You are invited to attend Quantum workforce development with Prof. Terrill Frantz, Feb 24 @1500hrs SAST
Newsletter 7/2021
Updates and ideas
We had an interesting and highly interactive meeting with Dr. Yaseera Ismail last week on quantum communication and how to get started in quantum.
Dr. Ismail is an Optical Society of America Ambassador and an Optical Society of America (OSA) Non-Linear Optics technical group executive committee member. Here are some brief highlights about the OSA.
The Optical Society is home to 432,000 accomplished scientists, engineers, students and entrepreneurs.
This community collaborates to fuel discoveries, shape real-life applications and accelerate achievements in the science of light. Through world-renowned publications, meetings and membership initiatives, OSA provides quality research, inspired interactions and dedicated resources for its extensive global network of optics and photonics experts.
https://www.osa.org/en-us/get_involved/
They have a Quantum Computing and Communication Technical Group
This group deals with the basic aspects of quantum information theory, theoretical and experimental aspects of quantum computing, quantum communication systems, cryptography, new quantum effects and their experimental realizations, generation, detection and applications of nonclassical light, quantum noise, stochastic processes and filtering, quantum measurement theory, and quantum control.
The Optical Society convenes more than 40 meetings/conference in virtual or hybrid formats to provide you with opportunities to advance your scientific ambitions, expand your professional network and influence the future of optics and photonics worldwide.
https://www.osa.org/en-us/meetings/
Most importantly for our community is Quantum 2.0
https://www.osa.org/en-us/meetings/topical_meetings/quantum/
Suggested reading
Quantum communication.
Secure quantum key distribution with realistic devices
Feihu Xu, Xiongfeng Ma, Qiang Zhang, Hoi-Kwong Lo, and Jian-Wei Pan Rev. Mod. Phys. 92, 025002 – Published 26 May 2020
OIDA Quantum Photonics Roadmap: Every Photon Count (https://www.osapublishing.org/abstract.cfm?uri=OIDA-2020-3)
Quantum cryptography
Nicolas Gisin, Gre´ goire Ribordy, Wolfgang Tittel, and Hugo Zbinden
REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS, VOLUME 74, JANUARY 2002
Quantum Communications and Cryptography, edited by Alexander V. Sergienko, Taylor and Francis
At OneQuantum Africa Weekly Meetings, Feb 24 at 1500hrs SAST we are pleased to host Professor Terrill Frantz, Associate Professor of eBusiness & Cybersecurity at Harrisburg University to discuss quantum workforce development and education.
Register to attend the meeting here
Please invite all your quantum tech colleagues from the continent.
We are looking forward to seeing you and having a good discussion!
News and Events
Last week I joined Olivia Lanes, PhD on the IBM Qiskit Quantum Seminar Series to discuss Quantum Tech Communities and open-source resources as vital components of the quantum tech ecosystem.
Here is the recording of Teaching quantum information and quantum computing in African universities: Opportunities and challenges by Prof. M. Telmini of the University of Tunis El Manar.
WQWD S3E2 with Itamar Sivan-CEO of Quantum Machines. He shares his vision for the quantum computing stack & the future of quantum.
Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT), Singapore is hosting a series of workshops exploring opportunities in developing quantum processors and a quantum internet. The workshops will delve into hardware for quantum computing and quantum simulation, as well as technology, protocols and standards for networks carrying quantum signals between quantum processors, beyond point-to-point communication. Details here.
Recording and highlights from QCB Horizons in Quantum Computing with Denise Ruffner - IonQ, Eleanor Rieffel - NASA, Fabio Sanches - QC Ware.
Opportunity for an internship at the USRA-NASA Quantum Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (QuAIL) at NASA Ames Research Center's Advanced Supercomputing Facility.
It seems like we haven’t heard the last of Majorana fermion particles.
AWS joins PennyLane, an open-source framework that melds machine learning with quantum computing.
Strangeworks Launches Quantum Ecosystem to Humanize Quantum Technologies.
Signing off
Would love to hear your thoughts on quantum computing ethics? Seems there is growing interest in going deeper into this issue.
Have a great week!
Farai,
President,
OneQuantum Africa