IQC was founded in 2002 [1 ] primarily through a donation made by Mike Lazaridis and his wife Ophelia whose substantial donations have continued over the years. [2 ] The institute is now located in the Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano…
Raymond Laflamme, a trailblazer in quantum information processing and pioneer of the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) at the University of Waterloo, died on June 19 after a lengthy battle with cancer.
Mihal "Mike" Lazaridis (born March 14, 1961) is a Greek Canadian businessman, investor in quantum computing technologies, and co-founder of Research In Motion, which created and manufactured the BlackBerry wireless handheld device.