Lütkenhaus Leads Institute For Quantum Computing Into Italy Deal

Norbert Lütkenhaus, Executive Director for Quantum Computing, is leading a new international partnership to accelerate quantum technology development. The Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo and Perimeter Institute have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Italy’s National Institute for Nuclear Physics, National Research Council and ENEA. This collaboration, formalized at the Italian Cultural Institute in Toronto, will support joint research and exchange programs between Canadian and Italian scientists.

“IQC is pleased to join our colleagues at Perimeter Institute to advance collaboration with these Italian scientific institutes,” says Lütkenhaus. “Official collaboration agreements like this will encourage an exchange of ideas and talent and advance theoretical and experimental quantum research into real-world applications.”

Joint Research Initiatives Expand Canada-Italy Quantum Collaboration

This agreement extends beyond a Canadian-Italian pairing, establishing a network for joint projects and the exchange of researchers between the Perimeter Institute and its Italian counterparts. The collaboration will create new opportunities for joint research, researcher mobility, and sharing of infrastructure to advance the development of theoretical discoveries and new quantum technologies. IQC, founded in 2002 with support from Mike Lazaridis, operates the Quantum Nano Fabrication and Characterization Facility, providing cleanroom fabrication for the development of advanced quantum devices.