QCrypt History

QCRYPT was founded by Matthias Christandl and Stephanie Wehner, and the initial members of its steering committee were instrumental in its early development. The members of the steering committee continue to give their time to provide an excellent conference for the community.

PC Chairs & Local Organizers

EditionPC chairPC co-chairLocal organizer chair(s)
2011 ZürichMatthias ChristandlMatthias Christandl
2012 SingaporePatrick HaydenStephanie Wehner
2013 WaterlooIvan DamgårdVadim Makarov
2014 ParisNorbert LütkenhausGregor WeihsEleni Diamanti
2015 TokyoRenato RennerRichard HughesMasahiro Takeoka
2016 WashingtonMatthias ChristandlHugo ZbindenYi-Kai Liu
2017 CambridgeThomas VidickPaolo VillaresiRichard Peny, Adrian Wonford
2018 ShanghaiRoger ColbeckChristoph MarquardtQiang Zhang
2019 MontréalAnthony LeverrierEleni DiamantiGilles Brassard, Claude Crépeau, Sébastian Gambs, Louis Salvail
2020 AmsterdamFrédéric DupuisFeihu XuSerge Fehr, Christian Schaffner
2021 AmsterdamCarl MillerTobias GehringSerge Fehr, Christian Schaffner
2022 TaiwanLim Ci Wen (Charles)Anthony MartinBo-Yin Yang, Kai-Min Chung, Yeong-Cherng Liang
2023 MarylandChristian SchaffnerGiuseppe ValloneOliver Slattery, Gorjan Alagic

Steering Committees

2011ETH ZurichMatthias Christandl (chair), Roger Colbeck, Michele Mosca, Renato Renner, Louis Salvail, Wolfgang Tittel, Stephanie Wehner
2012CQT SingaporeMatthias Christandl, Roger Colbeck, Michele Mosca, Renato Renner, Louis Salvail, Wolfgang Tittel, Stephanie Wehner (chair)
2013IQC WaterlooMatthias Christandl, Roger Colbeck, Michele Mosca (chair), Louis Salvail, Masahide Sasaki, Wolfgang Tittel, Stephanie Wehner
2014ParisMatthias Christandl, Roger Colbeck, Eleni Diamanti (chair), Michele Mosca, Louis Salvail, Masahide Sasaki, Wolfgang Tittel, Stephanie Wehner
2015TokyoMatthias Christandl, Roger Colbeck, Eleni Diamanti, Norbert Lütkenhaus, Masahide Sasaki (chair), Christian Schaffner, Wolfgang Tittel , Stephanie Wehner
2016Washington DCEleni Diamanti, Yi-Kai Liu (chair), Norbert Lütkenhaus, Masahide Sasaki, Christian Schaffner, Wolfgang Tittel , Stephanie Wehner
2017CambridgeAnne Broadbent, Marcos Curty, Eleni Diamanti, Yi-Kai Liu, Norbert Lütkenhaus, Masahide Sasaki, Christian Schaffner (chair), Qiang Zhang
2018ShanghaiAnne Broadbent, Marcos Curty, Yi-Kai Liu, Norbert Lütkenhaus, Christian Schaffner, Akihisa Tomita, Hugo Zbinden, Qiang Zhang (chair)
2019MontrealAnne Broadbent, Marcos Curty (chair), Serge Fehr, Yi-Kai Liu, Christoph Marquardt, Akihisa Tomita, Hugo Zbinden, Qiang Zhang
2020online from AmsterdamGorjan Alagic, Marcos Curty, Serge Fehr, Stacey Jeffery, Christoph Marquardt, Akihisa Tomita, Hugo Zbinden, Qiang Zhang (chair)
2021online from AmsterdamGorjan Alagic, Marco Lucamarini, Serge Fehr, Stacey Jeffery, Christoph Marquardt (chair), Akihisa Tomita, Feihu Xu, Hugo Zbinden
2022TaiwanGorjan Alagic (chair), Kai-Min Chung, Serge Fehr, Stacey Jeffery, Qian Li, Marco Lucamarini, Christoph Marquardt, Feihu Xu
2023MarylandGorjan Alagic, Rotem Arnon-Friedman, Kai-Min Chung, Serge Fehr (chair), Qian Li, Marco Lucamarini, Christoph Marquardt, Feihu Xu

Student Paper Prizes

In some years, there are two winning papers selected, one in theory, one in experiment.

EditionCategoryWinnerTitle
2012 SingaporePaul JouguetExperimental demonstration of continuous-variable quantum key distribution over 80 km of standard telecom fibervideo
2013 WaterlooTobias GehringRealization of Finite-Size Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution based on Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Entanglementvideo
2014 ParisFeihu XuExperimental QKD with source flaws and tight finite-key analysisvideo
2015 TokyoAlexandru GheorghiuRobustness and device independence of verifiable blind quantum computingvideo
2016 WashingtonRotem Arnon-FriedmanSimple and tight device-independent security proofsvideo
2017 CambridgetheoryRotem Arnon-FriedmanDevice-independent Randomness Amplification and Privatizationvideo
2017 CambridgeexperimentNorbert KalbEntanglement distillation between solid-state quantum network nodesvideo
2018 ShanghaiWenyuan WangEnabling a Scalable High-Rate Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution Network: theory and experimentvideo
2019 MontréaltheoryJan CzajkowskiQuantum lazy sampling and game-playing proofs for quantum indifferentiability
2019 MontréalexperimentMariella MinderExperimental Twin Field Quantum Key Distribution beyond the repeaterless secret key capacity bound
2019 MontréalexperimentMirko PittalugaExperimental Twin Field Quantum Key Distribution beyond the repeaterless secret key capacity bound
2020 AmsterdamtheoryJiayu ZhangSuccinct Blind Quantum Computation Using a Random Oraclevideo
2020 AmsterdamexperimentFabian BeutelBroadband Detector-Integrated On-Chip QKD Receiver for GHz Clock Ratesvideo
2021 AmsterdamtheoryTony MetgerDevice-independent protocols from computational assumptionsvideo
2021 AmsterdamexperimentLikang ZhangHigh-rate quantum key distribution with silicon photonicsvideo
2022 TaiwantheoryTony MetgerGeneralized entropy accumulation for quantum cryptographyvideo
2022 TaiwanexperimentFadri GrünenfelderTowards 100 Mbps secret key rate QKDvideo
2023 MarylandtheoryJames BartusekObfuscation of Pseudo-Deterministic Quantum Circuits
2023 MarylandexperimentJoseph DolphinThe Application of Hybrid Photonic Integration to Quantum Key Distribution

Best Poster Awards

Some editions of QCrypt features best-poster awards, sometimes awarded per poster session.

EditionWinnerWinner
2013 WaterlooRotem Arnon-FriedmanNeil Sinclair
2014 ParisBoris Korzh
2015 TokyoMark Kaplan
2017 CambridgeLev VaidmanCupjin Huang and Yaoyun Shi
2018 ShanghaiShiyu WangYingqiu Mao

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