UiB AI #13: Quantum Technology
Seminar in the UiB AI series, about quantum technology. Is there a quantum revolution coming up?
UiB AI #13: Quantum Technology
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What is quantum technology, and what can it be used for? The government is strengthening research on quantum technology from 2025, along three main tracks: quantum computing and simulation, quantum sensors and measurements, and quantum communication. In this seminar, we will look at developments in quantum technology and what it could mean for science and society.
The seminar is in English. .听
Moderator: Dag Stenvoll, coordinator of UiB AI
1000-1015. Coffee and tea
1015: Welcome by Pinar Heggernes, Deputy Rector at UiB
1015-1045. Konrad Tywoniuk, Professor at the Department of Physics and Technology, UiB:聽
Quantum Technology: Opportunities and Challenges for Science and Society.
Quantum technology is transforming the way we approach scientific challenges, from probing the fundamental laws of nature to developing innovative solutions for real-world problems. In this talk, I will provide an overview of the ongoing development of quantum technologies, including quantum sensing. I will focus on their applications in scientific research and practical challenges such as energy networks and resource management.
1045-1115. Carlos Cid, professor and Director of Simula UiB
Quantum cyber security
In addition to the many new opportunities, emerging quantum technologies also bring challenges, nowhere more so than to digital security: the same features that make quantum computers so appealing 鈥� possibly solving intractable problems much more efficiently than their classical counterparts 鈥� also pose a threat to modern cyber security. It is known that the cryptographic tools that our modern digital infrastructure relies on will no longer be considered secure in a world in which adversaries have access to large enough quantum computers. In this talk we discuss how quantum computers realise this threat, and what the cryptographic community is doing to make sure digital communications remain secure even after large and scalable quantum computers become a reality.
1115-1130. Tore Burheim, CIO at University of Bergen and head of UiB IT-division, and Sebastian Kvamme Bech, Head Engineer, IT division at UiB
How does the UiB prepare for possible post-quantum attacs against its ICT systems?