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URL:/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/quantum-sch
 ool-young-students
SUMMARY:Quantum School for Young Students
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nDiscover how mathematics\, physics\, computer scien
 ce\, engineering\, and\nmore combine into one of the most exciting topics 
 in modern science\n– quantum information – at the Quantum School for Y
 oung Students\n(QSYS).\n 
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URL:/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/quantum-sch
 ool-young-students
SUMMARY:Quantum School for Young Students
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nDiscover how mathematics\, physics\, computer scien
 ce\, engineering\, and\nmore combine into one of the most exciting topics 
 in modern science\n– quantum information – at the Quantum School for Y
 oung Students\n(QSYS).\n 
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URL:/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/lessons-sec
 ure-deployment-cryptographic-primitives
SUMMARY:Lessons on secure deployment of cryptographic primitives
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nELENA BAKOS LANG AND KEVIN HENRY\, NCC GROUP\n\nQ
 NC building\, 200 University Ave. Room 1201\, À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ \n\nThe security o
 f cryptographic primitives and protocols is inextricably\ntied to that of 
 the implementations deployed in the real world.\nEnsuring that these imple
 mentations are as secure as possible is thus\na problem at the heart of cr
 yptographic security.\n\nThis workshop will introduce common classes of cr
 yptographic\nvulnerabilities\, including improper randomness generation\,\
 nside-channel attacks\, flaws in primitives or protocols\, and others\,\na
 nd discuss secure coding practices that can help mitigate them\, based\non
  our experiences auditing cryptographic code. This discussion will\nbe com
 plemented by a set of practical exercises to provide experience\nin spotti
 ng insecure constructions. Additionally\, as implementation\nquality is of
 ten tied to the quality of the source material\, we will\npresent a case s
 tudy on a recent widely implemented threshold signing\nprotocol where ambi
 guous or unclear presentation in the academic\nsource material has led to 
 multiple critical implementation\nvulnerabilities.\n\nThis workshop is pre
 sented by NCC Group Cryptography Services practice\nin À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ\, Ontario.
 \n\nTo attend this program please email us at cryptoworks21@uwaterloo.ca\n
 by July 17\, 2024.\n 
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URL:/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/introductio
 n-analyzing-cryptographic-protocols-using-taramin
SUMMARY:An introduction to analyzing cryptographic protocols using Taramin\
 nprover
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nDOUGLAS STEBILA\, UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO\n\nQNC bui
 lding\, 200 University Ave. Room 1201\, À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ \n\nThis workshop will p
 rovide an introduction to the Tamarin prover\n[https://tamarin-prover.com
 -/]\, which is a security protocol\nverification tool that analyzes crypto
 graphic protocols in a symbolic\nmodel and can automatically identify atta
 cks or conclude that certain\nclasses of attacks do not exist. The worksho
 p will include a hands-on\nexercise using the Tamarin prover.\n\nTo attend
  this program please email us at cryptoworks21@uwaterloo.ca\nby July 16\, 
 2024.\n 
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240703T120000
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URL:/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/iqc-student
 -seminar-featuring-lars-kamin
SUMMARY:IQC Student Seminar Featuring Lars Kamin
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nWEIGHT ESTIMATION FOR OPTICAL DETECTION SETUPS\n\nQ
 NC building\, 200 University Ave. Room 1201\, À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ \n\nRealistic mode
 ls of optical detection setups are crucial for numerous\nquantum informati
 on tasks. For instance\, squashing maps allow for more\nrealistic descript
 ions of the detection setups by accounting for\nmultiphoton detections. To
  apply squashing maps\, one requires a\npopulation estimation of multiphot
 on subspaces of the input to the\ndetection setup. So far\, there has been
  no universal method for those\nsubspace estimations for arbitrary detecti
 on setups.\n\nWe introduce a generic subspace estimation technique applica
 ble to any\npassive linear optical setup\, accounting for losses and dark 
 counts.\nThe resulting bounds are relevant for adversarial tasks such as Q
 KD or\nentanglement verification. Additionally\, this method enables a gen
 eric\npassive detection setup characterization\, providing the necessary\n
 measurement POVM for e.g. QKD security proofs.\n 
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URL:/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/quantum-com
 putational-advantage-simulating-many-body-spin
SUMMARY:Quantum computational advantage in simulating many-body spin dynami
 cs
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nIQC COLLOQUIUM - DR. CHAE-YEUN PARK\, XANADU\n\nQNC
  building\, 200 University Ave. Room QNC 1201 À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ \n\nUnderstanding 
 the dynamics of quantum many-body systems is one of the\nfundamental objec
 tives of physics. The existence of an efficient\nquantum algorithm for sim
 ulating these dynamics with reasonable\nresource requirements suggests tha
 t this problem might be among the\nfirst practically relevant tasks quantu
 m computers can tackle.\nAlthough an efficient classical algorithm for sim
 ulating such dynamics\nis not generally expected\, the classical hardness 
 of many-body\ndynamics has been rigorously proven only for certain commuti
 ng\nHamiltonians. In this talk\, I will show that computing the output\ndi
 stribution of quantum many-body dynamics is classically difficult\,\nclass
 ified as #P-hard\, also for a large class of non-commuting\nmany-body spin
  Hamiltonians. Our proof leverages the robust polynomial\nestimation techn
 ique and the #P-hardness of computing the permanent of\na matrix. By combi
 ning this with the anticoncentration conjecture of\nthe output distributio
 n\, I will argue that sampling from the output\ndistribution generated by 
 the dynamics of a large class of spin\nHamiltonians is classically infeasi
 ble. Our findings can significantly\nreduce the number of qubits required 
 to demonstrate quantum advantage\nusing analog quantum simulators.\n 
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URL:/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/alex-kirill
 ova-masters-thesis-defense
SUMMARY:Alex Kirillova Master's Thesis Defense
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nBLACKBOX OPTIMIZATION FOR FREE-SPACE QUANTUM KEY DI
 STRIBUTION\n\nMC\, 200 University Ave West\, Room MC 5417\nÀ¶Ý®ÊÓƵ\, ON C
 A N2L 3G1\n\nSupervisors: Thomas Jennewein and Norbert Lütkenhaus\n 
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URL:/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/qkd-securit
 y-proof-workshop
SUMMARY:QKD Security Proof Workshop
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nThe QKD security proof workshop is an annual worksh
 op series focused\non technical security proofs. Our focus in the workshop
  is to\nfacilitate interactions and discussions between participants. \n 
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240522T120000
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URL:/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/iqc-student
 -seminar-featuring-nachiket-sherlekar
SUMMARY:IQC Student Seminar Featuring Nachiket Sherlekar
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nSTABLE AND LOCALIZED EMISSION FROM AMBIPOLAR DOPANT
 -FREE LATERAL P-N\nJUNCTIONS\n\nQuantum-Nano Centre\, 200 University Ave W
 est\, Room QNC 1201 À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ\,\nON CA N2L 3G1\n\nCombining the architectur
 es of a dopant-free lateral p-n junction and\na single-electron pump in a 
 GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructure material\nsystem could yield high-rate\, elect
 rically-driven quantum emitters\nwith performances surpassing the competit
 ion in quantum sensing\,\ncommunication and cryptography. Observed drawbac
 ks of the dopant-free\np-n junctions are a rapid decay in electroluminesce
 nce during\noperation\, as well as delocalized emission that lowers the me
 asured\nquantum efficiency. This talk details novel measurement protocols 
 and\ngate architectures implemented by us to overcome these challenges.\n 
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240503
URL:/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/quantum-con
 nections-2024-quantum-perspectives
SUMMARY:Quantum Connections 2024: Quantum Perspectives
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nJoin us for Quantum Connections May 1-2\, 2024. Thi
 s year we’re\nhighlighting Quantum Perspectives: the impacts and outlook
 s driving\nour future.\n 
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240419T133000
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URL:/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/matt-piatt-
 msc-thesis-defense
SUMMARY:Matt Piatt MSc Thesis Defense
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nRANDOM STATE GENERATION FOR QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTIO
 N USING WEAK\nCOHERENT PULSE SOURCE\n\nQuantum-Nano Centre\, 200 Universi
 ty Ave West\, Room QNC 2101\nÀ¶Ý®ÊÓƵ\, ON CA N2L 3G1\n\nSupervisor: Thoma
 s Jennewein\n 
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