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Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771

ENGINEERING COLLOQUIUM

This lecture will be on a Thursday.
Thursday, April 19, 2018 / 3:30 PM, Building 3 Auditorium

Robert Malaney

"Quantum Communications for Satellites"

ABSTRACT -- Quantum communication via low-orbit satellites offers up a paradigm shift in telecommunications. Providing for unparalleled communication security, this emerging technology will also lead us into the development of the global quantum internet. In this talk I discuss how to leverage optical quantum communications, quantum error correction, and channel modeling, to deliver novel and optimized quantum communication protocols specifically designed for the turbulent atmospheric paths traversed by entangled photons emanating from a satellite.

SPEAKER -- Associate Professor Robert Malaney of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) has had extensive research experience both from an academic and industry point of view. He has a BSC (University of Glasgow, Scotland) and a PhD (University of St. Andrews, Scotland). Possessing 10 years' academic research experience in astrophysics (Caltech, UC Berkeley, U. Toronto), and six years in industry before entering UNSW, his excellence in research is evidenced by over 150 refereed papers across astrophysics and advanced communications. Robert has five patents in location technology, and has led the development of the use of quantum information for location verification purposes. Last year Robert was awarded a Professorial Scholarship by Northrop Grumman Corporation for his work in emerging quantum communications via satellites. The scholarship was awarded at Parliament House by The Minister for Education & Training, Senator Birmingham.

Engineering Colloquium home page: https://ecolloq.gsfc.nasa.gov