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Steve Whitney speaks on export control
On March 24, 2014 CryptoWorks21 hosted Steve Whitney, VP & Divisional General Counsel, Devices & Emerging Solutions at BlackBerry. Mr. Whitney spoke about export control, particularly as it applies around quantum cryptography technologies.
Exporting quantum cryptography solutions from Canada will be a crucial step in successfully commercializing ...
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Scott Vanstone (1947-2014)
In March 2014, the cryptography community lost a great leader and visionary with the passing of Scott Vanstone.
You can read about some of Scott’s many achievements at the University of Waterloo Combinatorics & Optimization page commemorating Scott or the International Association for Cryptologic Research ...
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Cryptography leaders guide the future to new information security standards
Cryptography experts and decision makers met in France last week to set out a plan for a global quantum-safe cryptographic infrastructure.
On September 26-27, 2013, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) hosted the Quantum-Safe-Crypto Workshop, which brought together cryptography experts, key players, and decision makers ...
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Institute for Quantum Science and Technology launches at Calgary
Last Friday, the University of Calgary celebrated the launch of the Institute for Quantum Science and Technology (IQST).
IQST is a quantum science research institute affiliated with CryptoWorks21 and focused on research, training, and outreach around key themes of quantum optics, quantum information, molecular modelling ...
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Claude Crépeau on post-quantum cryptography
McGill University professor and cryptographer, Dr. Claude Crépeau came to the Institute for Quantum Computing in July to give a series of lectures on post-quantum cryptography as part of the CryptoWorks21 program.
Dr. Crépeau discussed a variety of cryptographic assumptions that are believed to be ...