The University of Waterloo recently approved a proposed world-leading graduate program in quantum information.
The University of Waterloo recently approved a proposed graduate program in quantum information that promises to give students an unprecedented breadth of study in the field.The collaborative program created with consultation and approval from six academic units, three faculties and the university Senate will expose students to a wide range of advanced research projects and courses on the foundations and implementations of quantum information processing.
Though the program is pending approval from the Ontario Council on Graduate Studies (OCGS), applications are now being accepted for the Fall 2010 term. The graduate program is unique in North America, possibly the world, because of its scope and breadth, encompassing both experimental and theoretical aspects of quantum information. Students will be required to take two key courses: Quantum Information Processing, and Implementation of Quantum Information Processing.
Students will be based in their home program and earn a Quantum Information qualification to their degrees; for instance, Master of Mathematics in Computer Science (Quantum Information), or Doctor of Philosophy of Science in Chemistry (Quantum Information). Faculty from IQC will be instructors for the new courses, including:
Debbie Leung (Theory of Quantum Communication),
Norbert Lütkenhaus (Applied Quantum Cryptography), and
Frank Wilhelm (Implementation of Quantum Information Processing).
Students enrolled in the quantum information graduate program will be eligible for the Mike and Ophelia
Lazaridis
Fellowship scholarship.For more information about graduate studies in quantum information
please click here. For more information on the lab featured in this article's photo, please visit the
IQC Quantum Optics and Quantum Information Lab page.
About IQC: Founded in 2002, the mission of the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) is to aggressively explore and advance the application of quantum mechanical systems to a vast array of relevant information processing techniques. A part of the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ont., Canada, IQC creates a truly unique environment fostering cutting-edge research and collaboration between researchers in the areas of computer, engineering, mathematical and physical sciences.
At the time of this release, IQC has 17 faculty members, 22 postdoctoral fellows and over 55 students and research assistants, as well as a support staff of 18.The Institute for Quantum Computing acknowledges the support of the Government of Canada through Industry Canada and the Government of Ontario through the Ministry of Research and Innovation.