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The Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) and the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the Faculty of Science at the University of Waterloo would like to congratulate Dr. Thomas Jennewein on his appointment to the Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) Program, which he will hold at Simon Fraser University (SFU) in British Columbia.

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Last week, the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) welcomed over 20 promising postdoctoral fellows from around the world to Waterloo as part of the ninth annual Quantum Innovators workshop.

Split into two streams focused on theoretical and experimental research, speakers covered topics ranging from fault-tolerance and quantum cryptography to quantum defects in diamonds and atomic arrays, and many more topics spanning cutting edge quantum information research.

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Recently, Shayan Majidy was lead author of the perspective article Noncommuting conserved charges in quantum thermodynamics and beyond in Nature Review Physics, which surveys results across a subfield Majidy works in, including three of his recent papers, and discusses the future opportunities in this field of research. In this edition of ‘Quantum Q&A’, we’ve asked him to tell us  more about this new article.

Two faculty members at IQC have received prestigious recognition by their peers for the outstanding contributions they have made to physics. 

Using laser light, researchers have developed the most robust method currently known to control individual qubits made of the chemical element barium. 

Many experiments in quantum information processing rely on our ability to transmit, manipulate, or detect photons. 

Six researchers from IQC have been awarded funding this week through NSERC for their projects in quantum information science and technology.

Over the past two weeks, IQC hosted the 16th annual QSYS workshop, welcoming high school students from around the world into our buildings, our labs and our community. 

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Waterloo professor Michele Mosca shares best practices for using quantum to safeguard important data.

Smith joins the University of Waterloo as a new faculty member at IQC and the department of Applied Mathematics.