15-513: IQC may refer to: Institute for Quantum Computing , University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Instituto Questão de Ciência , a Brazilian non-profit organization International Quizzing Championships , a multi-disciplinary quiz event Intuitionistic predicate calculus , the subsystems for only propositions being called I P C {\displaystyle {\mathsf {IPC}}} Itaquaquecetuba (CPTM) (station code: IQC),
30-595: A 101 million dollar donation from Ophelia and Mike Lazaridis (co-CEO of Research in Motion and Chancellor of the University of Waterloo). Government funding includes 17.9 million dollars from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) which has been matched by the province of Ontario. In addition, an anonymous donor has provided an endowment of 29 million dollars for 3 endowed chairs and 42 Graduate Nanofellowships. G2N
45-519: A donation made by Mike Lazaridis and his wife Ophelia whose substantial donations have continued over the years. The institute is now located in the Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre and the Research Advancement Centre at the University of Waterloo. Its executive director is physics professor Norbert Lütkenhaus and hosts researchers based in 7 departments across 3 faculties at
60-528: A handful of researchers from the Departments of Computer Science and Physics. Ten years later, there are more than 200 researchers across six departments within the Faculties of Science, Mathematics, and Engineering at the University of Waterloo. In 2008, IQC moved into the Research Advancement Centre 1 (RAC I) in the University of Waterloo's Research & Technology Park. In 2010, research operations expanded into
75-614: A train station in Itaquaquecetuba, São Paulo, Brazil See also [ edit ] IQCE , IQ domain-containing protein E Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title IQC . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IQC&oldid=1221277866 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
90-475: Is a fabrication laboratory that integrates a range of thin-film manufacturing, assembly, testing, and characterization equipment to create electronic systems in the very large (a few billion pixels ) and very small (a few nanometres ) size range. WATlab is a nano-materials metrology research facility, equipped with surface and nano-materials research tools for exploring areas of nanotechnology and nano-scale sciences. The Advanced Micro-Nano Lab will address
105-526: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Institute for Quantum Computing The Institute for Quantum Computing ( IQC ) is an affiliate scientific research institute of the University of Waterloo located in Waterloo, Ontario with a multidisciplinary approach to the field of quantum information processing . IQC was founded in 2002 primarily through
120-461: Is located at the University of Waterloo and is co-located with the Institute for Quantum Computing in the Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre (QNC) . WIN is currently headed by Dr. Sushanta Mitra . The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology comprises 96 faculty from nine different departments in the faculties of Science, Engineering, Mathematics, and Environment. The Quantum-Nano centre
135-471: Is the site of a community laboratory for nano-metrology and nano-fabrication. Construction began on 9 June 2008 and is expected to be completed 21 September 2012. The 160 million dollar, 284,000-square-foot (26,400 m ) facility will be the home to a 17,000-square-foot (1,600 m ) laboratory. Capital funding for construction of the QNC was made possible by major gifts and awards from multiple sources including
150-766: The Wayback Machine . On 9 June 2008, Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis, together with Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty , University of Waterloo President David Johnston , and other guests officially broke ground on the project which will consist of three areas: one to house IQC, one for the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology , and a clean fabrication and metrology suite to be shared between the two institutes. It will house offices, laboratory space, and areas for collaboration among researchers. The QNC opened September 21, 2012. Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN)
165-405: The University of Waterloo, David Johnston , for research into quantum information. Since inception, Lazaridis has provided more than $ 100 million in private funding for IQC. The institute is a collaboration between academia, the private sector, and the federal and provincial governments. Raymond Laflamme is the founding executive director. At its establishment, the institute was composed of only
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#1733092790001180-444: The University of Waterloo. In addition to theoretical and experimental research on quantum computing , IQC also hosts academic conferences and workshops, short courses for undergraduate and high school students, and scientific outreach events including open houses and tours for the public. The Institute for Quantum Computing was officially created in 2002, sparked by Research In Motion co-founder Mike Lazaridis and then-president of
195-457: The adjacent building, Research Advancement Centre 2 (RAC II). In 2012, IQC expanded into the Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre. The 285,000-square-foot facility is shared with the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology , and is built to stringent standards (controls for vibration, humidity, temperature, and electromagnetic radiation) for quantum and nanotechnology experiments. The building
210-521: The foundations, applications, and implementation of quantum information processing for graduate students. In addition, IQC also offers an interdisciplinary graduate program in Quantum Information which leads to MMath, MSc, MASc, and PhD degrees. IQC currently has offices and laboratories in both Research Advancement Centre I and II, located in the University of Waterloo's David Johnston Research & Technology Park Archived February 27, 2009, at
225-458: Was designed by Toronto-based firm Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects (KPMB) . Research at IQC focuses on three main applications of quantum information science and technology using the physical sciences, mathematics and engineering from both theoretical and experimental perspectives. Areas of research currently studied at IQC include: In collaboration with the University of Waterloo, IQC offers research positions and advanced courses in
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