Lecture

Immanuel Bloch, Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics

From Topological Bloch Bands to Long-Range Interacting Rydberg Gases - New Frontiers for Ultracold Atoms

Ultracold atoms in optical lattices have enabled to probe strongly interacting many-body phases in new parameter regimes and with powerful new observation techniques.

Leo Kouwenhoven, Delft University of Technology

Majorana Fermions: Particle Physics on a Chip

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.

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.

Public lecture by Dr. Krysta Svore, Microsoft Research

In 1981, Richard Feynman proposed a device called a “quantum computer” to take advantage of the laws of quantum physics to achieve computational speed-ups over classical methods. Quantum computing promises to revolutionize how we compute.

Sajeev John, University of Toronto

Photonic band gap materials: semiconductors of light

Join us for the next Quantum Frontiers Distinguished Lecture Series when Dr. Sajeev John will talk about light-trapping crystals.

Public lecture by Michele Mosca

Emerging quantum technologies will change the way that our online information is stored and secured. To be cyber-safe we must be quantum-safe. It’s possible, but we need to start planning now if we want to be ready in time.

Alain Aspect, Institut d'Optique

From Einstein to Wheeler: wave particle duality for a photon

Join us for the next Quantum Frontiers Distinguished Lecture Series when Dr. Alain Aspect will talk about the weirdness of wave particle duality.

IQC presents the first in a series of lectures from members of industry in quantum computing and quantum information. Jonathan Hodges, VP of engineering for Diamond Nanotechnologies, will be speaking about his research as well as the day-to-day realities of working in industry. You can learn more about the company here: http://www.diamondnanotechnologies.com/

John R. Kirtley, Stanford University

Scanning SQUID Microscopy of Topological Insulators

A fellow of both the American Physics Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, John R. Kirtley is known for developing novel techniques based on scanning Superconducting QUantum Interference Device (SQUID) microscopy.

Gianluigi Catelani, Peter Grünberg Institute, Germany

Superconducting qubits based on Josephson junctions are a promising
platform for quantum computation, reaching quality factors of over one
million. Such high quality factors enable the investigation of
decoherence mechanisms with high accuracy. An intrinsic decoherence
process originates from the coupling between the qubit degree of freedom
and the quasiparticles that tunnel across Josephson junctions. In this
talk I will review the general theory of quasiparticle effects, valid