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'''Vice-President, Innovation and Policy Services Branch, Canada School of Public Service''' <br> | '''Vice-President, Innovation and Policy Services Branch, Canada School of Public Service''' <br> | ||
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=== Alireza Yazdi === | === Alireza Yazdi === | ||
− | '''Founder and CEO at Anyon Systems Inc.''' | + | '''Founder and CEO at Anyon Systems Inc.''' <br> |
Alireza Yazdi is the founder and CEO of Anyon Systems. Alireza specializes in high performance computing and superconducting quantum information. Prior to founding Anyon Systems, Alireza was a postdoctoral researcher at McGill University and RWTH Aachen where he worked on massively parallel simulation and modeling of multi-physics and multiscale phenomena in aero-engine combustion. His research on quantum chemistry led him to quantum computing in 2012. He finally founded Anyon Systems in 2014 with the goal of developing and commercializing quantum computing platforms. In 2020, Anyon Systems secured its first order from the Government of Canada to deliver its Yukon generation quantum computer to Defence Research and Development Canada. | Alireza Yazdi is the founder and CEO of Anyon Systems. Alireza specializes in high performance computing and superconducting quantum information. Prior to founding Anyon Systems, Alireza was a postdoctoral researcher at McGill University and RWTH Aachen where he worked on massively parallel simulation and modeling of multi-physics and multiscale phenomena in aero-engine combustion. His research on quantum chemistry led him to quantum computing in 2012. He finally founded Anyon Systems in 2014 with the goal of developing and commercializing quantum computing platforms. In 2020, Anyon Systems secured its first order from the Government of Canada to deliver its Yukon generation quantum computer to Defence Research and Development Canada. | ||
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Alireza received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from McGill University where he is also an Adjunct-Professor. | Alireza received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from McGill University where he is also an Adjunct-Professor. | ||
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− | === | + | === Vlad Gheorghiu === |
− | '''Co-Founder | + | '''CEO, President and Co-Founder of softwareQ Inc''' <br> |
− | Dr. | + | Dr. VLAD GHEORGHIU is the CEO, President and co-founder of softwareQ Inc., a |
+ | quantum software and quantum information processing company in Waterloo, ON | ||
+ | Canada. Vlad is also a senior researcher at the Institute for Quantum | ||
+ | Computing at the University of Waterloo, ON Canada, working on quantum | ||
+ | information and computation. He collaborates as well on quantum risk | ||
+ | assessment with evolutionQ Inc., ON Canada. | ||
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− | + | Vlad is a member of CryptoWorks21 Quantum-Safe Cryptographic Infrastructure | |
+ | Program and a member of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute | ||
+ | (ETSI) Quantum-Safe Cryptography Standardization Group. | ||
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− | + | His current research interests lie in quantum software and quantum | |
− | His research interests | + | architectures, quantum-resistant cryptography, quantum error correction, |
+ | quantum cryptanalysis and resource estimation for realistic implementations of | ||
+ | quantum algorithms, entanglement theory, as well as applications of machine | ||
+ | learning techniques to the quantum domain. | ||
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=== Ghislain Lefebvre === | === Ghislain Lefebvre === | ||
'''Partnership development manager, Université de Sherbrooke''' <br> | '''Partnership development manager, Université de Sherbrooke''' <br> |
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Speaker Biographies
Dr. Peter C. MasonDirector, The Internet of Things: Quantum Sensors Challenge Program, National Research Council | |
Neil BouwerVice-President, Innovation and Policy Services Branch, Canada School of Public Service | |
Geneviève TanguayVice President, Emerging Technologies, National Research Council | |
Christian WeedbrookFounder and CEO, Xanadu Christian Weedbrook is the Founder and CEO of Xanadu, a photonic quantum computing company based in Toronto. Christian has over a decade of industry, government and research experience in quantum computing. He holds a PhD in Physics from the University of Queensland and was a postdoc at MIT and the University of Toronto. | |
Alireza YazdiFounder and CEO at Anyon Systems Inc. | |
Vlad GheorghiuCEO, President and Co-Founder of softwareQ Inc | |
Ghislain LefebvrePartnership development manager, Université de Sherbrooke | |
Sarah BlanchetteJunior quantum computing developer, Université de Sherbrooke | |
Kenneth WoodGlobal Business Development Director, IBM Quantum System Program | |
Maxime DionQuantum Computing Developer, Université de Sherbrooke | |
Marco ArmentaQuantum computing software developer, Université de Sherbrooke |