Institute for Quantum Computing
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Type | Research institute |
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Director | Norbert Lütkenhaus |
Location | , , 43°28′44″N 80°33′17″W / 43.478865°N 80.554853°W |
Affiliation | University of Waterloo |
Website | uwaterloo.ca/iqc |
The Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) is an affiliate scientific research institute of the
Its executive director is physics professor Norbert Lütkenhaus and hosts researchers based in 7 departments across 3 faculties at the University of Waterloo. In addition to theoretical and experimental research on
History
The Institute for Quantum Computing was officially created in 2002, sparked by
At its establishment, the institute was composed of only a handful of researchers from the Departments of Computer Science and Physics. Ten years later, there are more than 200 researchers across six departments within the Faculties of Science, Mathematics, and Engineering at the University of Waterloo.
In 2008, IQC moved into the Research Advancement Centre 1 (RAC I) in the University of Waterloo's Research & Technology Park. In 2010, research operations expanded into the adjacent building, Research Advancement Centre 2 (RAC II).
In 2012, IQC expanded into the Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre. The 285,000-square-foot facility is shared with the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, and is built to stringent standards (controls for vibration, humidity, temperature, and electromagnetic radiation) for quantum and nanotechnology experiments. The building was designed by Toronto-based firm Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects (KPMB).[4]
Research
Research at IQC focuses on three main applications of quantum information science and technology using the physical sciences, mathematics and engineering from both theoretical and experimental perspectives.[5]
Areas of research currently studied at IQC include:
- quantum computing
- quantum communication
- quantum sensing
- quantum materials
- quantum engineering
In collaboration with the University of Waterloo, IQC offers research positions and advanced courses in the foundations, applications, and implementation of quantum information processing for graduate students. In addition, IQC also offers an interdisciplinary graduate program in Quantum Information which leads to MMath, MSc, MASc, and PhD degrees.[6]
Facilities
IQC currently has offices and laboratories in both Research Advancement Centre I and II, located in the University of Waterloo's David Johnston Research & Technology Park Archived February 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
On 9 June 2008, Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis, together with Ontario Premier
See also
- Quantum computer
- Quantum cryptography
- Quantum information science
- Raymond Laflamme—past executive director, professor at IQC
- Anthony Leggett—winner of 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics and part-time faculty member at IQC
References
- ^ "What Great Philanthropy Can Do". Institute for Quantum Computing. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
- ^ no by-line.--> (2015). "Quick facts About the Institute". University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on May 7, 2019. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
- ^ "About the Institute". Institute for Quantum Computing. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
- ^ "University of Waterloo Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum Nano Centre". Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects. Archived from the original on June 5, 2014. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
- ^ "Faculty & Research". Institute for Quantum Computing. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
- ^ "Graduate Studies". Institute for Quantum Computing. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
- ^ "Groundbreaking for the Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre". Institute for Quantum Computing. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
- ^ "Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre Grand Opening". University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on January 4, 2013. Retrieved September 5, 2012.