantum-Nano Centre\, 200 University Ave West\, Room Q NC 1201 Waterloo\,\nON CA N2L 3G1\n\nCombining the architectures of a dopa nt-free lateral p-n junction and\na single-electron pump in a GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructure material\nsystem could yield high-rate\, electrically-driv en quantum emitters\nwith performances surpassing the competition in quant um sensing\,\ncommunication and cryptography. Observed drawbacks of the do pant-free\np-n junctions are a rapid decay in electroluminescence during\n operation\, as well as delocalized emission that lowers the measured\nquan tum efficiency. This talk details novel measurement protocols and\ngate ar chitectures implemented by us to overcome these challenges. DTSTAMP:20260410T195758Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69d95646d80d6 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240501 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240503 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/quantum-con nections-2024-quantum-perspectives LOCATION:QNC - Quantum Nano Centre 200 University Avenue West Waterloo ON N 2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Quantum Connections 2024: Quantum Perspectives CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Join us for Quantum Connections May 1-2\, 2024. This year we’ re\nhighlighting Quantum Perspectives: the impacts and outlooks driving\no ur future. X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE DTSTAMP:20260410T195758Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69d95646d88a5 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240419T133000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240419T143000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/matt-piatt- msc-thesis-defense LOCATION:QNC - Quantum Nano Centre 200 University Avenue West Room QNC 2101 Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Matt Piatt MSc Thesis Defense CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:RANDOM STATE GENERATION FOR QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION USING WEAK \nCOHERENT PULSE SOURCE\n\nQuantum-Nano Centre\, 200 University Ave West\ , Room QNC 2101\nWaterloo\, ON CA N2L 3G1\n\nSupervisor: Thomas Jennewein DTSTAMP:20260410T195758Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69d95646d9159 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240419T090000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240419T100000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/lewis-hahn- msc-thesis-defense LOCATION:QNC - Quantum Nano Centre 200 University Avenue West Room QNC 1201 Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Lewis Hahn MSc Thesis Defense CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:DEVELOPING A ROBUST QUANTUM SIMULATOR WITH TRAPPED IONS\n\nQuan tum-Nano Centre\, 200 University Ave West\, Room QNC 1201\nWaterloo\, ON C A N2L 3G1\n\nSupervisor: Rajibul Islam DTSTAMP:20260410T195758Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR