Anne Broadbent, a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Quantum Computing, finds balance between her leading-edge scientific research and her family life on a 10-acre farm nicknamed Windy Poplars.
In a feature published last weekend in The Waterloo Region Record, Broadbent said mathematics has an "elegance" that has always attracted her, not unlike the rustic beauty of her homestead northwest of Waterloo.Broadbent introduced readers to her husband, Didier Guignard, their seven-month-old son Danny, and the family pet, a Bernese mountain dog named Berny.
The article is the second installment of a Record series called Young Innovators, in which reporter Rose Simone profiles the next generation of leading-edge thinkers in Waterloo Region.
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.