Three graduate students were recognized for exceptional achievement in research and for outstanding commitment to scientific outreach at the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC).
Christopher Chamberland, PhD student, received the
IQC Achievement Award for his work in flag fault-tolerant error correction with arbitrary distance codes. Flag fault-tolerant error correction can be useful for early fault-tolerant experiments since these methods use less qubits than any other fault-tolerant protocol. After successfully defending his thesis, Chamberland accepted a research staff position at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center quantum group.
Recipients of this year’s David Johnston Award for Scientific Outreach are PhD student Jeremy Flannery and master’s student Shayan Majidy. The award recognizes students dedicated to promoting public awareness of quantum research and science in the community.
Flannery, whose research with Michal Bajcsy focuses on photonic crystal membranes and cold atoms, has been involved as a workshop facilitator for both the Quantum Cryptography School for Young Students (QCSYS) and the Undergraduate School on Experimental Quantum Information Processing (USEQIP). He’s also connected with a broader audience to explain the importance of fundamental research and the future impact of quantum technologies as a tour guide for
QUANTUM: The Pop-Up Exhibition.
At IQC and on the road, Majidy is experienced in giving lectures and running hands-on workshops about quantum cryptography for high school students. He’s currently studying the implementation of quantum computation on a nuclear magnetic resonance quantum computer with Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis John von Neumann Chair in Quantum Information, Raymond Laflamme.
