Institute for Quantum Computing

Raymond LaflammeDirector

Mike MoscaDeputy Director

www.iqc.calaflamme@iqc.ca

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

www.iqc.ca

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

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

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 ProcessingCO481/681, 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, Phys767Fall 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

Thanks

PI-IQC collaboration

ResearchSeminarsConferencesGraduate program