Outreach Talk for the General Public
Quantum Internet
Date: Tuesday 14 May 2019
Time: 17:00
Venue: Sala 1, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon
Note: Entrance is free. No registration is necessary.
Time: 17:00
Venue: Sala 1, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon
Note: Entrance is free. No registration is necessary.
Abstract:
The internet has had a revolutionary impact on our world. The vision of a quantum internet
is to provide fundamentally new internet technology by enabling quantum communication between
any two points on Earth. Such a quantum internet will — in synergy with the “classical” internet
that we have today — connect quantum information processors in order to achieve unparalleled
capabilities that are provably impossible by using only classical information.
This talk is an introduction to a quantum internet in which we will investigate what a quantum internet
is good for, why counter-intuitive quantum phenomena can enable new applications,
and how such a network might be built across Europe.
is to provide fundamentally new internet technology by enabling quantum communication between
any two points on Earth. Such a quantum internet will — in synergy with the “classical” internet
that we have today — connect quantum information processors in order to achieve unparalleled
capabilities that are provably impossible by using only classical information.
This talk is an introduction to a quantum internet in which we will investigate what a quantum internet
is good for, why counter-intuitive quantum phenomena can enable new applications,
and how such a network might be built across Europe.
Speaker's bio:
Stephanie Wehner is Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Professor at Delft University of Technology.
Her passion is quantum communication in all its facets, and she has written numerous scientific
articles in both physics and computer science. Stephanie is one the founders of QCRYPT,
which has become the largest conference in quantum cryptography, the coordinator of the Quantum Internet Alliance, and has been awarded the KNAW Ammodo Science Award 2019.
From 2010 to 2014, her research group was located at the Centre for Quantum Technologies,
National University of Singapore, where she was first Assistant and later Associate Professor.
Previously, she was a postdoctoral scholar at the California Institute of Technology in the group of John Preskill. In a former life, she worked as a professional hacker in industry.
Her passion is quantum communication in all its facets, and she has written numerous scientific
articles in both physics and computer science. Stephanie is one the founders of QCRYPT,
which has become the largest conference in quantum cryptography, the coordinator of the Quantum Internet Alliance, and has been awarded the KNAW Ammodo Science Award 2019.
From 2010 to 2014, her research group was located at the Centre for Quantum Technologies,
National University of Singapore, where she was first Assistant and later Associate Professor.
Previously, she was a postdoctoral scholar at the California Institute of Technology in the group of John Preskill. In a former life, she worked as a professional hacker in industry.
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Supported by:
QIA – Quantum Internet Alliance (EU FET Flagship on Quantum Technologies project 820445).
QIA – Quantum Internet Alliance (EU FET Flagship on Quantum Technologies project 820445).
Event poster available here.