The Institute for Quantum Computing University of Waterloo Professor Raymond Laflamme Director

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 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 Review Charles 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 student Third: 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

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