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The Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) at the University of Waterloo is Canada's premier quantum research institute, founded in 2002 with major support from Mike Lazaridis, founder of BlackBerry. IQC conducts fundamental and applied research across quantum computing, quantum cryptography, quantum sensing, and quantum materials, and it has produced a generation of researchers who have founded or now lead companies across the global quantum industry. IQC hosts over 200 researchers across physics, chemistry, engineering, and mathematics, with experimental programmes in superconducting qubits, trapped ions, photonic systems, and silicon spin qubits. The institute operates the Quantum Nano Fabrication and Characterization Facility (QNFCF), which provides cleanroom fabrication for quantum device development. IQC has strong ties to Waterloo's quantum industry cluster and the adjacent Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, creating one of the world's highest-density quantum research environments. IQC contributes to Canada's National Quantum Strategy and has produced spinout companies including quantum random number generator and quantum cryptography firms. Its quantum cryptography group, historically associated with Michele Mosca, has been particularly influential in post-quantum cryptography standardisation. IQC hosts the annual QIP (Quantum Information Processing) conference and the Canadian Quantum Winter School, making Waterloo a key node in the global quantum research network.
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