Aveiro, Instituto de Telecomunicações 22 April 2010
This one-day workshop is organized by the Security and Quantum Information Group (SQIG) and the Optical Communications group (OC-Av) of Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT) within the context of the FCT project QuantPrivTel – Quantum Private Telecommunications. The objective is to present and discuss the achievements obtained so far, both in terms of the theoretical quantum protocols for private telecommunications and of the preparation of their experimental implementation with single photons in optical fibers.
Time and place The workshop will take place on Thursday 22nd April 2010, in Anfiteatro, at the Instituto de Telecomunicações site in Aveiro (Campus Universitário de Santiago).
Registration The workshop is open to anyone interested. Participation is free, but an e-mail registration is necessary to attend the meeting. Please contact Sandra Corujo by 20 April indicating your intention to participate: sandra (at) av.it.pt
Program 10:30 Carlos Salema (IT & UTL), Welcome address 10:40 Yasser Omar (IT & UTL), Introduction to quantum information 11:10 Keynote speaker: Andreas Poppe (Austrian Research Center), The SECOQC quantum key distribution network in Vienna 11:55 Armando Nolasco Pinto (IT & UAveiro), Physical Layer Security Through Quantum Communications 12:25 Lunch break 14:00 Keynote speaker: Vicente Martin (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid), Quantum key distribution in optical switched networks 14:45 Coffee break 15:00 Paulo Mateus (IT & UTL), Quantum authentication protocols 15:30 Nikola Paunkovic (IT), Quantum contract signing protocol 16:00 Final discussion and quantum optics laboratory tour 16:30 End
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