Dear all,
Recently I found myself following the destiny of Dr. Nadia Chaudhri on Twitter.
Nadia Chaudhri is a Canadian psychologist. She is a professor of psychology at Concordia University where she researches drug and alcohol abuse.
She was diagnosed with cancer and has gained a tremendous following online throughout the last 6 months with her inspirational posts.
But she doesn’t write about herself very much. Rather, she is trying to live her life, or what is left of it, to the fullest. In all of her posts she is finding the positive and if when she is struggling she is trying to help others. Sometimes I wake up on the wrong side of the bed, and it is so inspirational to see her attitude in the face of much grander challenges.
She is choosing to use her sickness to raise money for important causes and make an impact on the world before it is too late for her.
As part of that, she has raised $478,740.00 in scholarship funding for her alma matter.
And maybe it’s my end of summer vibe but I am hugely inspired and impressed by Nadia. We all need to help each other and our community - and think about what we want our legacy to be beyond our day to day struggles.
I am excited to say that our Mentoring Program with Keysight Technologies is a tremendous success, and we look forward to opening up registration once again soon.
I will also be speaking at the IQT Fall conference in NYC in a few weeks and look forward to reconnecting with a lot of you in person again soon https://iqtevent.com/fall/
A couple weeks later I will be hosting a panel on diversity in quantum tech together with IEEE, a topic that continues to be close to my heart.
And, finally, this December we will be hosting our next Women in Quantum Summit - in person & virtually, together with QC Ware at Q2B in California.
I hope you will join me either in person or virtually for this great event.
WIQ @ Q2B in person CLICK HERE
WIQ @ Q2B virtual CLICK HERE
I also want to share with you my latest WQWD interview with Denis Mandich, CTO of Qrypt with you as he shares some amazing insights on quantum encryption - please do take some time to check it out.
Our friends & supporters from Zurich Instruments are hosting a great workshop next week that I encourage you to attend.
You can sign up for free here
OneQuantum continues to see tremendous growth and many of my fellow chapter presidents are hosting fascinating, local events this month:
OneQuantum Nigeria https://www.runtheworld.today/app/invitation/34591
OneQuantum Libya https://www.runtheworld.today/app/invitation/33628
OneQuantum Canada https://www.runtheworld.today/app/invitation/34499
And here is some more quantum stuff…
Verizon’s upcoming VPN tech relies on post-quantum cryptography ciphers
Verizon is testing a new "quantum-safe" VPN, which it hopes is resilient enough to withstand the onslaught of quantum computers, which could neuter current cryptography with their immense computing prowess.
Quantum technology sensing device in space
Student experiment OSCAR-QUBE has blasted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre onboard a SpaceX Dragon cargo vehicle and is now on course to rendezvous with the International Space Station in low Earth orbit.
National Science Foundation Commits $75 Million To University Innovation Hubs
The goal of the hubs is to scale up the National Innovation Network and provide experiential entrepreneurial training to academic researchers across all fields of science and engineering. The hubs will enable researchers to translate basic research results into products that can be brought to the marketplace.
Experiments Prove Quantum Computing Errors Correlated, Tied to Cosmic Rays
LLNL physicist Jonathan DuBois, scientists examined quantum computing stability, particularly what causes errors and how quantum circuits react to them.
U.S. military researchers are asking industry to determine the feasibility of developing high-density connectorized cryogenic cables for future use in superconducting classical computing, superconducting quantum computing and quantum annealing, and superconducting single-photon detector arrays.
With that, I hope I was able to inspire and encourage you a little bit - and I hope we all can follow Nadia’s example just a little bit.
With love,
Denise