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The Institute for Quantum ComputingUniversity of Waterloo
Professor Raymond LaflammeDirector
Bletchley Park
Cryptography at Waterloo
• W.T. Tutte was a chemistry student at Cambridge was assigned the “FISH” cipher during World War II used by the German high command.
Enigma
Turing
Professor W. T. (Bill) Tutte
• Security of today’s cryptography is based on the difficulty of solving certain mathematical problems using “classical” computers
• Tutte joined the University of Waterloo in 1962. He was instrumental in founding the department of Combinatorics & Optimization at Waterloo.
• The cryptography group at Waterloo thrived and developed elliptic curve cryptography.
Cryptography at Waterloo
Scott Vanstone
Ron Mullin
• Quantum systems can be in more than one state simultaneously: QUANTUM COMPUTING
Physics Today, p. 36, Oct 1991
The quantum world brings some unusual
properties
• Observing quantum systems cannot be done without perturbing them: QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY
The quantum world brings some unusual
properties
MIT Technology ReviewCharles Bennett and Gilles Brassard
Mission: To develop and advance quantum information science and technology at the highest international level, through the collaboration of computer scientists, engineers, mathematicians and physical scientists.
Vision: Harnessing quantum mechanics will lead to the development of transformational technologies that will benefit society and, collectively, become a new engine of economic growth in the 21st century.
Mike Lazaridis
The Institute for Quantum Computing
IQC’s strategic objectives:First: Be a world class research institute of a global reputation
Second: Be an international magnet for studentThird: Be a source of information for quantum science and technology
GOAL:• 200 researchers• Interdisciplinary quantum research• 140,000 sq.ft building• $300M project
WHERE WE ARE:
• world class reputation•100 researchers• building in construction• raised $240M
From an international NSERC-sponsored review panel in 2009: “IQC is arguably the leading achiever in the world in its field of endeavor, on all fronts.”
The Institute for Quantum Computing
NMR Quantum Computing
IQC Sponsors
