From invisibility cloaks to teleportation, Harry Potter’s world is filled with mystery and wonder. Yet this magical world is not so different from the world we inhabit. Just beneath the surface of our ordinary lives is a strange quantum reality.
Dr. David Wineland, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Public lecture
The quantum laws governing atoms and other tiny objects seem to defy common sense, and information encoded in quantum systems has weird properties that baffle our feeble human minds.
One year after the grand opening of the Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre, the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) and the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) will be opening the doors of the Lazaridis Centre and participating in Doors Open Waterloo Region.
The Undergraduate School on Experimental Quantum Information Processing (USEQIP) is a two-week program on the theoretical and experimental study of quantum information aimed primarily at students completing their third undergraduate year. The lectures and experiments are geared toward students in engineering, physics, chemistry, mathematics and computer science, though all interested students are invited to apply.
Join us for the next Quantum Frontiers Distinguished Lecture Series when Dr. Alain Aspect will talk about the weirdness of wave particle duality.
Pushing the boundaries of research and innovation
The 5th Annual Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC) meeting brings together CERCs from across Canada to share key developments and the latest discoveries in their respective research programs.
Attend the free conference to meet with world-renowned researchers and get an overview of Canada's latest scientific achievements. Participants may attend plenary lectures, research seminars and interact with the CERC holders, researchers and students during the poster session.
Join us for the next Quantum Frontiers Distinguished Lecture Series when Dr. Sajeev John will talk about light-trapping crystals.
Join us for the next Quantum Frontiers Distinguished Lecture Series when Dr. Leo Kouwenhoven will talk about particles that are equal to their anti-particles.