Standards and Certification workshop - 2015

Date: August 24-25, 2015
Time: 9:00am-5:00pm
Location: QNC 0101, Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre, University of Waterloo

Register by August 5, 2015

The CryptoWorks21 Standards and Certification Course is a 2-day program focused on the importance of standards and certification when introducing new technologies to the marketplace and the avenues for standardization and certification of quantum-safe cryptographic technologies. It is hosted by the Institute for Quantum Computing at the Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre on the University of Waterloo main campus. 

Students will develop an understanding of several components of these topics including:

• Standards
• Relevance
• Importance for deployability
• Competitiveness
• Large-scale adoption
• Compliance organizations and development

Instructors:

• Matthew Campagna, University of Waterloo
• Lily Chen, National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Gaby Lenhart, European Telecommunications Standards Institute
• Norbert Lütkenhaus, University of Waterloo
• Arjan Widlak, United Knowledge

Course Outline:

• Overview of standards
• Case studies
• Aligning standards to business models
• Certification
• Standards and certification for post-quantum cryptography
• “The Sky Is the Limit”, Standardization Simulation Game run by United Knowledge