QuSoft researcher Tom Bannink will defend his Ph.D. thesis on 'Quantum and Stochastic Processes' at the University of Amsterdam on 30 January.

QuSoft researcher Koen Groenland will defend his PhD thesis ‘Quantum protocols for few-qubit devices’ at the University of Amsterdam on 17 January. His work was recently highlighted by CWI. For more information click here.

A great story about the impact of the National Agenda for Quantum Technology for the Netherlands (in Dutch): https://www.consultancy.nl/nieuws/26117/hoe-blijft-nederland-mondiaal-koploper-in-quantumtechnologie

Onze IT-infrastructuur is alleen maar onveiliger geworden. Sterke encryptie is broodnodig, aldus Ot van Daalen, promovendus aan het Instituut voor Informatierecht aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam. Ot van Daalen 8 november 2019, 11:03 Minister Grapperhaus vindt dat de overheid toegang moet kunnen krijgen tot versleutelde berichten als dat nodig is. Dat hebben... read more →

Thursday, October 31 2019, Christian Schaffner was interviewed in a BNR podcast, discussing the impact of quantum computers on crytography and in particular on crypto currencies. To listen back the full podcast: https://www.bnr.nl/podcast/cryptocast/10393387/hoe-beschermen-we-bitcoin-tegen-de-quantumcomputeror watch it on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-eFfOjzrCA

Harry Buhrman, group leader with CWI and director of QuSoft joins the jury for the prestigious Airbus Quantum Computing Challenge to help select the winners from the submitted proposals. https://www.airbus.com/newsroom/news/en/2019/10/world-leading-experts-Airbus-Quantum-Computing-Challenge.html