Faculty, associates and affiliates of the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) collected 10 awards from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC) on Thursday, June 23.
IQC award recipients also include:
- Raymond Laflamme, IQC’s Executive Director and a faculty member in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, received a Discovery grant for his theoretical and experimental work in the field of quantum error correction.
- Debbie Leung received a Discovery grant for her research studying the quantum effects in quantum communications and entanglement manipulation. Leung is a faculty member in the Department of Combinatorics and Optimization.
- Vern Paulsen, a faculty member in the pure mathematics department, received a Discovery grant for his research in operator algebras and quantum information.
- Michael Reimer of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering also received a Discovery grant for his work with nanoscale photonic devices to store, process and transfer quantum information.
- IQC Associates Achim Kempf of the Department of Applied Math and James Martin of the physics and astronomy department were also awarded Discovery grants, while Zbigniew Wasilewski of the electrical and computer engineering department received an RTI award.
- IQC Affiliates Agata Branczyk of Department of Physics and Astronomy and Pierre-Nicholas Roy from the chemistry department were also awarded Discovery grants.
The Government of Canada announced over $465 million for fundamental research in Hamilton, Ontario last week. "Today’s investment will allow many of Canada’s scientists and engineers to explore the frontiers of knowledge where they can make exciting new discoveries,” said the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science. “Our government is committed to investing in these future research leaders and in the cutting-edge ideas that will lead Canada to social and economic growth for a better tomorrow."