Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) researcher Dr. Thomas Jennewein and Dr. Vadim Makarov have received a $600,000 contract from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to design and build a compact prototype Quantum Key Distribution Receiver (QKDR) suitable for a low-cost microsatellite mission.
Special Q&A with IQC Executive Director Raymond Laflamme on December 15
The personal journey through the life of physicist Stephen Hawking, as told in his voice through the documentary “Hawking: The Remarkable Story of a Beautiful Mind”, is coming to Waterloo’s Princess Cinemas next month from December 13-17.
Kevin Resch and Roger Melko named Canada Research Chairs for research in quantum physics
The Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) congratulates IQC members Kevin Resch and Roger Melko who have been named Canada Research Chairs by the Government of Canada for their work in quantum physics.
Sevag Gharibian receives prestigious award
Congratulations to former Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) PhD student Sevag Gharibian who has been awarded the NSERC Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship based on his PhD research in approximation algorithms for quantum problems.
The University of Waterloo today announced the appointment of Steve MacLean, former president of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), and Harvard professor Amir Yacoby as new members of the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC)
MacLean joins IQC as an associate member and Yacoby is appointed as a visiting professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and as the Distinguished Research Chair in Condensed Matter.
IQC researchers Joseph Emerson, David Cory and Dmitry Pushin receive grant for research on “Fundamental Tests of the Structure of Quantum Information with Neutron Interferometry”
Co-authors Anne Broadbent, Gus Gutoski and Douglas Stebila have a research paper accepted at the prestigious cryptology conference CRYPTO 2013, August 18 to 22
Recognizing excellence in communications for 2012 Annual Report.
Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from around the world gathered at IQC to discuss quantum cryptography at the QKD Summer School.
The Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) welcomed 61 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from around the world to the International Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) Summer School, held at the Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre from July 29 to August 2.