Friday, February 26, 2010
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Michele Mosca named among Top 40 Under 40
Michele Mosca, deputy director of the Institute for Quantum Computing, has been named among Waterloo Region's "40 Under 40" for his outstanding contributions to the area's scientific landscape.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Joseph Emerson Public Lecture
Prof. Joseph Emerson will speak about the quantum world at a public lecture on Wednesday March 3.
Friday, February 12, 2010
Researchers probe time travel as computing tool
Tackling the type of question usually reserved for science fiction, researchers from IQC and IBM recently investigated whether time travel can be utilized to solve difficult computational problems.IBM researchers Charles Bennett, Graeme Smith and John Smolin and IQC faculty member Debbie Leung examined whether "closed timelike curves" (CTCs), in which a particle's path through spacetime returns to its point of origin, can allow a computer to more efficiently solve difficult problems.
Although some
Thursday, February 11, 2010
The Quantum Tamers returns to TV
Award-winning documentary The Quantum Tamers: Revealing Our Weird and Wired Future, featuring IQC researchers Raymond Laflamme and Joseph Emerson, will air on TVO Feb. 16 & 17
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
IQC Faculty Receive Grant for Collaborative Cryptography Research
IQC faculty members receive international grant for collaborative project on quantum cryptography.
Friday, January 29, 2010
IQC Director to speak at inaugural TEDxWaterloo event
IQC Director Raymond Laflamme will be among a renowned group of speakers at the inaugural TEDxWaterloo event, a symposium about big ideas that are shaping the future.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Quantum Grad Program Set for Fall 2010
A new graduate program in quantum information will commence at the University of Waterloo in Fall 2010, offering students an unprecedented breadth of study in the emerging field.
Friday, January 8, 2010
IQC Researchers Solve Difficult Classical Problem with One Quantum Bit
A team of IQC researchers led by PhD student Gina Passante recently demonstrated that a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) quantum computer can solve an important and practical problem unfeasible for classical computers.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Grad program gets University of Waterloo approval
The University of Waterloo recently approved a proposed world-leading graduate program in quantum information.