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And last but not least, the conceptual issues that it raises are interesting for their own sake! | And last but not least, the conceptual issues that it raises are interesting for their own sake! | ||
- | <html><span class="first">T</span></html>he Centre for Quantum Information and Communication (QuIC) has been working on quantum information theory for several years, with research contributions ranging from fundamental questions such as quantum measurement, quantum entanglement, or quantum nonlocality to more information-flavored issues such as quantum cloning, quantum cryptography, or quantum algorithms. More recently, it has also started an experimental quantum information activity together with the ULB optics laboratory. It currently holds two provisional patents, and has published numerous scientific papers among which two in the journal //Nature//. | + | <html><span class="first">T</span></html>he Centre for Quantum Information and Communication (QuIC) has been working on quantum information theory for several years, with research contributions ranging from fundamental questions such as quantum measurement, quantum entanglement, or quantum nonlocality to more information-flavored issues such as quantum cloning, quantum cryptography, or quantum algorithms. More recently, it has also started an experimental quantum information activity together with the ULB optics laboratory. It currently holds two patents and has published numerous scientific papers, among which two in the journal //Nature//, two in //Nature Photonics//, and one in //Nature Communications//. |
<html><span class="first">A</span></html> large fraction of QuIC research activities over the last few years has focused on quantum information with continuous-variable carriers. In particular, the QuIC has reported on the first demonstration of continuous-variable quantum key distribution in collaboration with the Institut d'Optique d'Orsay. | <html><span class="first">A</span></html> large fraction of QuIC research activities over the last few years has focused on quantum information with continuous-variable carriers. In particular, the QuIC has reported on the first demonstration of continuous-variable quantum key distribution in collaboration with the Institut d'Optique d'Orsay. | ||
- | The QuIC initiated in 2002 a series of conferences especially devoted to continuous-variable quantum information processing, which now runs on an annual basis, and coordinates a European research project on this topic since 2004. | + | The QuIC initiated in 2002 a series of conferences especially devoted to continuous-variable quantum information processing, which now runs on an annual basis, and has coordinated three European research projects on this topic since 2004. |
**//Nicolas J. Cerf//**\\ | **//Nicolas J. Cerf//**\\ |