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Boris Blinov is a professor at the Physics Department, University of Washington. His research is in the area of experimental atomic physics and quantum information processing with trapped ions, including the first demonstrations of ion-photon entanglement, barium ion qubits, and high-fidelity qubit state detection.

Boris Blinov

University of Washington

Olivia Di Matteo is an Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer
Engineering department at UBC and the Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Quantum
Software and Algorithms. She obtained her PhD at the University of Waterloo and
Institute for Quantum Computing in 2019 in Physics (Quantum
Information). Following her PhD she worked as a Quantum Information Science
Associate at TRIUMF, and as a Quantum Computing Educator and Researcher at the
Toronto-based quantum startup Xanadu. At UBC she leads the Quantum Software and
Algorithms Research Lab, whose work focuses on designing and implementing
open-source software for quantum compiler tools and physics applications.

Olivia Di Matteo

University of British Columbia

Dr. Boulanger has more than 40 years of experience in 3D computer vision, multi-modal medical imaging, and more recently in the applications of quantum computing to image processing. Dr. Boulanger has dual appointments as a professor at the University of Alberta Department of Computing Science and the Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging. He holds both the position of Director of the Advanced Human-Computer Interface Laboratory and Scientific Director of the SERVIER Virtual Cardiac Centre. His main research topics are on the development of new techniques for medical image processing and patient-specific modeling using sensor fusion and quantum computing. His work has contributed to gain international recognition in this field, publishing more than 400 scientific papers and collaborating with numerous universities, research labs, and industrial companies across the world. Dr. Boulanger is a member of numerous international committees and frequently presents lectures on computational medicine and the application of quantum image processing.

Pierre Boulanger

University of Washington

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Shabir Barzanjeh

University of Calgary

Dr. Shahpoor Moradi serves as an Assistant Professor (Teaching Stream) in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Calgary, where he also holds the position of Director of the Professional Master of Quantum Computing program. He earned his PhD in geophysics, specializing in computational modeling and inversion, from the University of Calgary in 2017. Prior to taking on his current role, Dr. Moradi conducted postdoctoral research at Total Energies in Paris, focusing on quantum computation for oil and gas exploration. He also held a postdoctoral research position at the University of Calgary, collaborating on seismic data analysis using quantum and high-performance computing techniques. Residing in Alberta since 2013, he enjoys engaging in outdoor activities such as hiking, biking, and traveling.

Shahpoor Morardi

University of Calgary

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