Track 4
Dr. Randy Kuang
Co-Founder and Chief Scientist
Quantropi Inc., Ottawa, Canada
Biography: Randy holds a doctorate in
quantum physics. His research findings have been published in top
international journals and named “Kuang’s semi-classical formalism” by NASA
in 2012. With a career spanning IT, including with Nortel as senior network
researcher & developer, he co-founded inBay Technologies in 2009, serving as
CTO of the cybersecurity platform and co-founded Quantropi Inc.in 2018,
serving as Chief Scientist. As the first recipient of a patent for two-level
authentication (2011), Randy is a prolific inventor, with 30+ U.S. patents
in broad technology fields, such as WiMAX, optical networks, multi-factor
identity authentication, quantum cryptography, and post-quantum
cryptography.
As the founding root of Quantropi, Randy proposed the universal quantum safe
cryptography using Quantum Permutation Pad or QPP applied to both classical
computing and quantum computing systems. The typical classical
implementation has been achieved digital Quantum Key distribution over
internet benchmarked by Deutsche Telekom. By randomizing and derandomizing
the reference phase space of coherent communications, Randy invented
coherent-based CTF-QKD and further extends it for quantum secure QXD for
infrastructure. He recently invented new quantum safe public key
cryptographic algorithms for key exchange and digital signature.
Speech Title: Generalized Uncertainty Principles for Quantum Cryptography
Prof. Michel Barbeau
Carleton University, Canada
Biography: Dr. Barbeau received both his Master’s and Ph.D. from Universite de Montreal. He then returned to Universite de Sherbrooke, where he had completed his undergraduate degree in Computer Science in 1985, to join the faculty as a professor. Teaching at Universite de Sherbrooke from 1991 to 1999, Dr. Barbeau spent his last academic year as a visiting researcher at the University of Aizu, Japan. He joined the School of Computer Science at Carleton University in 2000.
Dr.
Wolfgang Rohde
Managing Director Innovation, Strategy & Research
Siemens, USA
Biography: Wolfgang
is currently heading the Siemens research group centered around supply chain
management since 2015. Previously, he held positions with IBM and Ciber
Global. Wolfgang supported C-level management in advancing enterprise
strategies for service-oriented architectures and Cloud transformation. He
received his doctorate degree in Nuclear Physics from Johannes Gutenberg
University, Mainz, Germany. Since heading the Siemens research group, he has
focused mainly on bringing new innovations to industries by maximizing
resiliency and sustainability through planning and managing of manufacturing
and logistics. His mantra is based on the trinity of seamless integration,
grassroots democratization, and relentless security.
Dr.
Keeper Sharkey
ODE, L3C, USA
Biography: Dr. Keeper L. Sharkey is the founder and CEO of ODE, L3C, a social enterprise that serves through quantum science, technology, and research. She is the Lead-author of a recently released book titled: Quantum Chemistry and Computing for the Curious: Illustrated with Python and Qiskit code, published by Packt. She serves as the Chair of Quantum Applied Chemistry at Quantum Security Alliance, Vice-Chair of Cyber Security in Quantum Computing and Quantum's Effect on Current Architectures in the group Cyber Security for Next-Generation Connectivity Systems with IEEE, is a civilian member friend of US Quantum Industry Coalition, point of contact for ODE’s co-founding membership of the Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C), and is a member of both American Chemical Society and American Physical Society. She is also a Research Associate at University of Arizona, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry with the Adamowicz Group as well as the Entrepreneurial lead for National Science Foundation Innovation-Corps (I-Corps) program Team QLEAN and Market Research Affiliate at Tech Launch Arizona. Dr. Sharkey received her PhD in Chemistry and her BS in Mathematics and Chemistry; both from the University of Arizona and attended Telluride Science Research Center summer school on Theoretical Chemistry followed by a Postdoctoral Faculty position at Washington State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy. Her honors and awards include: the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship DGE1-1143953, and NSF I-Corps program participation - 1547749. She has authored over 30 publications in high impact peer-reviewed journals regarding non-Born-Oppenheimer quantum mechanical finite-nuclear mass variational algorithms with over 400 citations. She moderated the panel session on END USER APPLICATIONS (CHEMISTRY / PHARMA) Session at Quantum Business Europe and served on a panel for the Department of the Air Force Information Technology conference (DAFITC) about quantum and cybersecurity.
Dr. Marc Geitz
Deutsche Telekom, Germany
Biography: RWTH Aachen and received his
PhD at the University of Hamburg in 1999 after working several years at CERN
and DESY. In 2001 he joined Deutsche Telekom AG and worked in the area of
mobile communications, enterprise IT, cloud and network infrastructure. He
has more than 15 years of experience in the telecommunication industry with
international background and strong focus on business solutions. Ramping up
a QKD demonstrator in 2018 and building a QKD testbed from 2019 to 2022
raised his interest in quantum technology and its appliances on
telecommunication’s industry. The application of quantum computers for
solving industry optimization and machine learning use cases has added to
this interest. Currently he participates in the QR.X research program to
build a quantum repeater.
At Telekom Innovation Laboratories (T-Labs), the passion for innovation and
technology drives 300+ international experts and scientists to work together
on e.g. blockchain technology, smart city concepts, artificial intelligence
and new media experiences. T-Labs is the R&D unit of Deutsche Telekom and is
in a close partnership with the Technische Universität Berlin. At its sites
in Berlin, Darmstadt, Beer Sheva, Budapest and Vienna, T-Labs sits amongst a
world-class host of universities, startups, investors, research institutes
and corporate innovation hubs to jointly shape the future of communication
services.
Mr. Alain Chance
Founder & CEO Alainquant LLC, USA
Biography: Alain Chance is the Founder and CEO Quantalain SASU and Alainquant LLC, business management consulting startups which offer consulting and training services in the field of quantum computing. He is Co-founder and Chief Business Officer Molket, a startup which offers designing new smart solutions leveraging quantum technologies and quantum chemistry. He is co-author of a recently released book titled: “Quantum Chemistry and Computing for the Curious: Illustrated with Python and Qiskit® code”. He is a speaker and he has given a talk "My Quantum Computing Journey + My book" at the Girls in quantum seminar on October 15, 2022. He is a Qiskit® Advocate and an IBM Certified Associate Developer - Quantum Computation using Qiskit®v0.2X since 2021. He has completed several quantum computing challenges since 2018. His registration to the IBM Quantum Awards: Open Science Prize 2022 has been confirmed. He has attended ID Quantique (IDQ)'s 11th Winter School Quantum Cybersecurity in the Real World in 2019. He is a member of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the IEEE group Cyber Security for Next Generation Connectivity Systems, IEEE Quantum Community, and La French Tech Paris-Saclay. He has over 30 years of experience in major enterprise transformation projects with a focus on data management and governance gained in major management consulting firms. He has a diploma Ingénieur civil des Mines from École des Mines de Saint-Étienne in France (1981).