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Michele Mosca

Professor, Combinatorics and Optimization

University of Waterloo

University of Waterloo
Canada · work baseIdentification checked 2026-09-19
WHY INCLUDED

Works across quantum algorithms and quantum-safe security, combining foundational results in information processing with programs that help organizations prepare cryptographic systems for future quantum capabilities.

arXivUniversity of Waterloo

Mosca’s work connects the capabilities of quantum computers with the security transition those capabilities motivate. His research on private quantum channels specifies how classical keys can protect quantum information. At Waterloo, he also helped create programs and industry connections for quantum-safe cryptography, including CryptoWorks21 and evolutionQ. That combination matters because technical security results and real-world migration solve different parts of the same problem. Inclusion recognizes both research and institution building, without predicting when encryption-breaking quantum computers will become available.

University of WaterlooarXiv

Defining contributions

Work, in context
  1. 2000

    Private quantum channels

    With Alain Tapp and Ronald de Wolf, established necessary and sufficient shared-key resources for private transmission of quantum information in the model they studied.

    Coauthor with Alain Tapp and Ronald de Wolf of the private-quantum-channel result.

    Source-supported recordarXiv
  2. Year not documented

    Preparing the quantum-safe transition

    Co-founded evolutionQ and CryptoWorks21 and helped establish the ETSI-IQC quantum-safe workshop series, connecting research, training and organizational security preparation.

    Co-founder and institutional organizer of quantum-safe companies, training and workshop initiatives.

    Source-supported recordUniversity of Waterloo

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QubitWire editorial · Content edition 2026-09-19.1Independent coverage. Inclusion does not imply endorsement.