Introduction
The purpose of this conference is to provide a technical forum for discussions on the latest developments in quantum technologies and quantum information science. Quantum information is a broad area of study regarding the information processing tasks that can be accomplished using quantum mechanical systems. Its applications include quantum computation, quantum communication, and quantum cryptography. Quantum technology refers more broadly to techniques and applications that are based on principles of quantum mechanics where commercial development is now realizable through recent advancements in the fields of cold atoms, matter-wave quantum interferometers, quantum entanglement, squeezed states of light, and single-photon sources and detectors. These advancements open new perspectives in the simulation of complex physical systems, precise sensing, and imaging. Applications include quantum accelerometers, gravimeters, magnetometers, and precise clocks.
Quantum technologies have important implications for security and defence. Progress in quantum computing threatens classical techniques for encryption whose security relies on computational complexity. Quantum-physics-based approaches to key sharing however are theoretically unbreakable. Quantum cryptographic systems are already commercially available. There are, however, many challenges to developing quantum technologies to a position where they can provide robust capabilities in defence applications. These include the development of quantum networks, fiber and free-space quantum channels, photon sources and detectors, integrated photonics for quantum circuits, chip-scale atomic clocks, quantum memories, quantum gates, quantum relays, quantum repeaters, quantum inertial navigation systems, etc.
Call for paper
Important date
Submission Topics
Original papers are sought on, but not restricted to the following categories and topics.
Cybersecurity in Post-Quantum World
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quantum key distribution and quantum data encryption
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quantum digital signatures
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finite-key security analysis for general attacks
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device-independent security proofs
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security proofs for DV and CV QKD systems
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analysis of side-channel attacks and other loopholes
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certification of QKD devices
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quantum-cryptography primitives and protocols.
Quantum Hacking
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implementation loopholes
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quantum computing threats to cryptography.
Quantum Channels and Quantum Networks
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quantum hubs and quantum communication networks
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earth-satellite and satellite-satellite links
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multi-channel and multi-level encoding techniques
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photon orbital angular momentum
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spatial, temporal, and frequency encoding and multiplexing techniques.
Quantum Sensors and Clocks: Overcoming Classical Limits
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quantum accelerometers, gravimeters, and gyroscopes
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quantum magnetometers
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advanced interferometric sensors using squeezed light
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quantum technologies for precise timing
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quantum imaging.
Quantum Simulators
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quantum simulators of complex systems
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applications in solid state physics and chemistry
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technologies for quantum simulators.
Algorithms and Quantum computation
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quantum computation theory and implementations
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quantum algorithms
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quantum randomness extractors.
Contributing Technologies
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cold atom technologies
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single-photon sources, detectors, and filters
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entanglement sources and detection
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space-qualified quantum sources and detectors
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random number generation
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probabilistic qubit amplifiers and their use in QKD
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quantum memories, gates, relays, and repeaters
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signals processing and computer architectures for quantum cryptographic systems
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integrated photonics for quantum circuits.
Related Fundamental Physics
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tests of quantum theory.
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Important Date
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Conference Date
Sep 11
2017
toSep 14
2017
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Mar 13 2017
Abstract Submission Deadline
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May 26 2017
Abstract Notification of Acceptance
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Aug 14 2017
Final Paper Deadline
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Sep 14 2017
Registration deadline
Contact Information
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