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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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'''CEO, President and Co-Founder of softwareQ Inc''' <br> | '''CEO, President and Co-Founder of softwareQ Inc''' <br> | ||
− | + | 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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+ | Vlad holds a PhD in Theoretical Physics from Carnegie Mellon University, USA. | ||
+ | His current research interests lie in quantum software and quantum | ||
+ | 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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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 |