Prof. Dr. Tahir Zaidi is a faculty member at NUST College of EME (CEME) since 2010 and is a founding member of Quantum Computing Lab @CEME. He is a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Tech Institute of Technology, USA. His introductory talk will focus on "Evolution of Quantum 2.0 Systems". He will elaborate upon how the future computing and sensors would inevitably need a paradigm shift to Quantum 2.0
Prof. Dr. Manzoor Ikram is a Professor of Physics, Chief Scientists and Director at National Institute of Lasers and Optronics (NILOP), Islamabad, Pakistan. He did his PhD in Physics (Quantum Optics) in 2001 from Quaid-e- Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan. His research focuses on Quantum entanglement, and he will deliver a keynote talk presenting an "Overview of Quantum Technologies Landscape and Quantum Sensors".
Prof. Dr. Farhan Saif is a faculty member at Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, who is currently working at University of Elect-Communication, Tokyo. He did his PhD in Quantum Electronics from Ulm University, Germany in 1998. His key work is on Quantum recurrence and he invented a recurrence tracking microscope. He shall deliver a keynote talk on "Toolbox for Quantum Communication and Quantum Computing".
Dr. Said Waqas is a research associate at Horizon Tech Services at National Science and Technology Park established at NUST, H-12, Islamabad, Pakistan. He earned his PhD in Mathematics from Abdus Salam School of Mathematical Sciences in 2022. He shall deliver an invited talk on "Post Quantum Cryptography - Meeting the Q2K Challenge". His talk shall cover a classical response to quantum computing apocalypse for cryptography.
Dr. Hammad Tanveer Butt is a faculty member at NUST College of EME (CEME) since 2021 and is a director of Quantum Computing Lab @CEME. He is a PhD in Computer Engineering from TU Kaiserslautern, Germany. His host talk will focus on "Programming Noisy Intermediate Scale Quantum Computers: Ecosystems and Frameworks". He will elaborate upon quantum algorithms and their implementation using state-of-art quantum software, both for emulation and cloud access to quantum computers.
Dr. Kamran Rehan is a research scientist at Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Germany and a faculty member at University of Haripur, Pakistan. He will deliver an invited talk on "Advancing Trapped Ion Quantum Computing: Breakthroughs, Challenges and Opportunities". He has first hand experience in deployment of Ca Trapped-Ion system at University of Science and Technology of China (USTC).
Our chief guest, Asim Shahryar Husain is CEO of IGNITE, National Technology Fund, a company established under Ministry of IT & Telecom for funding tech innovation and tech startup ecosystem of Pakistan. He holds a Bachelors in Computer Systems Engineering from Stanford University (1992) and an MBA from Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, USA. Before joining IGNITE, he headed organizations such as Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) and COMSATS Internet Services, utilizing his expertise in different technology sectors.