August 10, 2020

Hub job opportunity!

The Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, seeks to appoint a Research Associate to work on Quantum Communications as part of the Quantum Communications Hub, until 30 November 2022, extendable for another 2 years. The post holder will be located in the Electrical Engineering Building on the West Cambridge Site, Cambridge, UK. The key responsibilities […]

June 15, 2020

PRESS RELEASE: Major project on assurance of Quantum Random Number Generators awarded £2.8M of funding from the ISCF

Major project on assurance of Quantum Random Number Generators awarded Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) funding Consortium led by National Physical Laboratory (NPL) awarded £2.8 million funding in recent Innovate UK competition Industrial partners Cambridge Quantum Computing, Crypta Labs, KETS Quantum Security, Nu Quantum, Quantum Dice, Toshiba Europe Limited, ID Quantique Academic partners University of […]

June 10, 2020

Many worlds flash fiction wins Quantum Shorts competition!

Three short stories that give their characters access to other timelines have claimed prizes in the 2019-20 edition of the Quantum Shorts flash fiction competition. The stories explore the many worlds idea from quantum physics, in which every event is understood to have all possible outcomes, each happening in its own branch of the universe. […]

June 3, 2020

New report on Quantum Technologies published

The US Goverment Accountability Office has published a new report on Quantum Technologies which examines the maturity of the technologies, possible advances they will enable and the challenges the technologies face going forward. The report states, “Quantum technologies could revolutionize sensors, computation, and communication. As a result, they could strengthen the country’s national security position and […]

June 1, 2020

Quantum City has joined Twitter!

Quantum City, a multi-partner public engagement initiative funded through the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme, has launched its Twitter feed with the handle @Quantum_City, as of 1 June 2020. The Quantum City Twitter feed aims to appeal to a wide range of audiences: from interested audiences with no technical background to science enthusiasts, and from […]

May 18, 2020

Community Response to the NCSC 2020 Quantum Security Technologies White Paper

Issue 1.1 27th May 2020 *ADVA, BT, ID Quantique, KETS, Quantum Communications Hub, M Squared Lasers, Senetas, Thales, Toshiba Europe Limited **The NCSC White Paper uses the term quantum-safe cryptography which includes QKD. For clarity this paper uses the term quantum-resistant algorithms to refer specifically to cryptographic algorithms believed to be secure against attack by quantum computers. […]

May 4, 2020

International Quantum Shorts Competition announces finalists!

The Quantum Shorts 2019 flash fiction competition has announced its ten finalists! The annual, international competition, which aims to produce quantum inspired artistic outputs, either short videos (as in the 2018 round) or short stories (as in this round), received over 640 stories – an unprecedented number, submitted by enthusiastic writers all around the world. […]

April 1, 2020

New White Paper Published by the National Cyber Security Centre

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has published a new white paper on quantum security technologies, which discusses both quantum key distribution (QKD) and quantum random number generators (QRNGs). The paper acknowledges that QKD mitigates against security issues of traditional public key cryptography by utilising fundamental quantum mechanics, as opposed to hardness of mathematical problems. The latter […]

March 31, 2020

Quantum Communications Hub Phase 2.0 Launch Video

Hub Director Prof Tim Spiller gives video address to Launch Phase 2.0 of the Quantum Communications Hub Hub Director, Professor Tim Spiller has given a video address in lieu of the Launch Event for Phase 2.0 of the Quantum Communications Hub. The Launch Event was due to take place on 18 March 2020, but unfortunately had […]

March 27, 2020

Report on KTN Quantum Technologies Global Expert Mission to the USA Published

A report on the (Knowledge Transfer Network) KTN Quantum Technologies Global Expert Mission to the USA, in November 2019, has been published. The report includes information and insights gathered by the delegation during the mission, which was part of Innovate UK’s Global Mission Programme. The Programme aims to support the UK’s Industrial Strategy’s ambition for […]