News
2023
October 2023
The CFI, BCKDF, and UBC have funded the QSTL's new facility for research in quantum computers and quantum networks. See news here.
July 2023
Ana Ciocoiu completed her MASc degree in the QSTL and is off to Photonic, Inc.
May 2023
Anton Cecic joins the group as a Undergraduate Research Assistant and Arjun Sen joins as a Quantum Pathways student. Anton will continue as a MASc student in the Fall. Marcus Edwards joins the group as a PhD student. Welcome Anton, Arjun, and Marcus!
April 2023
NSERC funded two Quantum Alliance Consortia funding proposals involving the UBC QSTL. The first, led by the UBC QSTL, is the Consortium on Quantum Simulation with Spin Qubits. The second is the Canadian Consortium for Quantum Engineered States and Transduction. See news here.
March 2023
Mohammad Khalifa's paper, "Nonlinearity and Parametric Amplification of Superconducting Nanowire Resonators in Magnetic Field" is accepted in Physical Review Applied (DOI). Congratulations Mohammad!
Jan 2023
Ashu started his PhD position at the University of New South Wales. Congratulations Ashu!
Jan 2023
Karim started his position at The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research. Congratulations Karim!
2022
November 2022
MITACs has funded the joint project "QuantumIO: Integrated photonics control and readout system for quantum computing."
November 2022
Karim Elkholy defended his MASc thesis entitled "Nonlinear Superconducting Circuit Elements for Scalable Quantum Technologies" in a joint project with D-Wave Systems. Congratulations Karim!
July 2022
UBC, UVic, and SFU's NSERC CREATE Grant in Quantum Computing together with CMC and UdeS's QSciTech program offered the second "Build your own superconducting electronics workshop" More information can be found here.
May 2022
Nabiha Khan started her undergraduate research assistantship with us on quantum computing electronics. Welcome Nabiha!
May 2022
Ana Ciocoiu started her 8-month internship at Photonic, Inc. See you in 8 months for the end of your MASc thesis, Ana.
April 2022
Ashutosh Bhudia defended his Honours thesis. Congratulations Ashutosh! And congratulations on your new PhD position in Sydney, Australia!
March 2022
Joe delivered at invited talk at the APS March meeting entitled "Engineering Long Coherence Times of Spin-Orbit Qubits in 28Si".
January 2022
Hanieh Rad defended her Master Thesis entitled "Instrumentation and Fabrication Techniques for Semiconductor-Based Quantum Technologies". Congratulations Hanieh!
2021
September 2021
Ashutosh Bhudia starts his thesis project with the group on superconducting devices.
August 2021
The RIKEN/Vancouver workshop on Quantum Computing was held, organized by Tetuso Hatsuda (RIKEN iTHEMs), Yasunobu Nakamura (RQC), Shunji Matsuura (1QBit), myself (UBC), Erika Kawakami (RQC/RIKEN CPR), and Neill Lambert (RIKEN CPR). More information can be found here.
July 2021
UBC, UVic, and SFU's NSERC CREATE Grant in Quantum Computing together with CMC and UdeS's QSciTech program offer the first ever quantum computing workship where students design, fabricate, and test their own chips! More information can be found here and here. We plan to run it annually. The workshop was organized by myself, Rogerio de Sousa, and Yves Bérubé-Lauzière. More information can be found here and here.
May 2021
Undergrad student Ashutosh Bhudia (UBC Physics) joins the group for an internship through the UBC WLIURA program to work on superconducting devices. Noah Tajwar (UBC Engineering Physics) joins the group through a NSERC USRA scholarship to work on control of spin qubits: from instrumentation to system-level design of scalable control. Welcom Ashu and Noah!
April 2021
Our NSERC Alliance grant "Superconducting devices for commercially relevant quantum computers" with D-Wave Systems was funded. Thank you NSERC and D-Wave Systems!
April 2021
Our NSERC RTI grant "Reactive Ion Etcher for Commercially Relevant Quantum Devices", jointly applied for with Prof. Lukas Chrostowski and Prof. Jeff Young, was funded. More information can be found here. Thank you NSERC!
January 2021
Our paper with Zhanning Wang and Dimi Culcer from UNSW was published in Nature Partner Journals: Quantum Information. More information can be found here and here.
January 2021
Ana Ciocoiu joined the group as a MSc student to work on theory and experiment of spin qubits, holding the prestigious NSERC CGS M scholarship, among others. Welcome Ana!
2020
December 2020
My public talk at the CityAge event 'Building the Future: AI and Quantum Technologies', can be found here.
September 2020
The Quantum Science and Technology Lab joins the Quantum Matter Institute, in addition to our primary affiliation with the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Ana Ciocoui joined the group as an undergraduate research assistant to work on design tools for spin qubits. Welcome Ana!
September 2020
Hanieh won a presitigious NSERC CREATE scholarship to continue her work on spin qubits! Congratulations Hanieh.
July 2020
Several key pieces of experimental infrastructure for the QMI quantum computing grand challenge arrive from Keysight!
June 2020
NSERC is funding our UBC-SFU-UVic graduate training program in Quantum Computing. For more information, click this link. Press releases here and here.
April 2020
Dr. Ebrahim Sajadi joins the group to work on spin qubit based quantum simulators in the QMI quantum computing grand challenge. Welcome Ebrahim! Ebrahim has a background in transport and quantum devices.
February 2020
Our BlueFors dilution refrigerator was installed on-site in the AMPEL laboratory.
January 2020
Mukhlasur Tanvir, who holds a prestigious UBC 4YF fellowship, joins the group to work on quantum simulators. Welcome Mukhlasur!
2019
October 2019
UBC's Quantum Matter Institute announces Grand Challenge on quantum computation, led by Prof. Robert Raussendorf. The Quantum Science and Technology Lab contributes one of the three foundational pillars. More information here.
September 2019
Introduction to Quantum Computation is offered for the first time in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department.
Hanieh Aghaee Rad and Karim Elkholy join the group to work on spin qubits and superconducting technologies, respectively . Welcome Hanieh and Karim!
May 2019
Vasudha Hemadri Bhotla joins as an undergraduate research in the QMI Quantum Pathways program.
April 2019
NSERC has funded our Discovery Grant, "Coherent quantum information platform with spin-orbit coupling in silicon". Thank you NSERC!
April 2019
The Canadian Foundation for Innovation has funded our John Edwards Leaders Foundation (CFI JELF) project "Ultra-low temperature facility for Quantum Simulators and Quantum Computers in Silicon." The funds are matched by the British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund (BCKDF). Thank you CFI and BCKDF!
March 2019
The QSTL is awarded joint funding on spin-3/2 quantum devices through the SBQMI and IQ. Thank you SBQMI and IQ! More information here.
January 2019
The Quantum Computing Research Cluster at UBC is formed.
The Quantum Science and Technology Lab is established at UBC, a new quantum information science research group in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department with facilities in AMPEL 111. We start designing and building our first experiments.
Mohammad Khalifa joins the group as our first PhD student to work on spin qubits and superconducting technologies. Mohammad holds a QuEST fellowship from the QMI. Welcome, Mohammad!