Open RQC colloquium. Lecture 50

Abstract

The history of cryptography is a history of failures. Stronger ciphers replaced broken ones, to be in turn broken again. Quantum cryptography offers a hope to end this replacement cycle, for its security premises on the laws of physics and not on limitations of human ingenuity and computing. The speaker will tell about ongoing deployment of quantum cryptography networks using fiber-optic and satellite links, and efforts to certify their implementation as secure.

Biography

Dr. Vadim Makarov heads the Quantum hacking lab http://www.vad1.com/lab/ at the Russian Quantum Center and MISiS University, Moscow, where he tests commercial quantum cryptography systems for implementation loopholes. Vadim is a visiting professor of Shanghai Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Science and Technology of China. He has published about 45 journal articles, 47 refereed conference abstracts, citations total ~3500. 

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