Interviews

A collection of interviews with researchers who have visited the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC).

To see more interviews and other videos, go to the IQC YouTube channel.

Quantum researchers interview series

Watch the series of videos featuring quantum researchers who have visited IQC in 2013. They talk about the research that they're doing back in their own labs. You can also search the hashtag #quantumresearchers on Twitter.

Steven Girvin, theoretical physicist

Watch a series of video interviews with Steven Girvin, theoretical physicist at Yale University. We interviewed Girvin during his visit to IQC in November of 2012 to discuss quantum computing, quantum Hall effects and circuit quantum electrodynamics.

Helen Fay Dowker, theoretical physicist

Watch three interviews with Helen Fay Dowker, a professor of theoretical physics at Imperial College London. She discussed her approaches to her work when she visited IQC in July of 2012.

Tom Brzustowski, Chair of the Board, IQC

In June of 2012, Dr. Brzustowski was involved in a Quantum Entrepreneurship course at IQC. During that time, we conducted an interview with him. Watch the four videos about science, innovation, prosperity and commercialization.

Anton Zeilinger, quantum physicist

During a visit to IQC in June of 2012 we interviewed Anton Zeilinger, Professor of Physics at the University of Vienna. Watch the five interviews with Anton - he talks about everything from getting students involved in quantum science to closing the loophole in Bell's inequality.

Sir Anthony Leggett, Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Distinguished Research Chair

A professor of physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Prof. Leggett spends two months every summer at IQC. Watch two video interviews with Prof. Leggett where he talks about the University of Waterloo and IQC as well as debating science.