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NIST PQC
Cryptography

NIST’s NCCoE releases Draft Project Description, “Migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography.”

(June 29, 2021) The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released a new draft project description, Migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography. Publication of this project description begins a process to …

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Cryptography

NIST Releases Whitepaper on the Challenges with Adopting Post-Quantum Cryptographic Algorithms

The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released the final version of the NIST Cybersecurity White Paper, Getting Ready for Post-Quantum Cryptography: Exploring …

NIST Count Single Photons
Quantum Networking / Quantum Sensing

NIST Researchers Take Counting Single Photons to an Unprecedented Rate

In high-end 21st century communications, information travels in the form of a stream of light pulses typically traveling through fiber optic cables. Each pulse can be as faint as a single …

QED-C

Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C) appoints new Executive Director

ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 15, 2021 – The Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C) today announced the appointment of its new executive director, Celia Merzbacher, effective immediately. Merzbacher has served as deputy director since 2019 and is taking over from Joseph Broz, who led the consortium …

Cover of the FY 2021 NQI Annual Report
NQIA / QIS Budget

Release of the National Quantum Initiative Supplement To The President’s FY 2021 Budget

(Jan. 14, 2020) The National Quantum Initiative (NQI) Act became Public Law 115-368 in December 2018 to accelerate American leadership in quantum information science and technology. This is the first Annual …

The Future Is Now: Spreading the Word About Post-Quantum Cryptography
Cryptography / Quantum Computing

The Future Is Now: Spreading the Word About Post-Quantum Cryptography

I consider myself a quiet guy — on a Friday night you can usually find me at home doing crossword puzzles. Public speaking doesn’t come naturally to me, and I’ve …

Quantum Economic Development Consortium Confirms Steering Committee
QED-C

Quantum Economic Development Consortium Confirms Steering Committee

Home/ QUANTUM IN THE NEWS The Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C) has formally established its steering committee with the signing of participation agreements by Boeing, ColdQuanta, Google, IBM, QC Ware …

NIST’s Post-Quantum Cryptography Program Enters ‘Selection Round’
Cryptography

NIST’s Post-Quantum Cryptography Program Enters ‘Selection Round’

Home/ QUANTUM IN THE NEWS The race to protect sensitive electronic information against the threat of quantum computers has entered the home stretch. After spending more than three years examining …

How America Achieved “Quantum Supremacy”
Infrastructure / NQI / Quantum Computing

How America Achieved “Quantum Supremacy”

Home/ QUANTUM IN THE NEWS The United States has taken a giant leap forward in quantum computing. Google announced Wednesday that its quantum computer Sycamore has proven the scientific theory of “quantum …

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