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WATERLOO, Ont. (Thursday, May 1, 2014) – The Province of Ontario renewed its investment in world leading quantum technology research today allotting $25 million to the Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo over five years.

“We are extremely grateful that the Province of Ontario continues to create the conditions for Ontario, and Canada, to lead the world in quantum information research," said Feridun Hamdullahpur, president and vice-chancellor of Waterloo.

The quantum revolution is poised to move out of the laboratory and into the marketplace. Technologies that exploit the laws of quantum mechanics will outperform their classical counterparts providing advantages we are only beginning to capitalize on. These technologies will be one step closer with the development of a new method for linking small quantum processors.

Audience received an insider’s view of space from astronaut and former president of the Canadian Space Agency, Steve MacLean, following Gravity screening.

The Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) Graduate Student Associate (GSA) presented a screening of the Oscar-winning film Gravity for IQC and University of Waterloo students.

The Institute for Quantum Computing congratulates faculty members Matteo Mariantoni and Christopher Wilson on receiving Early Researcher Awards.

In the world of quantum science, Alice and Bob have been talking to one another for years. Charlie joined the conversation a few years ago, but now by enforcing the space-like separation of the three parties, scientists have demonstrated full quantum nonlocality with more than two entangled photons.  

The Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) held its first Quantum Frontiers Distinguished Lecture of the year on Thursday, March 20. John R. Kirtley, physical research science associate at the Center for Probing the Nanoscale in the Department of Applied Physics at Stanford University, was the guest speaker at this event.

The way we secure digital transactions could soon change. An international team has demonstrated a form of quantum cryptography that can protect people doing business with others they may not know or trust –  a situation encountered often on the internet and in everyday life, for example at a bank’s ATM.

Over a dozen IQC researchers share their research findings in Denver, Colorado this week

The Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) has added renowned physicist Raffi Budakian, Michal Bajcsy and Kyung Choi to grow its faculty complement to 21.

IQC, which was recently allotted an additional $15 million funding by the Government of Canada, continues to grow towards its target of 33 faculty, 55 postdoctoral fellows and 165 graduate students.

Waterloo, Ont. (Tuesday, February 11, 2014) —The University of Waterloo thanks the Government of Canada for renewing its support for the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC).

Economic Action Plan 2014 announced today allots a further $15 million to IQC over three years.

With this federal support, IQC and the University of Waterloo can help Canada lead the world in quantum research and in developing the new companies that will build the quantum information science industry.

- Feridun Hamdullahpur, president and vice-chancellor of Waterloo.