Thursday, April 11, 2024 A new collaboration between researchers from the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) at the University of Waterloo, SNOLAB near Sudbury, Ontario, and Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden has been awarded a new grant to investigate the impact of radiation and cosmic rays on quantum technologies....
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Published on: 2024-04-13
Friday, April 12, 2024 On World Quantum Day, the Institute for Quantum Computing celebrates progress and momentum. ...
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Published on: 2024-04-13
Thursday, April 4, 2024 A commonly researched method of quantum cryptography is quantum key distribution (QKD). In this method, quantum states are used to generate secret keys which can then be used for secure communication between two users. Due to the fundamental principles of quantum mechanics, the QKD protocols produce...
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Published on: 2024-04-04
QuSoft researcher Stacey Jeffery has been appointed professor of Quantum Information at the Faculty of Science of the University of Amsterdam (UvA). Stacey Jeffery’s previous research has delved into various facets of quantum computing and theoretical computer science. Notably, she has made significant contributions to quantum walk algorithms and other...
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Published on: 2024-04-04
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QuSoft - Blog
Cyber security is often portrayed as an educational problem or a resource problem, shifting blame on users, system administrators, or the budget holders limiting the system administrators’ abilities. However, there are many hard problems that remain unsolved and that require a coordinated scientific investigation. The “Challenges in Cyber Security” project...
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Published on: 2024-04-04
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QuSoft - Blog
Monday, April 1, 2024 SoftwareQ, a company founded by Dr. Michele Mosca, IQC faculty member and professor in the Department of Combinatorics and Optimization at the University of Waterloo, and Dr. Vlad Gheorghiu, IQC affiliate member and alumnus, has been awarded up to $419,200 in funding for a new collaboration...
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Published on: 2024-04-02
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 Four University of Waterloo researchers, including Dr. Michael Reimer, a faculty member at the Institute for Quantum Computing and a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, were awarded funding earlier this month from the Ontario government for innovative research that ranges from cleaning...
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Published on: 2024-03-27
Monday, March 25, 2024 University of Waterloo researchers combine Nobel prize winning concepts to achieve scientific breakthrough. Researchers at the University of Waterloo’s Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) have brought together two Nobel prize winning research concepts to advance the field of quantum communication....
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Published on: 2024-03-25
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 The National Killam Program administered by the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) announces Dr. Adam Wei Tsen as the recipient of the 2024 Dorothy Killam Fellowship. This prestigious honour provides $80,000 for up to two years in support for dedicated research time to scholars “whose superior,...
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Published on: 2024-03-23
Monday, March 18, 2024 The Government of Canada has invested nearly $7M into quantum projects at the University of Waterloo through recently announced NSERC Alliance Grants. The grants, awarded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), encourage university researchers to collaborate with partner organizations from across...
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Published on: 2024-03-18
Thursday, March 14, 2024 With a focus on collaboration and community, the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) is proud to host regular social events for our members. While media and popular culture often portray the image of a lone researcher working late nights in a lab or at a computer...
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Published on: 2024-03-14
By developing skilled professionals, the centre will help to progress the Government's ambitions to become a world leader in quantum tech....
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Published on: 2024-03-13
Thursday, March 7, 2024 Since 2017, the Quantum Quest Seed Fund (QQSF) has awarded more than $2.88 million to quantum researchers across the University of Waterloo. This winter’s round of funding has been awarded to three Waterloo professors, as they explore and innovate new ideas and applications for quantum devices....
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Published on: 2024-03-08
The 2024 Physica Prize was awarded to UvA-IoP and QuSoft researcher Florian Schreck. Schreck receives the prize for his work on Bose Einstein condensates and their applications, such as building a coherent and continuous atom laser. The prize will be awarded during the annual FYSICA conference in Eindhoven on 12...
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Published on: 2024-03-01
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QuSoft - Blog
Thursday, February 29, 2024 En francais What do you do when your lab space is too small to test the distance requirements for a new long-range sensor and detector in development? Alex Maierean and Luke Neal, graduate students at the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) recently navigated this challenge for...
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Published on: 2024-03-01
Monday, February 26, 2024 Federal funding will accelerate quantum startups’ products and solutions for domestic and global markets....
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Published on: 2024-02-27
Friday, February 9, 2024 Researchers from IQC, MIT, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a technique for better identification and control of microscopic defects in diamond, as detailed in PRX Quantum, paving the way for the creation of larger qubit systems for enhanced quantum sensing. This breakthrough,...
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Published on: 2024-02-10
The National Growth Fund program Quantum Technology, carried out by NWO in collaboration with Quantum Delta NL, Actionline 1 ‘Research & Innovation’, has awarded 10.4 million euros to projects with the theme of quantum innovation: quantum sensing applications, quantum computing, and quantum networking. Three of the projects belong to QuSoft...
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Published on: 2024-02-05
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QuSoft - Blog
Monday, January 29, 2024 Congratulations to Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) faculty members Dr. David Cory, Dr. Thomas Jennewein and Dr. Chris Wilson, who have each received approximately $3 million in funding for advancing their research into the real-world applications of quantum technology....
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Published on: 2024-01-29