university of calgary quantum information science

Welcome to the

Institute for Quantum Information Science

The Institute for Quantum Information Science is a multidisciplinary group of researchers from the areas of Computer Science, Mathematics, and Physics. The goals of Calgary's Institute for Quantum Information Science are to conduct leading research in key theoretical and experimental topics of quantum information science, to provide excellent education and training in quantum information and cognate areas, and to foster linkage between the Institute and other quantum information institutes and with industrial partners. The Institute has the dual objective of applying quantum physics to produce revolutionary advances in information and communication science and technology, and to advance understanding and methods in quantum physics by applying breakthroughs in quantum information research.

Ongoing research in the institute includes theoretical and experimental aspects of quantum algorithms and complexity theory, quantum information theory, experimental realizations of quantum computing devices, quantum cryptography, quantum optics, and quantum networks. The quantum information science program in physics is undertaken within the Quantum Optics group.

What is quantum information science?

VISUAL INFORMATION FOR THE QUANTUM AGE
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Headlines

First prize for best talk at the Seventh Annual Canadian Quantum Information Students' Conference 2010 awarded to Nathan Wiebe.

Christoph Simon receives the Alberta Innovates New Faculty Award, Alberta Innovates.

3 May 2010, University Prize Exam.
Canadian Association of Physicists.
3rd Prize awarded to IQIS student Adrian Keet.

In the Media:
Research In Action Online, July 2010
U of C receives 8 Discovery Accelerator grants: Alexander Lvovsky
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Global TV, February 20, 2010
Unbreakable Security: Wolfgang Tittel
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Upcoming

IQIS Seminar - Elanor Huntington [University of New South Wales], Wednesday 29th September, 2010 at 3:00-3:50pm in SA 145
"Quantum Hindsight: Quantum Parameter Estimation Using Smoothing"

Seventh Annual Canadian Quantum Information Students' Conference 2010,
12-16 July 2010 -- University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Accommodation Registration Deadline: 29 April 2010
Abstract Deadline: 10 May 2010
Notification Date: Beginning of May

Current Visitors

Name

Duration

Office

Home Institution

Expected Visitors

Name	Duration	Office	Home Institution
Ali Kamli	22 Sep - 6 Oct 2010		University of Jazan
Elanor Huntington	28 Sep - 6 Oct 2010		University of New South Wales
Mark Byrd	19 - 23 Oct 2010	SB 317	Southern Illinois University
Rob Spekkens	24 - 31 Oct 2010		Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Iman Marvian	24 - 31 Oct 2010		Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Giulio Chiribella	24 Oct - 1 Nov 2010		Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

All Visitors

Contact Information:

Institute for Quantum Information Science
University of Calgary
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4

Phone: (403) 220-4403
Fax: (403) 210-8876
Email:
Courier delivery: Science B 307 (Science B 605 alternate)