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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Join us this Friday for 'How to Build Exact, Symmetry-Preserving Quantum Circuits;' and 'Exact Unitary Transformations via Adjoint Representations' (two presentations). Fields Institue at 11 am!

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Want to know what's happening in the world of quantum at #UofT & beyond? Subscribe to the #CQIQC mailing list for our newsletter & occaisonal updates from us. Visit this link to subscribe: cqiqc.physics.utoronto.ca/news/cqiqc--... Check out the Spring/Summer 2026 issue: mailchi.mp/utoronto/cqi...

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Institute for Management & Innovation (IMI) @imiuoft.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

IMI and @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social are proud to host the annual Frontiers of Innovation Conference this Saturday, March 28th! This year's theme is "#QuantumComputing: Fact, Fiction, and the Human Factor." Learn more & register @ uoft.me/frontiers-innovation #uoft @utoronto.ca @utm.utoronto.ca

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Deadline approaching: Submit your contributed talks/posters for #CQIQCXI! The 11th International Conference on Quantum Information & Quantum Control (Aug17to21, Toronto) focuses on a wide spectrum of QIS topics including theory and experimental work. More info: www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2...

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

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Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics @perimeterinstitute.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

How did the qubit get its name? Theoretical physicists Benjamin Schumacher and William Wootters tell the story of how the term first came to Schumacher during a car ride with Wootters. Watch the full video youtu.be/fiS-1GFaUbo?...

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Quantum researchers & students on a wide spectrum of topics related to quantum information science are invited to contribute a talk/poster to the CQIQC-XI conference, Aug. 17-21, hosted by #UofT’s #CQIQC and the @fieldsinstitute.bsky.social. Visit www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2....

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

This Friday, the #CQIQC research seminar will feature Frederic Bouchard from National Research Council Canada giving a talk titled, "Programmable Ultrafast Photonic Quantum Circuits." Join us at 11 a.m. at @fieldsinstitute.bsky.social. cqiqc.physics.utoronto.ca/events/quant...

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University of Toronto Entrepreneurship @entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca · 06/02/2026

Join a keynote conversation on AI’s next big moment in driving health, economic and social good in Canada featuring Christine Allen, Alán Aspuru-Guzik, and Milica Radisic at the Desjardins Speaker Series on March 5. Spots are limited, register now: uoft.me/uteweek2026-... #UofTEntWeek #UofTStartup

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Save the date: Next week's #CQIQC research seminar will feature Tirthak Patel, on the topic: 'Deriving Utility From Today’s Quantum Computers: Practical Strategies for Reliable Near-Term Quantum Computing.' Join the talk on Feb 13, 11 a.m., at The Fields Institute.

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Mark your calendar for next week's #CQIQC research seminar, which will feature Toni Annala from #UofT, titled, "A Mathematician’s Journey in Physics: From Vortex Knots to NISQ Algorithms." Join us Feb 6, 11 a.m. at @fieldsinstitute.bsky.social (Stewart Library).

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Join us at our next #CQIQC Research Seminar, 11 a.m. on Jan. 23, at the The Fields Institute For Research In Mathematical Sciences. Featuring Prof. Andrew Jordan, Chapman University: "Captured in tunneling: making the virtual actual."

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

The deadline is fast approaching for the #CQIQC 2026 Undergraduate Summer Research Program. If you're a high-performing undergraduate student interested in undertaking a research project in quantum science and engineering at #UofT, apply by Tues., Jan. 20. cqiqc.physics.utoronto.ca/cqiqc-progra...

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University of Toronto @utoronto.ca · 06/01/2026

Welcome back to campus for Winter 2026, #UofT! Happy New Year 💙

Two students looking toward Convocation Hall and the CN Tower from a snowy front campus

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Excited to announce the recipients of the 9th John Stewart Bell Prize for Research on Fundamental Issues in Quantum Mechanics and Their Applications: Profs. Antoine Browaeys (Paris-Saclay), Mikhail Lukin (Harvard), Mark Saffman (Wisconsin-Madison) cqiqc.physics.utoronto.ca/bell-prize/b...

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Bell Prize Winners

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Congratulations to CQIQC member @aspuru.bsky.social who was named AI2050 Senior Fellow by Schmidt Sciences. His project involves developing an artificial intelligence system designed to work alongside human chemists to accelerate scientific discoveries www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/news/al%C3%A...

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Alán Aspuru-Guzik and Sheila McIlraith awarded AI2050 fellowships to advance research on beneficial AI

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Save the date! ✔️ 📅 Join us for the CQIQC Research Seminar on Friday, Nov.14. Read the abstract here: www.physics.utoronto.ca/research/qua...

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Save the date for the upcoming CQIQC Seminar, Alexei Bylinkskii will be our guest. More details here 🔗 www.physics.utoronto.ca/research/qua...

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

New from @universitypress.cambridge.org 📘 Quantum Information: A First Course by UofT alumna Asma Al-Qasimi and CQIQC member Daniel F. V. James brings clarity and depth to quantum computing and information 🖇️ cqiqc.physics.utoronto.ca/news/recent-...

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Join us for this CQIQC Research Seminars session next week! This Friday Jonah Henaff will share this interesting research. Don't miss it! Read the abstract here: www.physics.utoronto.ca/research/qua...

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

If you missed Eduardo Martin Martinez's presentation at the last CQIQC Research Quantum Seminar "Impossible measurements and particle detectors in relativistic quantum information" or if you would like to experience it again, be sure to visit our YouTube channel 📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKNf...

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Eduardo Martin-Martinez: Impossible measurements and particle detectors in relativistic quantum inf

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

✔️ Save the date! 🗓️ Join us for the October 17th CQIQC Research Seminar. More details, including the abstract here 🖇️ www.physics.utoronto.ca/research/qua...

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

CQIQC congratulates the 2025 Nobel Physics laureates John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret & John Martinis! 🥇 We’re proud to count Devoret (2013) & Martinis (2021) among our past Bell Prize winners! 🔗 www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physi...

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Head over to the CQIQC YouTube channel to watch our latest Research Seminar presentation: "Architectural Mechanisms of a Universal Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computer" by Shayan Majidy. We hope you enjoy it! Please note there was a mic malfunction from minute 0:55 to 2:22 www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCgc...

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Shayan Majidy: Architectural mechanisms of a universal fault-tolerant quantum computer

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Aephraim Steinberg @quantumaephraim.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Put in mind of the Infinite Improbability Drive, as I listen to Bárbara Amaral explain over @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social Quantum Tea how contextuality may power anomalous heat flow… see journals.aps.org/prxquantum/a... for more on her actual work... #Contextuality #QuantumThermodynamics

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Join us this Friday, Oct. 10, for two CQIQC Research Seminars. First session kicks off at 10 a.m. and the second at 11 a.m. See you there! 🔗https://www.physics.utoronto.ca/research/quantum-optics/cqiqc-seminars/

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Save the date for the upcoming CQIQC Seminar. Wenyuan (Mike) Wang from @ucalgary.bsky.social will be our guest. 🗓️ Friday Oct.10. More details here 🔗 www.physics.utoronto.ca/research/qua...

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

📹 David Gelbwaser-Klimovsky presented "Steady state properties of periodically driven quantum systems" at our CQIQC Researcg Seminar. You can watch it on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVEM...

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Gelbwaser Klimovsky: Steady state properties of periodically driven quantum systems

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Through the Mitacs-CQIQC Umbrella Program in Quantum Computing, companies gain access to: ✔️ World-class research talent at U of T ✔️ Flexible internship models 🖇️ 📨 Contact us to get started! cqiqc.physics.utoronto.ca/research/ind...

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Mark your calendar for the next CQIQC Research Seminar 📅 Friday, Oct.3. Read the abstract here: www.physics.utoronto.ca/research/qua...

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

🔔 Last chance to submit your Bell Prize nominations 🔴 only 4 days remaining! Your nominee might be the one to earn this prestigious award. Ensure they receive the recognition they deserve! *Self-nomination is prohibited. Find more details here: cqiqc.physics.utoronto.ca/bell-prize/n...

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Through the Mitacs-CQIQC Umbrella Program in Quantum Computing, companies gain access to: ✅ World-class research talent at U of T ✅ Flexible internship models We can guide you in defining and submitting internship projects. Contact us to get started! cqiqc.physics.utoronto.ca/research/ind...

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

🔔 Heads up, quantum researchers! 🔔 You have just over a week left to nominate those who have made groundbreaking contributions to the field of quantum mechanics and its applications for the Bell Prize. Help us celebrate excellence! cqiqc.physics.utoronto.ca/bell-prize/n...

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

🎥 Missed today's session? No worries! The latest CQIQC research seminar featuring Mikhail Mamaev's talk on the "Dynamics of Interacting Spin-Orbit Coupled Fermions in Optical Lattices" is now available on our YouTube channel! www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4NI...

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Mikhail Mamaev: Dynamics of interacting spin-orbit coupled fermions in optical lattices

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Be part of the CQIQC Research Seminar next week. Mark your calendar for Friday, September 26th at 11 a.m. Join us at the Physics Department for an engaging conversation on quantum systems. We look forward to seeing you there! www.physics.utoronto.ca/research/qua...

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

⏳ Only 15 days left to submit your nominations for the prestigious Bell Prize. Celebrate excellence in quantum mechanics and its applications by nominating someone who deserves recognition for their outstanding achievements 🖇️ cqiqc.physics.utoronto.ca/bell-prize/n...

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Save the date! 🗓️ Join us for the CQIQC Research Seminar on Friday, September 19th. Read the abstract here: www.physics.utoronto.ca/research/qua...

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

This summer, CQIQC supported UofT's first-ever student-led Quantum Research Day! The event was a tremendous success, providing a space for students to share their research, connect with peers, and explore career options. Read more here: cqiqc.physics.utoronto.ca/news/recent-...

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

🚨 Attention! The deadline for the prestigious Bell Prize is fast approaching. Have someone in mind who deserves recognition? Submit their nomination by September 30th and celebrate their outstanding contributions! cqiqc.physics.utoronto.ca/bell-prize/n...

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Aephraim Steinberg @quantumaephraim.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

U of T is thrilled to celebrate the Year of Quantum by advertising three new faculty positions! Please spread the word, encourage friends/mentees to apply, or consider applying yourself. (Links in rest of thread) #QuantumOptics #QuantumInformation #AMO @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

🚨CQIQC Research Seminar next week🚨 Catch Yuiki Takahashi's presentation on Friday. Be sure to join us! More details here: www.physics.utoronto.ca/research/qua...

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Join us for this CQIQC Research Seminar tomorrow! Read the abstract here: cqiqc.physics.utoronto.ca/events/quant...

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

The Bell Prize Awards honours significant breakthroughs in quantum mechanics and its applications, including areas such as quantum information theory, computation, foundations, cryptography, and control. There is still time to send nominations! 🔗 cqiqc.physics.utoronto.ca/bell-prize/n...

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

✔️ Save the date! Join us next week for the August 26th CQIQC Research Seminar. More details, including the abstract here:https://cqiqc.physics.utoronto.ca/events/quantum-calendar/cqiqc-seminar-on-26-august-2025/

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

⚠️ Deadline extended to Sept. 30!⚠️ We are still receiving nominations for the 2026 Bell Prize — honouring leaders in quantum theoretical & experimental research. Spread the word & nominate today! More details here: 🔗 cqiqc.physics.utoronto.ca/bell-prize/n...

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Meet Nishaant Jacobus, a Chemical Physics and Math student. From competing with friends in high school to publishing in Physical Review A, Nishaant's story is one of curiosity and collaboration at CQIQC. Read about his research on quantum chemical dynamics: cqiqc.physics.utoronto.ca/news/recent-...

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

🚨New publication🚨 Conducted by Prof. Amr Helmy's group, this work demonstrates the first fully integrated monolithic source of entangled photons. Essentially, a laser pointer for entangled photons! @zacharie-leger.bsky.social Open access article available here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Do not miss this in-person Research Seminar 🗓️ this Thursday August 14 ⏱️ 12:00 p.m. 📍 Physics Department More details, including the abstract here: cqiqc.physics.utoronto.ca/events/quant...

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