March 8, 2022

QNetworks 2022 programme released

The programme for the QNetworks international workshop, organised by the Quantum Communications Hub, has been released. QNetworks 2022 will take place on 11 & 12 April 2022, in a hybrid format, with attendees able to join in-person in Cambridge and virtually. The workshop aims to bring together researchers from the UK’s Quantum Communications Hub programme […]

March 7, 2022

Ten finalists in Quantum Shorts flash fiction competition offer a lot to think about

Public vote opens to award a People’s Choice prize among stories that use quantum inspiration to create many worlds and explore human emotions From just over 400 stories, ten have emerged as finalists in the international Quantum Shorts flash fiction competition. Quantum Shorts opened in October 2021 with a call for writers to think deeply […]

March 3, 2022

Hub PhD opportunity!

Funding is available for a studentship, based at Hub partner the University of Bristol, working to develop new techniques to create quantum networks and improve on existing technologies to make these networks feasible and commercially viable. The project has a very broad scope and the successful applicant will work together with the team at Bristol […]

February 24, 2022

UK quantum strategy: call for evidence

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has an open online conslutation on the proposed vision, objectives and activities of the UK quantum strategy.  BEIS is seeking views from the quantum research and business community and wider interested parties on the following areas: strategy vision and objectives the knowledge pipeline the innovation ecosystem […]

February 23, 2022

UKRI consultation on draft equality, diversity and inclusion strategy

UK Research and Innovation (URKI) has recently created a draft equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) strategy to set out its ambitions for an inclusive research and innovation system. The strategy inlcudes: four cornerstones for change background information on UKRI’s EDI activity details of proposed strategic objectives. A consultation on the draft strategy is open and […]

February 22, 2022

Hub PhD opportunity!

The realisation of a large-scale quantum computer is going to completely break the security infrastructure we rely on today as Quantum algorithms can break the widely used RSA and ECC families of Public Key Cryptography (PKC). There are two major approaches to counter the threat. First is Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), which can provide cryptographic […]

February 21, 2022

Hub partner to lead new International Network in Space Quantum Technologies

The University of Strathclyde, one of the Quantum Communications Hub’s academic partners, is to lead the newly funded International Network in Space Quantum Technologies, which aims will tackle the challenges of taking terrestrial quantum technologies into space. The network, which will receive £480,000 from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), comprises 37 members […]

February 21, 2022

An interview with a Research Software Engineer in High-Performance Computing – Ania Brown

Having loved physics and coding since high-school, Ania Brown was always set on a career that married the two together. She first undertook an undergraduate degree in Physics and Information Technologies in Australia, before studying for a Masters in Tokyo and beginning a PhD at the same institution. After finding that typical academic life was […]

February 16, 2022

PRESS RELEASE: UK-Canada research partnership aims to expand global quantum network

The quantum internet will allow quantum-secure communication on a global scale. A new collaborative project between the UK and Canada, that has been awarded funding from the Quantum Communications Hub, will establish a key satellite link for quantum communication across the Atlantic. Quantum key distribution (QKD) is a method for distributing encryption keys which is […]

February 16, 2022

New Hub research findings could inform design & analysis of future quantum communications satellite missions

Research by Hub researchers from the University of Strathclyde, published today in npj Quantum Information, may guide the design and analysis of future satellite missions to establish quantum communications in space. To overcome optical fibre range limitations and enable quantum-secure communications on continental, intercontinental and global scales, quantum communication technologies must be deployed in space […]