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The National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) announced its support this morning for the expansion and proposal of scientific outreach programs at the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC).

IQC Research Assistant Professor Eduardo Martin-Martinez, in collaboration with PhD student Robert Jonsson and Professor Achim Kempf, both of the Department of Applied Mathematics at the University of Waterloo, have found a possible communication channel that does not require energy transmission from the sender to the receiver, but instead requires only the receiver to spend energy to run its detector, similar to a collect call.

The Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony is proud to confirm that the orchestra will be taking part in the Ontario Scene Festival in Ottawa this spring to perform the critically acclaimed Quantum: Music at the Frontier of Science. Led by KWS Music Director Edwin Outwater, this exploration of the connection between music and science will be performed in Ottawa on May 3, 2015.

Thursday, February 19, 2015

IQC advances quantum satellite mission

Senior representatives from the CSA and industrial partners witnessed a successful laboratory demonstration.

On January 29, 2015, a team led by Professor Thomas Jennewein at the University of Waterloo’s Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) completed a successful laboratory demonstration of a form, fit and function prototype of a Quantum Key Distribution Receiver (QKDR) suitable for airborne experiments and ultimately Earth orbiting satellite missions. The team designed and built the QKDR under a $600,000 contract from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).

by Jenny Hogan, Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore

Researchers show that wave-particle duality and quantum uncertainty are the same thing, reducing two mysteries to one.

Monday, November 17, 2014

Going beyond the limits of quantum

IQC researcher wins COU Polanyi Prize for his work in Relativistic Quantum Information

Quantum technologies currently under development will eventually hit a limit, just as today’s computing devices are about to reach their classical limits. Eduardo Martin-Martinez is one of a handful of researchers already investigating what’s beyond non-relativistic quantum science and technologies.