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Introduction

The purpose of this conference is to provide a technical forum for discussions on the latest developments in quantum information science and technology. Quantum information is a broad area of study regarding the information processing tasks that can be accomplished using quantum mechanical systems. Contributing disciplines include quantum mechanics, information theory, computer science, and cryptography. Applications include quantum computation, quantum cryptography, quantum imaging, and quantum sensing.

Quantum technologies are potentially transformational to security and defence. Progress in quantum computing research threatens classical techniques for encryption key sharing that rely on computational complexity for security. Quantum-physics-based approaches to key sharing are theoretically unbreakable based on mathematical proofs integrating information theory with principles of quantum mechanics. Advancements in quantum technologies have led to the commercialization of quantum cryptographic systems, particularly for fiber network applications.

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, quantum memories, quantum gates, quantum relays, and quantum repeaters.

Call for paper

Submission Topics

Original papers are sought on, but not restricted to the following categories and topics.

  • Applications 

  • quantum key distribution and quantum data encryption

  • earth-satellite and satellite-satellite links

  • quantum hubs and quantum communication networks

  • quantum simulators.

  • Security and Performance Analysis 

  • finite-key security analysis for general attacks

  • device-independent security proofs

  • security proofs for DV and CV QKD systems

  • analysis of side-channel attacks and other loopholes

  • certification of QKD devices.

  • Quantum Hacking 

  • implementation loopholes

  • quantum computing threats to cryptography.

  • Enhanced Quantum Channels 

  • multi-channel and multi-level encoding techniques

  • photon orbital angular momentum

  • spatial, temporal, and frequency encoding and multiplexing techniques.

  • Mathematics 

  • quantum algorithms

  • quantum cryptography primitives and protocols.

  • quantum randomness extractors.

  • Technologies 

  • single-photon sources, detectors, and filters

  • entanglement sources and detection

  • random number generation

  • probabilistic qubit amplifiers and their use in QKD

  • quantum memories, gates, relays, and repeaters

  • signals processing and computer architectures for quantum cryptographic systems

  • integrated photonics for quantum circuits.

  • Other topics 

  • quantum computation theory and implementations

  • quantum imaging

  • quantum sensing

  • tests of quantum theory.

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Important Date

  • Conference Date

    Sep 26

    2016

    to

    Sep 29

    2016

  • Sep 29 2016

    Registration deadline

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