May 7, 2021

Hub Job Opportunity!

The Department of Mathematics at the University of York is seeking a talented postdoctoral research associate to work on an experimental project looking at evaluating quantum random number generators (QRNGs). This position is funded by the EPSRC’s Quantum Communications Hub and will be based at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in Teddington (London) in the […]

May 5, 2021

Hub holds international workshop on next generation quantum networking

Researchers and members of industry from around the world gathered to discuss recent advances in quantum networking at the Quantum Communications Hub’s recent workshop: ‘Next Generation Quantum Networking: Applications, Use Cases, Architectures and Technologies’. The workshop, which was held online across two days (29-30 April 2021), brought together speakers from countries such as Austria, Canada, […]

April 29, 2021

New Hub Job Opportunity!

The School of Engineering & Physical Sciences at Heriot-Watt University seeks to appoint a Research Associate in Ground Stations for Satellite Quantum Communications.  The Research Associate will investigate the design, modelling, construction, and testing of the UK’s main optical ground station for satellite quantum communications within the UK Quantum Communications Hub project, a £25M collaborative […]

April 6, 2021

The latest round of Partnership Resource Funding is now open!

The Quantum Communications Hub is pleased to announce a new round of Partnership Resource Funding, which aims to support new collaborations that are closely aligned with the work of the Hub. The vision of the Quantum Communications Hub, which is funded through the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme, is to deliver integrated secure quantum communications […]

April 5, 2021

Enabling quantum secure communications from the stratosphere

A new project that will demonstrate quantum secured communications from the stratosphere has been awarded Partnership Resource funding by the Quantum Communications Hub. The collaborative project, which is led by researchers at the University of York and involves researchers from Heriot Watt University, along with industrial partners Auriga Aerospace Ltd and Elson Space Engineering, follows […]

March 30, 2021

Exploring new quantum-safe approaches for secure user identification

A collaborative project that will develop new quantum approaches for secure user identification has been awarded funding from the Quantum Communications Hub’s Partnership Resource Fund. The project (“QuID – Entanglement-Based Token for Quantum PIN Identification”) will be led by a team at the University of Sheffield and will also involve researchers at the Universities of […]

March 25, 2021

Hub Job Opportunity!

The Department of Electronic Engineering at the University of York is currently involved in two projects that will be undertaking experimental trials.  The Mobile Access North Yorkshire (MANY), funded by UK Government will be undertaking trials of 5G wireless communications from the Department’s Helikite system.  The HiQ project, funded by the Quantum Communications Hub, will […]

March 25, 2021

Hub Job Opportunity!

The Department of Electronic Engineering at the University of York seeks to appoint a Research Associate (Electronic Engineering) to join a team from the Departments of Electronic Engineering and Physics who are currently developing research activities, as part of the Quantum Communications Hub, on free-space quantum communications systems, which have so far included funded feasibility […]

March 25, 2021

Hub Job Opportunity!

The Quantum Engineering Technologies Labs (QETLabs), at the University of Bristol, is hiring a Research Engineer in Software Engineering for Quantum Cryptography in Networks to work as part of the Quantum Communications Hub. Applications are welcomed from talented software engineers with experience in developing secure communications and network applications. The post holder will apply their […]

March 24, 2021

Report published following joint NCSC & Quantum Communications Hub workshop

A report has been published following a two day virtual workshop on quantum communications and cyber security organised and hosted jointly by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and Quantum Communications Hub. The workshop brought together the classical cryptography, security and quantum communities to consider the scope for quantum communications within the wider cyber security […]