The international Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) Summer School is a five-day program focused on theoretical and experimental aspects of quantum communication with a focus on quantum cryptography. Established in 2008, QKD occurs every other year and was last held in 2017.
Schedule
Monday, August 19, 2019
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8:15 am |
Registration |
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9:00 am |
Basics of cryptography |
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12:00 pm |
Lunch at St. Jerome’s |
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1:15 pm |
Information theoretic security |
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4:15 |
End of day |
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
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8:30 am |
Coffee |
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9:00 am |
Foundations of QKD security |
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12:00 pm |
Lunch at St. Jerome’s |
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1:15 pm |
The threat of Quantum Computing |
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2:15 pm |
Security analysis of QKD protocols |
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4:15 pm |
Tutorial: Security Analysis of 6-state protocol |
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5:15 pm |
End of day |
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6:30 pm |
Banquet at King Street Trio |
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
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8:30 am |
Coffee |
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9:00 am |
Foundations of QKD security |
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12:00 pm |
Lunch at St. Jerome’s |
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1:15 pm |
Security analysis of Optical QKD implementations |
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4:15 pm |
End of day |
Thursday, August 22, 2019
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8:30 am |
Coffee |
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9:00 am |
Optical components of QKD Thomas Jennewein, Institute for Quantum Computing |
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12:00 pm |
Lunch at St. Jerome’s |
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1:15 pm |
Optical QKD implementations and protocols |
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4:15 pm |
End of day |
Friday, August 23, 2019
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8:30 am |
Coffee |
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9:00 am |
More QKD protocols: MDI, CV, Twin-field QKD |
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10:00 am |
Post Quantum Cryptography |
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11:00 am |
QKD and networks |
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12:00 pm |
Lunch at St. Jerome’s |
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1:15 pm |
QKD satellites |
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2:15 pm |
Open questions in QKD research |
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3:15 pm |
End of day |