Quantumworks researcher Michele Mosca, has been named among Waterloo Region’s “40 Under 40” for his outstanding contributions to the area’s scientific landscape.

Prof. Norbert Lütkenhaus and Prof. Michele Mosca will share in a collaborative grant for a project with researchers in Canada and France.

QuantumWorks Researcher Patrick Hayden has been appointed one of the ten new Perimeter Institute Distinguished Research Chairs.

On October 6; the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced that it had awarded a portion of the Nobel Prize in Physics to Willard S. Boyle. Dr.Boyle obtained his Ph.D. in physics from McGill University in Montreal.

For 10 exciting days this October, Perimeter Institute’s 10th anniversary science celebration “Quantum to Cosmos: Ideas for the Future” will take a global audience from the strange subatomic world to the outer frontiers of the universe.

IQC researchers resolve a longstanding open question about quantum complexity theory.

The First Biennial John Stewart Bell Prize for Research on Fundamental Issues in Quantum Mechanics and their Applications was awarded to Prof. Nicolas Gisin (Université de Genève) for his theoretical and experimental work on foundations and applications of quantum physics, in particular: quantum non-locality, quantum cryptography and quantum teleportation.

Nobel prize winner Sir Anthony Leggett will be presenting a series of lectures in Quantum Information at the Institute for Quantum Computing in Waterloo.

Details on Associate Membership in QuantumWorks, the SECOQC International Conference, QKD standardization initiatives and more!

Quantum physics is both mysterious and difficult to grasp. Barry Sanders, director of the U of C’s Institute for Quantum Information Science is hoping to change that.

"I am honoured to accept the first Distinguished Research Chair at the Perimeter Institute..."
-Stephen Hawking

We are pleased to announce the inauguration of a new award, and are ask for your assistance in nominating candidates for the award.

An Industry Specification Group (ISG) of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) will bring together the important International players from science, industry, and commence to address standardisation issues in quantum cryptography, and quantum technology in general.

QuantumWorks members are participating in the first live demonstration of a working quantum key distribution (QKD) network which is taking place in Vienna today! The demonstration is held within in the framework of the SECOQC international conference which will run until October 10th, 2008.

QuantumWorks Member Gregor Weihs, receives boost from provincial funding.

QuantumWorks researcher Frank Wilhelm co-authored article featured in Nature.

The inaugural edition of the QuantumWorks Newsletter.

In a special ceremony honouring Ontario’s top, innovative scientists, Dr. Raymond Laflamme has received the prestigious Premier’s Discovery Award for his contributions to natural sciences and engineering.

QuantumWorks Administration has moved into the Research Advancement Centre at the University of Waterloo.

The 2008 CAP/CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics is awarded to Richard Cleve, Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo for fundamental results in quantum information theory, including the structure of quantum algorithms and the foundations of quantum communication complexity.

Dr. Brassard is a NSERC Herzberg Gold Medal finalist, 2007

University of Calgary Team's Finding Reported in Leading Journal