CMC Wraps a Successful Week of Quantum Events in Calgary, AB
- Friday, November 22, 2024
CMC Microsystems has wrapped up a successful series of quantum events in Calgary, Alberta. These were part of Innovation Week YYC, week-long celebration of the people, startups, scaleups, and technologies that are defining Calgary’s future.
Build Your Own Superconducting Quantum Device 2024
From November 18-22, CMC held its fourth annual Build Your Own Superconducting Quantum Device Workshop. Unique in the world, and offered exclusively by CMC, this workshop teaches participants how to design and simulate superconducting circuits. The workshop covers the fundamentals of superconductors and Josephson junctions, and circuit design such as resonators, SQUIDs, and qubits.
Dr. Rubayet Al Maruf, Nanofabrication Scientist at Qubic Technologies, a Sherbrooke-based firm that develops novel quantum microwave transmitters and receivers for remote sensing and communications, participated in the Workshop. “This was a unique learning opportunity for me to take quantum concepts from an academic setting to industrial applications. For an emerging firm like Qubic, affordable access to industry-leading quantum hardware fabrication services can really accelerate our development and growth.”
The workshop is made possible thanks to the NSERC CREATE in Quantum Computing and QSciTech training programs and with support from professors from the University of British Columbia, the University of Victoria, the Institut Quantique at the Université de Sherbrooke, the University of Calgary, and the University of Waterloo.
The Workshop was sponsored by Quantum City, Alberta Innovates, Quantum Algorithms Institute (QAI), National Research Council Canada, Siemens Canada, Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC). Thank you to our partners and sponsors for making the Build Your Own Superconducting Quantum Device 2024 possible.
Quantum Networking Day
The Quantum Networking Day, a partnership between CMC Microsystems and Quantum City, took place alongside the workshop on November 20. This one-day event highlighted Alberta and Canada’s quantum ecosystem and was a chance to bring together industry, academic, and partner organizations supporting the quantum ecosystem.
Panel discussion topics included:
- How to create your quantum start-up
- Careers in the quantum industry
- Challenges and opportunities in superconducting quantum research
- Academia to industry transition
- Quantum industry showcase.
From organizations including:
- 1Qbit
- Nanoacademic
- Quantum Algorithms Institute
- Quantized Technologies
- Zero Point Cryogenics
- QAI Ventures
- Innovate Calgary
- Mphasis
- TELUS
- University of Calgary
- Université de Sherbrooke
- University of Victoria
For Dr. Udson Mendes, Director of Technology at CMC, these events come at a crucial time for the Canadian quantum ecosystem. “Quantum technologies are poised to transform several key sectors of the Canadian economy and society in the very near future. To take advantage of its benefits, we need to train the next generation of talent to lead innovation in both academia and industry. The Build Your Own Superconducting Quantum Device workshop is the only one of its kind in the world and gives students industry-relevant experience in designing and simulating superconducting quantum devices.”
He also noted that quantum is one of the core technologies behind FABrIC, a five-year, $223M project to secure Canada’s future in semiconductors. “Taking quantum technologies from the academic lab to industry is key to competing in the emerging quantum market. Between this week’s events and FABrIC, CMC is accelerating Canadian quantum innovation and building a vibrant quantum ecosystem across Canada.”
