Articles
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Open letter Bart Groothuis on Quantum Security, with a QISS connection
QISS members Ot van Dalen and Christian Schaffner suggested to Bart Groothuis, member of European Parliament, to put the transition to quantum-safe cryptography on the EU agenda. As a result, Bart Groothuis wrote an open letter to the commissioner, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) and the European Data Protection Board (EDPB). This made for quite some news in the Dutch media, see for instance NOS, BNR and iBestuur.
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Gravitation grant for challenges in Cyber Security
The ‘Challenges in Cyber Security’ project brings together top researchers from the hard sciences in the cyber security field. This, according to Minister Dijkgraaf (Education, Culture and Science), places the research among ‘the world's scientific top’, and the project will thus receive a substantial NWO Gravitation grant.
QISS member Christian Schaffner will be working on the project and comments: ‘I’m really excited to get started with this big cybersecurity project. Together with the other consortium partners from TU/e, VU, RU and CWI, we are taking a systematic approach to make sure our cyber systems are secure. For example, we address long-term security by looking ahead to the time when quantum computers could break the encryption that keeps our online data safe right now. Even though that might be years away, bad actors could collect encrypted information today and crack it open later when they have the right tools. So we’re getting ahead of the game to protect our data for the future.’ -
New Master Quantum Computer Science at UvA
On 29 January a new Master Quantum Computer Science at the University of Amsterdam was accredited. Several courses are coordinated and conducted by QISS members and QuSoft, such as ‘Quantum in Society’ by Sebastian de Haro, and ‘Quantum Cryptography’ by Christian Schaffner. Enrolling is possible in May.
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QISS connected RQSC project awarded
Exciting news! Our QISS team has been awarded a grant by the Centre for Quantum & Society (Quantum Delta NL) for projects that accelerate the positive impact of quantum technologies in society. Our proposal Societal Incubator: A Responsible Quantum-Safe cryptography Transition (RQSC) builds on and supports our NWA-funded QISS project, in partnership with TNO and Fontys University.
The aim of the RQSC project is to use participatory and user-centre design principles to identify and implement societal requirements for RQSC-transition. This will be done through two workshops (Autumn 2024 and Spring 2025) where upstream stakeholders will be engaged with representatives from industry, academia, government and civil society. Read here about the call and awarded projects. -
Eline de Jong at Stanford’s new Center for Responsible Quantum Technology
The Stanford Law School very recently launched the Center for Responsible Quantum Technology. This center focuses on the ethical, legal, social, and policy aspects of quantum technology, including quantum artificial intelligence. It aims to address the challenges and opportunities presented by quantum technologies, such as encryption, computing, and sensors. And Eline de Jong has become one of the first research fellows, giving her a great opportunity to internationally highlight the QISS research. Congratulations, Eline! -
Quantum Research on the radio
QISS researcher Eline de Jong was guest on the public radio programme De Nacht Van NTR. Eline was interviewed about her research on the societal impact of future quantum computers and artificial intelligence. You can listen to the nice interview (in Dutch) via this link. -
QISS research officially started
In October, the QISS research project has officially started. We are looking forward to a fruitful multidisciplinary collaboration between scientists, financial institutions, the government and societal groups to investigate the impact of quantum secure cryptography!
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Large NWA grant for research into the social impact of quantum secure cryptography
See the article on the UvA website.