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Admin - November 8, 2024

IrelandQCI at HEAnet Annual Conference 2024

IrelandQCI at HEAnet annual conference 2024 Across November 6th – 8th 2024, IrelandQCI consortium partner HEAnet hosted its Annual Conference HEAnet 2024, in Killarney, Co. Kerry. One of Ireland’s leading education research conferences, this year saw a record high attendance …

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Admin - August 27, 2024

IrelandQCI in the news

IrelandQCI in the news Quantum technology specialists from across Europe attended QCI Ireland, a 3-day quantum communication conference, in July 2024, organised by the IrelandQCI Project Leads at Walton Institute in South East Technological University (SETU). The high profile event …

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Admin - July 4, 2024

Europe’s quantum communication community gathers in Dublin for QCIIreland event

Europe’s quantum communication community gathers in Dublin for QCIIreland event Minister Ossian Smyth joins representatives from the European Commission, European Space Agency, six national universities and industry partners of IrelandQCI (Quantum Communication Infrastructure) for extensive 3-day quantum communication technology conference …

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Admin - May 17, 2024

Exciting Developments in Packaging & Systems Integration for Quantum Technologies at UCC’s Tyndall National Institute

Exciting Developments in Packaging & Systems Integration for Quantum Technologies at UCC’s Tyndall National Institute IrelandQCI, the ‘Building a National Quantum Communication Infrastructure for Ireland’ project incorporates integrating innovative and secure quantum devices and systems into conventional communication infrastructures. Technology …

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Admin - May 8, 2024

IrelandQCI Project Highlighted in Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications Research and Innovation Strategy 2030

IrelandQCI Project Highlighted in Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications Research and Innovation Strategy 2030   The Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC) has launched its inaugural Research and Innovation (R&I) Strategy. The Department’s vision is that …

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Admin - April 22, 2024

The Sunday Business Post features IrelandQCI

The Sunday Business Post features IrelandQCI On Sunday 21st April 2024, the Sunday Business Post featured IrelandQCI in a supplement in collaboration with Waterford City and County Council: SETU’s Walton Institute leads €10m cybersecurity project IrelandQCI, Ireland Quantum Communication Infrastructure, …

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Admin - March 1, 2024

‘The advancement of quantum technology in Ireland’ – Innovation News Network.

‘The advancement of quantum technology in Ireland’ – Innovation News Network. The March 2024 issue of The Innovation Platform, a quarterly publication of Innovation News Network, delves into the advancement of quantum technology in Ireland. The feature looks at how …

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Admin - February 8, 2024

IrelandQCI Plenary 2, CONNECT Centre, Trinity College Dublin.

IrelandQCI Plenary 2, CONNECT Centre, Trinity College Dublin. IrelandQCI ‘Building a National Quantum Communication Infrastructure for Ireland’ incorporates integrating innovative and secure quantum devices and systems into conventional communication infrastructure. The project aim is establishing an infrastructure for Quantum Key …

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Admin - January 26, 2024

QCI Days Vienna 2024

QCI Days Vienna 2024 IrelandQCI PI and Director of Research at Walton Institute at SETU, Dr. Deirdre Kilbane, attended the first EuroQCI event days of 2024 on 25th – 26th January, this time hosted in Vienna, Austria. A hugely impressive …

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Admin - December 6, 2023

Europe is poised to lead the quantum race!

Europe is poised to lead the quantum race! Members of the European Parliament, officials from the European Commission (EC), and representatives from member states, academia and industry gathered in early December to chart Europe’s strategies to advance the region’s technological …

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Admin - November 16, 2023

Quantum Internet 2023, an SFI CONNECT Centre Science Week event

Quantum Internet 2023, an SFI CONNECT Centre Science Week event Dr. Deirdre Kilbane, Director of Research at Walton Institute and Co-PI at CONNECT Centre, joined Professor Dan Kilper of Trinity College Dublin and Director at CONNECT Centre, for a fascinating …

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Admin - November 15, 2023

 Minister Harris announces Quantum 2030, Ireland’s first national strategy for quantum technologies

Minister Harris announces Quantum 2030, Ireland’s first national strategy for quantum technologies Director of Research at Walton Institute at SETU and Co-PI of SFI Connect Centre, Dr. Deirdre Kilbane attended the announcement of Quantum 2030, Ireland’s first national strategy for …

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Admin - November 9, 2023

EuroQCI Thematic Working Group Meeting (ETWG) in Brussels

EuroQCI Thematic Working Group Meeting (ETWG) in Brussels Pictured: George Kanellos, NTUA, HellasQCI Technical Coordinator, Giannis Giannoulis, ICCS, HellasQCI – Piotr Rydlichowski PSNC, Pioneer-Q Coordinator- Homer Papadopoulos, NCSR “DEMOKRITOS” – Ilias Papastamatiou, GRNET, HellasQCI Coordinator – Felix Wissel, Deutsche Telekom, …

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Admin - September 18, 2023

IrelandQCI Project Lead Dr. Deirdre Kilbane presents at first HellasQCI Training Event in Greece.

IrelandQCI Project Lead Dr. Deirdre Kilbane presents at first HellasQCI Training Event in Greece. The first training event of the Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) Systems Connect series of workshops took place in Greece. Hosted at the premises of the NTUA …

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Admin - June 9, 2023

Thinkbusiness.ie Podcast: Irish cybersecurity quantum leap 

Podcast Ep 169: Dr Deirdre Kilbane from the Walton Institute in Waterford on how Ireland is spearheading the future of secure digital networks. In recent months it emerged that Ireland is at the tip of the spear when it comes to futureproofing the EU’s communications infrastructure and making it secure. Ireland and the EU are jointly funding a €10m research project to trial 16 quantum security technologies over the next two years. …

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Admin - May 15, 2023

Spotlight on Greece as delegates gather in Athens for the 6th Annual ScyLight Conference 2023.

Spotlight on Greece as delegates gather in Athens for the 6th Annual ScyLight Conference 2023. All eyes in the world of quantum and optical communication were on Greece on 15th and 16th May 2023 as more than 200 delegates joined …

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Admin - April 24, 2023

Quantum technology experts gather in Waterford for IrelandQCI opening meeting.

Quantum technology experts gather in Waterford for IrelandQCI opening meeting. The €10m Ireland Quantum Communications Infrastructure programme will create an innovative quantum technology ecosystem securing and future-proofing our communications infrastructure against cyber-attacks. Technology specialists from Irish and European universities have …

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Admin - December 22, 2022

Irish quantum technology experts future proofing EU communications infrastructure.

Irish quantum technology experts future proofing EU communications infrastructure. Waterford’s Walton Institute, in South East Technological University (SETU), is the lead partner in IrelandQCI, the €10 million Irish project within the EU-wide Quantum Communications Infrastructure (EuroQCI) programme. Technology specialists in six …

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