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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.

Students in Grades 10 to 12 have until Friday, May 7, to sign up for a fascinating, week-long summer program in quantum cryptography.

IQC Deputy Director Michele Mosca has been promoted to the prestigious position of Fellow in the Quantum Information Processing program of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR).

Anne Broadbent, a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Quantum Computing, finds balance between her leading-edge scientific research and her family life on a 10-acre farm nicknamed Windy Poplars.

In a feature published last weekend in The Waterloo Region Record, Broadbent said mathematics has an "elegance" that has always attracted her, not unlike the rustic beauty of her homestead northwest of Waterloo.Broadbent introduced readers to her husband, Didier Guignard, their seven-month-old son Danny, and the family pet, a Bernese mountain dog named Berny.

IQC Director Raymond Laflamme will host a special screening of the award-winning documentary The Quantum Tamers in Ottawa on April 28. The screening, part of an alumni reception for University of Waterloo and Carleton graduates, will be followed by a Q&A session with Laflamme, who was a scientific advisor and co-star of the film.