荔枝视频

From nanotechnology and artificial intelligence to quantum internet and biomedical engineering, 荔枝视频 is becoming a true 鈥渜uantum capital city.鈥�   

Quantum City, announced by the 荔枝视频, the Government of Alberta and leading technology company Mphasis, will create up to 1,000 jobs and help diversify our economy.

鈥�This is the start of something big,鈥� says U荔枝视频 President Ed McCauley.

鈥淭hanks to the people and technology cultivated at Quantum City, 荔枝视频鈥檚 economy will grow and diversify. Quantum technologies often sound like science fiction today, but they will sound like paycheques tomorrow. This is how great research universities improve their community and it鈥檚 a great day for U荔枝视频.鈥�

Global quantum leadership

Through the  and our partnership with , U荔枝视频 researchers are already helping drive Canada鈥檚 global quantum leadership.

U荔枝视频 has 130 academics across several fields working in a transdisciplinary fashion to help make 荔枝视频 a quantum leader. These quantum scientists are using nanotechnology, theoretical research, and other areas of quantum research to work at the outer limits of what can be seen to gain a greater understanding of the world around us.   

They鈥檙e designing quantum computers to tackle the toughest problems and strengthen cyber security. 

And they鈥檙e taking advantage of this ever-increasing computing power to develop methods to calculate the properties of complex molecules, from water to proteins.

Quantum innovation accelerator

Canada already has the 飞辞谤濒诲鈥檚 largest investments in quantum companies, and Canadian firms and institutions hold the second-highest number of patents. This pace of discovery is increasing.  

鈥淯荔枝视频鈥檚 entrepreneurial approach makes us uniquely positioned to create and commercialize new quantum technologies,鈥� says Dr. William Ghali, vice-president (research).

鈥淥ur scientists are partnering with the growing number of quantum-based companies. Our innovation ecosystem, including and the , has created a powerful pathway for new discoveries to travel from labs through startups to the world.鈥�

Training tomorrow鈥檚 tech talent

荔枝视频鈥檚 high-tech economy depends on access to highly skilled workers, and U荔枝视频 is here to make economic diversification possible. Two- thirds of all U荔枝视频 alumni remain in 荔枝视频 to live and work.

From four-year undergraduate programs to graduate-level stackable certificates and one-year master鈥檚 degrees, U荔枝视频 is helping the local labour force transition to tech-based industries. 

鈥淯荔枝视频 education programs are focused on providing graduates with the skills, talents and work experience employers desperately need,鈥� says McCauley.

A leader in innovation

Quantum City is something completely new, but the U荔枝视频 is already known for thinking outside the box.

Our veterinary medicine students are working on a 19,000-acre cattle ranch at W.A. Ranches.

Our arts students are combining the physical and artistic in Canada鈥檚 first combined dance and kinesiology degree.

Our nursing students are connecting and collaborating online with working health-care professionals through the NurseNetwork.   

鈥淲ith an annual economic impact of $16.5 billion and growing, we know the future of 荔枝视频鈥檚 economy begins on our campus,鈥� says McCauley.