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CSPS Digital Academy Events/A New Approach to Harnessing the Potential of Quantum Computing - Speaker Biographies (view source)
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'''Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia''' <br>
'''Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia''' <br>
Olivia Di Matteo joined the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at UBC as an Assistant Professor in January 2022. She obtained her PhD at the University of Waterloo and Institute for Quantum Computing in 2019 in Physics (Quantum Information). Following her PhD, she worked as a Quantum Information Science Associate at TRIUMF, and subsequently as a Quantum Computing Educator and Researcher at the Toronto-based quantum startup Xanadu. Her research interests in quantum computing include compilation, circuits and algorithms; tomography and characterization; open-source quantum software; and education
Olivia Di Matteo joined the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at UBC as an Assistant Professor in January 2022. She obtained her PhD at the University of Waterloo and Institute for Quantum Computing in 2019 in Physics (Quantum Information). Following her PhD, she worked as a Quantum Information Science Associate at TRIUMF, and subsequently as a Quantum Computing Educator and Researcher at the Toronto-based quantum startup Xanadu. Her research interests in quantum computing include compilation, circuits and algorithms; tomography and characterization; open-source quantum software; and education
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=== Barry Sanders ===
'''Vice President, Product Management, D-Wave Systems Inc.''' <br>
Professor Barry Sanders is Director of the University of Calgary’s Institute for Quantum Science and Technology, Scientific Director of Calgary’s “Quantum City”, and Lead Investigator of Quantum Alberta. His Doctor of Philosophy (1988) and Doctor of Science (2018) are from Imperial College London, and his research spans quantum science and technology, including quantum sensing, quantum computing, and quantum communication. Sanders holds distinguished visiting positions at the University of Science and Technology of China and at the Raman Research Institute in India, and he is a Scientist/Mentor with the Creative Destruction Lab branches at the Universities of Toronto and Calgary. He is former Editor-in-Chief of New Journal of Physics and is currently Chair of the NanoCanada Board of Directors. His accomplishments are recognized through Fellowships of the Royal Society of Canada, the United Kingdom Institute of Physics, the American Physical Society, and Optica.
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