1. Institute for Quantum Computing Raymond Laflamme Director Mike Mosca Deputy Director www.iqc.ca laflamme@iqc.ca

2. 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

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

4. People www.iqc.ca

5. Building Architects: KPMB and HDR $70M, 225 000 sqft (shared with nano program) 20 000 sqft of clean room and metrology Completion September 2009 We are at present completing schematic design

6. Building

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

8. 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

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

10. Cryptography in a Quantum World

11. 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 2004 4) Quantum Algorithms and Complexity, C0 781 Topics in Quantum Information, Winter 2005 5) Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics PHYS 490 / PHYS 773 Winter 2005, Emerson, Laflamme 6) Quantum Information Processing Device, PHYS 771, ECE770, Winter 2006 7) 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, 2006 11) 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

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