The Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) has appointed Dr. John Watrous, former IQC faculty member and interim executive director, in a new director role set to expand the institute's educational programs.
IQC celebrates our community's many accomplishments in research, training, outreach and commercialization in 2025.
Angéline Lafleur, a current IQC PhD student and former QSYS participant, has been named one of 14 recipients of the Order of the White Rose scholarship, valued at $50,000.
Every year since 2012, IQC has brought together some of the brightest young researchers in quantum information science for the week-long Quantum Innovators (QI) workshop.
Dr. José Polo-Gómez has won the American Physical Society’s (APS) 2026 Irwin Oppenheim Award for his research.
Ten IQC graduates received their University of Waterloo graduate degrees from math and science faculties at fall 2025 convocation.
IQC PhD students, María Rosa Preciado Rivas and Benjamin MacLellan, have received the 2025 David Johnston Award for Scientific Outreach.
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IQC member Ahmed Shahin awarded 2025 Vanier Scholarship