Institute for Quantum Computing Raymond Laflamme Director Mike Mosca Deputy Director

Institute for Quantum Computing Founded in 2002 Attracted more than $120M from the private and public sector The University of Waterloo has committed 30 faculty positions Presently 13 faculty; 8pdfs; 36 students; 7 admin staff

Members Sciences -Physcis -Chemistry Sciences -Physcis -Chemistry Engineering E&CE Mathematics Applied Math C&O CS Sciences Physics Chemistry

People

Building Architects: KPMB and HDR $70M, sqft (shared with nano program) sqft of clean room and metrology Completion September 2009 We are at present completing schematic design

Building

Quantum -Computation -Cryptography -Communication -Metrology Algorithms and Protocols Building blocks Integration Research

Algorithms and Protocols algorithmic complexity, routing issues, quantum game theory and applications,graph isomorphism, quantum error correction and noise characterization, design and analysis of randomized algorithms, pseudo-randomness and derandomization, property testing and self-testing, random walks, quantum chanel capacity, cryptographic applications of quantum information, quantum data hiding, quantum control theory Quantum Computation

Experimental work -nuclear and electron spin resonance -coherent spintronics physics -quantum dots -single photon sources -single photon detectors -superconducting qubits -atom trapping

Cryptography in a Quantum World

Graduate Program/Courses 1) Introduction to Quantum Information Processing CO481/681, CS467/667, Phys467/767, Winter 00: 2) Quantum Error Correction, CO 639, Winter 2004,Daniel Gottesman 3) Topics in Quantum Information, CO 781, Spring ) Quantum Algorithms and Complexity, C0 781 Topics in Quantum Information, Winter ) Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics PHYS 490 / PHYS 773 Winter 2005, Emerson, Laflamme 6) Quantum Information Processing Device, PHYS 771, ECE770, Winter ) Quantum Optics PHYS771, Spring 2006, G Weihs 8) Quantum Algorithms and Complexity CO 860 Advanced Topics in Algorithms and Complexity Spring 2006, A. Ambainis 9) Quantum Information Processing, CO681, CS667, Phys767 Fall 2006, Richard Cleve 10) Quantum computing since Democritus, Phys 490, S. Aaronson, Fall, ) Introduction to Quantum Information Processing, (Undergraduate) CO481, CS467, Phys467, Winter 2007, Michele Mosca 12) Quantum Information Theory, Error-correction, and Cryptography, C0 781 Topics in Quantum Information, Fall 2006 Debbie Leung, Ashwin Nayak

Thanks

PI-IQC collaboration  Research  Seminars  Conferences  Graduate program