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Opportunities and Challenges for engineers in the quantum future: The UK Quantum Technology Hubs

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  • Duration: 1 hr 15 mins
  • Publication date: 31 Jan 2025

Abstract

Brief overview of the IE Quantum Engineering Network -  Douglas Paul, Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies, University of Glasgow.

The UK quantum technology programme - Dominic O'Brien, Director Hub in Quantum Computing and Simulation.

UK Quantum Technology Research Hub in Sensing, Imaging and Timing - Simon Bennett, Director QT Hub for Sensors and Timing.

Integrated Quantum Networks Hub - Alessandro Fedrizzi, Professor Heriot Watt University.

The UK hub for Quantum Enabled Position, Navigation & Timing - Douglas Paul, Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies, University of Glasgow.

Q-BIOMED:The UK Quantum Biomedical Sensing Research Hub - Professor Rachel McKendry, London Centre for Nanotechnology and Division of Medicine UCL.

Keywords:
  • IET Webinar
  • Opportunities and Challenges
  • Opportunities and Challenges for engineers
  • The UK Quantum Technology Hubs

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Speakers

  • DO

    Prof. Dominic O'Brien

    University of Oxford, Professor of Engineering Science

    Executive Committee, IET Quantum Engineering Technical Network.
  • DP

    Douglas Paul

    University of Glasgow

  • SB

    Simon Bennett

    QT Hub for Sensors and Timing, Director

  • AF

    Alessandro Fedrizzi

    Heriot Watt University

  • Rachel McKendry

    Rachel McKendry

    Co-Director of new £24M Q-BIOMED Quantum Biomedical Sensing Research Hub (to start December 2024)Director EPSRC Digital Health Hub for Antimicrobial ResistancePreviously Director of i-sense EPSRC IRC in Early Warning Sensing Systems for Infectious Diseases (2013-24)Other roles: International Pandemic Preparedness Scientific and Technical Advisory Group for Diagnostics (2023-present); Co-Chair of the Digital Medicine Theme of the Topol Review 'Preparing the healthcare workforce to deliver the digital future' (2019).Research: My research aims to detect and diagnose infectious diseases much earlier than ever before. Recent breakthroughs include ultra-sensitive quantum nanodiamond diagnostics for virus detection (Miller et al Nature 2020) and deep learning models for rapid testing in partnership with the Africa Health Research Institute in South Africa (Turbe et al Nature Medicine 2021).Awards: IET AF Harvey Engineering Research Prize 2023; @Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award, Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award and the Institute of Physics Paterson Medal.Talks: TEDX Lecture 'Going Viral: The Digital Future of Public Health'; Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Lecture 'Harnessing power of mobile phones and big data for global health'
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