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IQC Director Raymond Laflamme joined a panel of leading scientists to discuss Prof. Stephen Hawking's profound influence during a recent broadcast of TVO's "The Agenda with Steve Paikin."

For his outstanding academic achievements and outreach work at IQC, Deny Hamel has been awarded the Vanier Graduate Scholarship by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC).

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

QISS workshop kicks off next week

An innovative, three-day workshop exploring quantum computing via spins and superconductors begins at IQC on Monday, May 17. Titled Quantum Information Processing with Spins and Superconductors (QISS), the workshop will foster an exchange of ideas and research between researchers working on superconducting systems and electron spins.

When a radar trap clocked Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) faculty member Joseph Emerson driving too fast on a Quebec road, it occurred to Emerson that quantum mechanics might help him get out of paying the fine.