Welcome to the

Institute for Quantum Science and Technology

The Institute for Quantum Science and Technology is a multidisciplinary group of researchers from the areas of Computer Science, Mathematics, Chemistry, and Physics. The goals of Calgary's Institute for Quantum Science and Technology are to conduct leading research in key theoretical and experimental topics of quantum science and technology, to provide excellent education and training in quantum science and technology and cognate areas, and to foster linkage between the Institute and other quantum science and technology institutes and with industrial partners.

Vision:

To be a world leader in research and education in pure and applied quantum science and technology.

Mission Statement:

To advance quantum science and technology through interdisciplinary research, teaching, and outreach.

VISUAL INFORMATION FOR THE QUANTUM AGE
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Headlines

Congratulations! Rob Thompson has an article published in the Nature: Characterization of the 1S-2S transition in antihydrogen.

Congratulations! Ghazal Haji Salem is awarded an NSERC postdoctoral fellowship.

Congratulations! Barry Sanders has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Aviram Rawal Lvovsky was born on August 30 at 6:03 am, 3.8 kilos and 48 cm.

Barry Sanders is a co-author of an article "Observation of topological edge states in parity-time-symmetric quantum walks" published in the "Nature Physics" on 31 July 2017. Congratulations!

Welcome new members to IQST. Gustavo Amaral, a new postdoc in Wolfgang Tittel's group. Jose da Costa Filho, Hamza Qureshi, and Prathwiraj Umesh started their graduate program at IQST. Welcome on board.

Congratulations! Nafiseh Sang-Nourpour successfully defended her Ph.D exam on 24 August 2017 and joined as a post-doctoral fellow at the National Optics Institute, Quèbec.

Congratulations! Priyaa Varshinee successfully defended her candadicacy exam on 24 August 2017.

Congratulations! Mark Girard successfully defended his Ph.D exam on 14 July 2017 and joined as a post-doctoral fellow at the Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo.

In the Media:

UToday, 13 August 2018
Industry, government and academia collaborate to advance cyber security, big data, and oil and gas water treatment: Christoph Simon
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explore.ucalgary.ca, 01 August 2018
Can we be public and private at the same time? The coded thrill of cyberconnectivity: Barry C. Sanders
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Physicsworld.com, 16 July 2018
Magnetic model simulated in 3D by D-Wave quantum processor: Barry C. Sanders
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Globe and Mail, 25 June 2018
Really want to end ‘manels’? Some conference organizers are offering childcare: Simon Trudel
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CTV Calgary, 16 March 2018
Calgary remembers Stephen Hawking (video): David Hobill
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Upcoming

IQST Colloquium - Joseph Maciejko [University of Alberta]
Co-sponsored by: Department of Physics and Astronomy
Friday 19th October, 2018 at 4:00-5:00pm in TBA
"TBA"

IQST Colloquium - Aashish Clerk [University of Chicago]
Co-sponsored by: Department of Physics and Astronomy
Friday 2nd November, 2018 at 4:00-5:00pm in TBA
"TBA"

IQST Colloquium - Kartik Srinivasan [National Institutte of Standards and Technology]
Co-sponsored by: Department of Physics and Astronomy
Friday 1st March, 2019 at 4:00-5:00pm in TBA
"TBA"

IQST Seminar - Ish Dhand [University of Ulm], Wednesday 3rd October, 2018 at 3:00-4:00pm in TBA
"Quantum simulation via all-optically generated tensor network states"

Tweets by @iqstucalgary

Current Visitors

Name	Duration	Office	Home Institution
Jianing Geng	18 Jul - 13 Oct 2018	SB 312	Shandong University
Saeid Asgarnezhad	17 May - 3 Dec 2018	SB 318	Sharif University of Technology
Joan Ngure	10 Aug 2018 - 4 Jan 2019	SB 316	African Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Mahnaz Jafarzadeh	6 Jul 2018 - 1 Apr 2019	SB 306	Urmia University
Xianxin Guo	14 Sep 2018 - 13 Sep 2019	SB 318	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Ming-ming Wang	21 Sep 2018 - 30 Sep 2019	SB 312	Xi'an Polytechnic University

Expected Visitors

Name	Duration	Office	Home Institution
Ish Dhand	1 - 9 Oct 2018	SB 317	University of Ulm
Joseph Maciejko	19 Oct 2018		University of Alberta
Urbasi Sinha	30 Oct - 3 Nov 2018	SB 317	Raman Research Institute
Aashish Clerk	2 Nov 2018		University of Chicago
Kartik Srinivasan	1 Mar 2019	SB 317	National Institute of Standards and Technology

All Visitors

Contact Information:

Institute for Quantum Science and Technology
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)