CFI Grant Approved!

"From Nano Structures to Quantum Information Processing: A Technology Incubator for the 21st Century." IQC Director, Raymond Laflamme, and Tong Leung, for the Nanotechnology program, will lead researchers from UW, the University of Western Ontario (UWO) and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. CFI's leading edge fund is providing $17,955,697 and the project is worth $50,326,944. The funding will equip research laboratories in a landmark quantum-nano building to be built at UW. The new centre will bring together top researchers in quantum information processing and nanotechnology engineering to advance fundamental knowledge and develop practical applications. The advances will develop new and practical quantum devices, such as first-generation sensors and nano-electro-mechanical systems, exploiting the laws of quantum mechanics with applications in computing, material science, sensing, medicine, manufacturing and other areas."