Invited Talks
  • “Nonsignalling theories are local-realistic”, QuanTAU 2020: Inauguration of Centre for Quantum Science and Technology, Tel Aviv, 19 – 21 May 2020. Postponed due to Covid-19.

  • Topic was still to be determined, ITS Science Colloquium, Institute for Theoretical Studies, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zürich, 14 May 2020. Postponed due to Covid-19.

  • “The art of secret communication in a quantum world”, The Vienna Doctoral Program on Complex Quantum Systems (CoQuS), 11 May 2020. Postponed due to Covid-19.

  • “Could Einstein have been right after all?”, Schrödinger Lecture, Universität Wien, Vienna, 5 May 2020. Postponed due to Covid-19.

  • “The art of secret communication in a quantum world”, Istituto per l'Interscambio Scientifico (ISI), Torino, Italy, 5 February 2020.

  • “Cryptography in a quantum world”, 12th idQ Winter School: Quantum Communications Horizon 2030, les Diablerets, Switzerland, 27 January 2020.

  • “How it all started: The beginning of quantum cryptography”, 12th idQ Winter School: Quantum Communications Horizon 2030, les Diablerets, Switzerland, 26 January 2020.

  • “Could Einstein have been right after all?”, SIT Insights in Technology, Schaffhausen Institute of Technology, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, 22 January 2020.

  • “The art of privacy in a quantum world”, University of Zürich, 22 January 2020.

  • “Big Brother in a quantum world”, CWI Lectures on Programming & Cryptology, Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica, Amsterdam, 22 November 2019.

  • “Secrecy in a quantum world”, Micius Salon, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, 19 September 2019.

  • “Could Einstein have been right after all?”, Micius Prize talk at International Conference on Emerging Quantum Technology, Hefei, China, 19 September 2019.

  • “Could Einstein have been right? Quantum theory can be local-realistic!”, Public lecture, Solstice of Foundations Summer School, Hönggerberg, Switzerland, 20 June 2019.

  • “Cryptography in a quantum world”, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland, 7 June 2019.

  • “Local-realistic and non-signalling theories”, Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, Switzerland, 29 May 2019.

  • “Could Einstein have been right after all?”, Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, Switzerland, 28 May 2019.

  • “Local realistic and non-signalling theories: Mathematical details”, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Hönggerberg, Switzerland, 22 May 2019.

  • “Remote sampling: Exact simulation of entanglement by classical communication”, Meeting of Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), Montréal, 16 May 2019.

  • “Local realistic and non-signalling theories: Introduction”, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Hönggerberg, Switzerland, 7 May 2019.

  • “Remote sampling with applications to general entanglement simulation”, QuSoft Seminar, CWI, Amsterdam, 22 March 2019.

  • “Could Einstein have been right after all?”, First Distinguished Lectures on Quantum Software, QuSoft, CWI, Amsterdam, 14 March 2019.

  • “Quantum Merkle puzzles”, QuSoft Seminar, CWI, Amsterdam, 22 February 2019.

  • “Einstein et l'action fantomatique à distance”, Chaire du Québec au Collège Belgique, Brussels, 8 February 2019.

  • “L'art du secret dans un monde quantique”, Inauguration de la Chaire du Québec au Collège Belgique, Brussels, 7 February 2019.

  • “Quantum Leaps: A new space race for the 21st century?”, Annual Science-Business Framework Conference, Brussels, 5 February 2019.

  • “Cryptography in a quantum world”, 11th idQ Winter School: Quantum Cybersecurity in the Real World, les Diablerets, Switzerland, 24 January 2019.

  • “How it all started: The beginning of quantum cryptography”, 11th idQ Winter School: Quantum Cybersecurity in the Real World, les Diablerets, Switzerland, 20 January 2019.

  • “How it all started: The beginning of quantum cryptography”, First Entanglement Day, Geneva, 17 January 2019.

  • “Notre univers est-il non-local ?”, séminaire du département de physique, Université de Montréal, 30 November 2018.

  • “La cryptographie dans un monde quantique”, Université du Québec à Montréal, 27 November 2018.

  • “Did you say loophole-free?”, Meeting of Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), Toronto, 12 October 2018.

  • “La cryptographie dans un monde quantique”, Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Québec, Varennes, 18 September 2018.

  • “All no-signalling theories are local-realistic”, University of California, Berkeley, 10 August 2018.

  • “All no-signalling theories are local-realistic” (plenary speaker), XIX International Congress on Mathematical Physics (ICMP), Montréal, 23 July 2018.

  • “Cryptography in a quantum world”, Qubit 2018 conference, Technion, Haifa, Israël, 3 June 2018.

  • “All no-signalling theories are local-realistic”, Wolf Prize BB2018 Symposium, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 30 May 2018.

  • “La cryptographie dans un monde quantique”, Université du Québec à Montréal, 13 April 2018.

  • “All no-signalling theories are local-realistic”, Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo, 26 March 2018.

  • “La fabuleuse histoire des codes secrets”, Cœur des sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal, 22 March 2018.

  • “Cryptography in a quantum world”, idQ Winter School: The Coming-of-Age of Quantum Cybersecurity, les Diablerets, Switzerland, 25 January 2018.

  • “History of BB84” (with Charles Bennett), idQ Winter School: The Coming-of-Age of Quantum Cybersecurity, les Diablerets, Switzerland, 22 January 2018.

  • “Le monde est quantique, dites-vous ? Qu'est-ce que cela change ?”, Opening talk of the Colloque L'innovation au cœur du cycle de vie for the 50th anniversary of Association des archivistes du Québec, Trois-Rivières, Québec, 3 November 2017.

  • “Introduction to quantum information science”, Intensive course given at Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, 26 June to 21 July 2017 (32 hours of class given to 15 students).

  • “Cryptography in a quantum world”, Tutte 100th Colloquium, University of Waterloo, 16 June 2017.

  • “Beyond quantum key distribution”, Canadian Quantum Information School, Jouvence, Québec, 2 June 2017.

  • “Cryptography in a quantum world”, Canadian Quantum Information School, Jouvence, Québec, 1er June 2017.

  • “Nonsignalling theories and local realism”, Conference on Surprising and unexpected paradoxes of physics enable scientific understanding, Crişan, Romania, 26 May 2017.

  • “The importance of multidisciplinary research”, Distinguished Scholar Sharing Series, University of Hong Kong, 27 April 2017.

  • “Nonsignalling theories and local realism”, University of Hong Kong, 27 April 2017.

  • “Cryptography in a quantum world”, William Mong Distinguished Lecture, University of Hong Kong, 26 April 2017.

  • “Chiffrement quantique, intelligence artificielle et blockchain: représentent-ils les solutions de l'avenir pour la cybersécurité ?”, Panelist at Sécurité de l'information, 3rd edition, événements les affaires, Montréal, 22 March 2017.

  • “La cryptographie dans un monde quantique”, Colloques du DIRO, Université de Montréal, 8 September 2016.

  • “Tout est dans l'information!”, Université de Sherbrooke, 1st September 2016.

  • “La cryptographie dans un monde quantique”, Université de Sherbrooke, 31 August 2016.

  • “Exact simulation of entanglement by classical communication”, Workshop on Entanglement and Quantumness, Université de Montréal, 23 August 2016.

  • “Exact simulation of entanglement by classical communication”, Beihang University, Beijing, China, 5 July 2016.

  • “Information is the key!”, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 5 July 2016.

  • “Cryptography in a quantum world”, Beihang University, Beijing, China, 4 July 2016.

  • “Trusting quantum information? A long and winding road!”, 2nd Workshop on Trustworthy Quantum Information, Shanghai, China, 27 June 2016.

  • “Information is the key!”, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Ontario, 14 June 2016.

  • “Information is the key!”, Workshop on Information-Theoretic Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, 12 June 2016.

  • “Exact simulation of entanglement by classical communication”, QuSoft Research Centre for Quantum Software, CWI, Amsterdam, 22 April 2016.

  • “L'ordinateur quantique qui va tout briser”, La sphère, Première chaîne de Radio-Canada, 13 February 2016.

  • “Cryptography in a quantum world”, 42nd International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science (SOFSEM), Harrachov, Czech Republic, 24 January 2016.

  • “Cryptography in a quantum world”, idQ Winter School, les Diablerets, Switzerland, 21 January 2016.

  • “History of BB84”, idQ Winter School, les Diablerets, Switzerland, 18 January 2016.

  • “Cryptography in a quantum world”, Winter Meeting of the Canadian Mathematical Society, Montréal, 7 December 2015.

  • “Parallel lives: Why quantum mechanics is a local realistic theory after all”, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), Amsterdam, 4 December 2015.

  • “Cryptography in a quantum world”, QuSoft Research Centre for Quantum Software, Amsterdam, 3 December 2015.

  • “Summary talk”, 5th International Conference on Quantum Cryptography (QCrypt), Tokyo, 2 October 2015 (with Charles Bennett).

  • “Physics meets cryptography”, 4th International Conference on Updating Quantum Cryptography and Communications (UQCC), Tokyo, 28 September 2015 (with Charles Bennett).

  • “La cryptographie dans un monde quantique”, Institut Tutte pour les mathématiques et le calcul, Ottawa, 9 September 2015.

  • “Cryptography in a quantum world”, University of Oxford (Department of Computer Science), 7 July 2015.

  • “Parallel lives: Why quantum mechanics is a local realistic theory after all”, University of Oxford (Department of Physics), 6 July 2015.

  • “A personal perspective on quantum cryptography”, Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, Switzerland, 27 May 2015.

  • “Exact classical simulation of the GHZ distribution”, INTRIQ Biannual Meeting, Bromont, 29 April 2015.

  • “Parallel lives: Why quantum mechanics is a local realistic theory after all”, 14th Conference on New Directions in the Foundations of Physics, Washington, DC, 24 April 2015.

  • “A personal perspective on quantum cryptography”, Annual Special Lecture for Students, Quantum Science and Technology (QSIT), ETH Hönggerberg, 3 December 2014.

  • “Exact classical simulation of the GHZ distribution”, Université Paris Diderot, 12 November 2014.

  • “Exact classical simulation of the GHZ distribution”, ETH Hönggerberg, 3 November 2014.

  • “Simulation classique exacte de la distribution GHZ”, Université de Genève, 28 October 2014.

  • “Cryptography in a quantum world”, Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, Switzerland, 21 October 2014.

  • “Cryptography in a quantum world”, ITS Science Colloquium, Institute for Theoretical Studies, ETH Zürich, 2 October 2014.

  • “Thirty years of quantum cryptography” (round table), 4th International Conference on Quantum Cryptography (QCrypt), Paris, 2 September 2014.

  • “La cryptographie dans un monde quantique”, Université de Genève, 29 August 2014.

  • “Cryptography in a quantum world”, 14th Asian Quantum Information Science Conference (AQIS), Kyoto, 20 August 2014.

  • “Key establishment à la Merkle in a quantum world”, ETH Hönggerberg, 14 July 2014.

  • “Rise of the quantum age”, Distinguished Lecture Series, University of Dallas, Texas, 25 April 2014.

  • “Exact simulation of the GHZ distribution with finite expected communication”, Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, 16 April 2014.

  • “Quantum cryptography beyond QKD”, idQ Winter School, les Diablerets, Switzerland, 23 January 2014.

  • “History of quantum cryptography”, idQ Winter School, les Diablerets, Switzerland, 20 January 2014.

  • “Parallel lives”, ETH Zürich, 14 January 2014.

  • “Créer l'étincelle”, Event at Centre des loisirs scientifiques de Montréal, Planétarium de Montréal, 25 November 2013.

  • “Exact simulation of the GHZ distribution with finite expected communication”, Meeting of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), Magog, 16 November 2013.

  • “Calcul réversible”, Club mathématique de l'Université de Montréal, 9 October 2013.

  • “Quantum communication complexity and pseudotelepathy” (tutorial), Computability in Europe (CiE) / Unconventional Computation and Natural Computation (UCNC), Milano, Italy, 5 July 2013.

  • “Cryptography in the quantum age” (tutorial), Computability in Europe (CiE) / Unconventional Computation and Natural Computation (UCNC), Milano, Italy, 3 July 2013.

  • “Rise of the quantum age” (tutorial), Computability in Europe (CiE) / Unconventional Computation and Natural Computation (UCNC), Milano, Italy, 2 July 2013.

  • “L'importance de la science fondamentale”, Petit-déjeûner des Amies d'affaires, invited by Suzanne Fortier, then NSERC President , Hôtel Ritz de Montréal, 1st February 2013.

  • “Key establishment à la Merkle in a quantum world”, International Conference on Quantum Information and Quantum Computing, Bangalore, India, 7 January 2013.

  • Invited with Claude Crépeau at La Grande Équation, Radio Ville-Marie, 5 October 2012.

  • “L'Ascension de l'ère quantique”, Public lecture delivered at Google Montréal, 20 September 2012.

  • “Rise of the quantum age”, Public lecture in the context of the 2nd Annual Conference on Quantum Cryptography (QCrypt), Singapore, 11 September 2012.

  • “Quantum communication complexity”, South African School and Workshop on Theoretical Aspects of Quantum Information and Quantum Computing, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Muizenberg, South Africa, 13 June 2012.

  • “Quantum cryptography”, South African School and Workshop on Theoretical Aspects of Quantum Information and Quantum Computing, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Muizenberg, South Africa, 11 June 2012.

  • “Key establishment à la Merkle in a quantum world”, Tsinghua-Aarhus CTIC Workshop on Quantum Information Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 23 May 2012.

  • “Les codes secrets de Turing à l'éternité”, Club mathématique, Université de Montréal, 11 January 2012.

  • “Quantum cryptography: History and perspectives”, International School on Quantum and Nano Computing Systems and Applications, Agra, India, 2 December 2011.

  • “Key establishment à la Merkle in a quantum world”, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India, 29 November 2011.

  • “Quantum cryptography: History and perspectives”, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India, 28 November 2011.

  • “Recherche scientifique : Quelle place pour l'audace ?”, Bar des sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal, 17 November 2011.

  • “Magie quantique en informatique”, École nationale supérieure d'informatique, Algiers, Algeria, 30 October 2011.

  • “Key distribution à la Merkle in a quantum world”, 8th International Conference on Progress in Theoretical Physics, Constantine, Algeria, 25 October 2011.

  • “Quantum magic for everyone” (plenary talk), 8th International Conference on Progress in Theoretical Physics, Constantine, Algeria, 24 October 2011.

  • “Quantum magic in secret communication”, Hitachi Distinguished Lecture, University of Oklahoma, 23 September 2011.

  • “Les codes secrets à travers les âges”, Club mathématique, Université de Montréal, 21 September 2011.

  • “After dinner speech”, First Annual Conference on Quantum Cryptography (QCrypt), Zürich, 14 September 2011(with Charles Bennett).

  • “Key distribution à la Merkle in a quantum world”, University of California, Berkeley, 1st September 2011.

  • “Key distribution à la Merkle in a quantum world”, Korea Institute for Advanced Study, Seoul, South Korea, 31 August 2011.

  • “Quantum magic in secret communication” (Keynote Address), 11th Asian Quantum Information Science Conference (AQIS), Busan, South Korea, 26 August 2011.

  • “Quantum key distribution à la Merkle”, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), Amsterdam, 11 July 2011.

  • “Communication complexity”, 11th Canadian Summer School on Quantum Information, 13&14 June 2011.

  • “Is information the key?”, Workshop on Conceptual Foundations and Foils for Quantum Information Processing, Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, 9 May 2011.

  • “NSERC and me”, Short talk given to CRSNG Council, Ottawa, 7 March 2011.

  • “Quantum magic for everyone”, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, 17 February 2011.

  • “Quantum magic in secret communication”, Distinguished Lecture Series, University of Waterloo, 10 February 2011.

  • “Quantum pseudotelepathy”, National University of Singapore, 18 January 2011.

  • “Quantum pseudotelepathy”, Silver Jubilee Symposium on 75 Years of Quantum Entanglement, Kolkata, India, 6 January 2011.

  • “Quantum magic for everyone”, Bose Institute, Kolkata, India, 5 January 2011.

  • “Magie quantique pour tous”, Public lecture, Université de Montréal, 2 December 2010.

  • “Quantum magic for everyone”, Royal Canadian Institute, The Foundation Lectures, Toronto, 25 November 2010.

  • “Quantum information and privacy”, ETH Zürich, 19 November 2010. (Lecture given together with Charles Bennett on the occasion of our Doctorate Honoris Causa)

  • “Can free will emerge from determinism in quantum theory?”, Is Science Compatible with our Desire for Freedom?, Social Trends Institute, Barcelone, 29 October 2010.

  • “Key distribution and oblivious transfer à la Merkle”, University of Luxembourg, 1st July 2010.

  • “Gentlemen cannot read each other's quanta”, The New Codebreakers: A Celebration of the 80th Birthday of David Kahn, Luxembourg, 28 June 2010.

  • “Quantum foundations in the light of quantum information”, INTRIQ Biannual Meeting, Saint-Sauveur, 7 June 2010.

  • “Quantum magic in secret communication”, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Catalunya, 28 May 2010.

  • “Silver quantum cryptography”, The Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO), Barcelona, 20 May 2010.

  • “Loss-tolerant quantum coin flipping”, The Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO), Barcelona, 13 May 2010.

  • “The ABC's of quantum magic / L'ABC de la magie quantique”, Bacon & Eggheads Breakfasts, Parliament of Canada, Ottawa, 22 April 2010.

  • “Quantum magic in secret communication”, PIMS-Calgary Collaborative Research Groups (CRG) Launch, University of Calgary, 6 April 2010.

  • “Quantum cryptography”, Université of Ottawa, 1st April 2010.

  • “Silver quantum cryptography”, 13th Workshop on Quantum Information Processing (QIP), After Dinner speech, Zürich, 21 January 2010.

  • “Vingt-cinq ans après, with apologies to Alexandre Dumas”, 4th International Conference on Risks and Security of Internet and Systems (CRiSIS), Toulouse, 20 October 2009.

  • “How John inadvertently sent me on a quantum quest”, Symposium in honour of John Hopcroft's 70th birthday, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 9 October 2009.

  • “Quantum cryptography”, Physics Colloquium, ETH Zürich, 30 September 2009.

  • “Loss-tolerant quantum coin flipping”, Classical and Quantum Information Assurance Foundations and Practice, Dagstuhl Schloss, Germany, 29 July 2009.

  • “Quantum magic in information processing”, Canadian Higher Education IT Conference (CANHEIT), Montréal, 10 June 2009.

  • “Introduction to quantum cryptography”, INTRIQ Biannual Meeting, Jouvence, QC, 21 May 2009.

  • “Les codes secrets à travers les âges”, Grande Conférence du Centre de recherches mathématiques, Montréal, 16 April 2009.

  • “The origin of quantum cryptography”, Santa's Crypto Get-Together, Prague, Czech Republic, 4 December 2008.

  • “Magie quantique en informatique”, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, 19&20 November 2008.

  • “Informatique quantique”, Université du Québec à Montréal, 13 November 2008.

  • “La cryptographie quantique”, Club mathématique, Université de Montréal, 12 November 2008.

  • “The origin of quantum key distribution: A personal perspective”, Quantum Key Distribution Network Demonstration Scientific Conference (SECOQC), Vienna, Austria, 10 October 2008.

  • “Vingt-cinq ans après, with apologies to Alexandre Dumas”, IACR Distinguished Lecture, Crypto 2008, Santa Barbara, CA, 18 August 2008.

  • “Quantum communication complexity and pseudo-telepathy”, La Sapienza, Rome, 10 July 2008.

  • “A quarter century of quantum key distribution – A personal perspective”, La Sapienza, Rome, 27 June 2008.

  • “Pile ou face quantique tolérant aux pertes”, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France, 9 May 2008.

  • “A quarter century of quantum key distribution – A personal perspective” (after-banquet speech), Solvay Workshop on Bits, Quanta and Complex Systems, Bruxelles, 2 May 2008.

  • “Les codes secrets, de l’Antiquité à demain”, Belles Soirées, Université de Montréal, 31 March 2008.

  • “A strict hierarchy of Bell theorems”, Workshop on Multiparty Quantum Information, McGill’s Bellairs Research Institute, Barbados, 13 March 2008.

  • “Twenty-five years of quantum key distribution” (Keynote Address), 2nd International Conference on Quantum, Nano, and Micro Technologies (ICQNM08), Sainte-Luce, Martinique, 11 February 2008.

  • “A personal perspective on quantum cryptography” (Faculty of Science Distinguished Lecture), University of Calgary, 28 September 2007.

  • “Quantum information processing” (tutorial), 6th International Conference on Unconventional Computation (UC'07), Queen's University, Kingston, 14 August 2007.

  • “Quantum foundations in the light of quantum information”, C&O@40 Conference: A celebration of 40 years of Combinatorics and Optimization at the University of Waterloo, 23 June 2007.

  • “Intrication : Mystères et applications”, Nouvelles perspectives sur la Matière, la Lumière et l’Univers, Université Interdisciplinaire de Paris, Sorbonne, Paris, 2 June 2007.

  • “Pseudo-Telepathy”, Colloque panquébécois des étudiants, ISM, Concordia, 13 May 2007.

  • “Loss-tolerant quantum coin tossing”, Meeting of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), St John's, Newfoundland, 2 May 2007.

  • “Quantum foundations in the light of quantum information”, New Directions in the Foundations of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, 14 April 2007.

  • “La cryptographie : Un futur au passé moins-que-parfait”, Special talk to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Computer Science Department at Université de Montréal, 2 November 2006.

  • “Calcul réversible et démon de Maxwell” (Keynote Talk), 50e congrès de l’Association mathématique du Québec (AMQ), Shawinigan, 20 October 2006.

  • “Quantum cryptography”, First Annual QuantumWorks Conference, Waterloo, 27 September 2006.

  • “Quantum cryptography: The past, the present and the future”, University College London, 4 August 2006.

  • “And God said: Let there be confidentiality”, IEEE Lasers & Electro-Optics Society Summer Topical Meeting (LEOS), Québec, 17 July 2006.

THE LIST OF INVITED CONFERENCES BETWEEN JUNE 2002 AND MAY 2006 HAS BEEN LOST

  • “Mysteries of entanglement and symmetries with communication”, Symmetries and Mysteries: Symposium on the Occasion of David Mermin's Retirement, Cornell University, May 2002.

  • “Tradeoffs between quantum entanglement and classical communication”, McGill University, April 2002.

  • “Quantum information processing”, Meeting between Québec's MRST and New York's NYSTAR, Montréal, March 2002.

  • “Quantum information processing”, School on Quantum Physics and Information Processing (QPIP'02), Mumbai, India, February 2002.

  • “Quantum information processing” (tutorial), SSGRR Conference, L'Aquila, Italy, January 2002.

  • “Quantum information processing”, Communications Security Establishment, Ottawa, June 2001.

  • “Quantum cryptography”, Summer School in Quantum Information Processing, Fields Institute, Toronto, May 2001.

  • “Trading entanglement for communication”, 4th Conference on Quantum Information Processing (QIP'01), Amsterdam, January 2001.

  • “Quantum communication complexity”, Meeting of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), Banff, September 2000.

  • “Quantum communication complexity”, University of California, Berkeley, August 2000.

  • “Quantum communication complexity”, NATO Workshop on Decoherence and its Implications in Quantum Computing and Information Transfer, Mykonos, Greece, June 2000.

  • “Quantum foundations in the light of quantum cryptography”, Workshop on Quantum Foundations in the Light of Quantum Information, Montréal, May 2000.

  • “Quantum information processing”, Florida State University, Thallahassee, 23 March 2000.

  • “Challenges in quantum cryptography”, DARPA Workshop, University of California, Berkeley, 12 February 2000.

  • “Trading entanglement for classical communication”, Annual Meeting of the American Mathematics Society, Washington, DC, 20 January 2000.

  • “Unconventional information processing”, Presentation to the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) to initiate the creation of what became their Quantum Information Science program, Toronto, 30 October 1999.

  • “Quantum information processing”, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 18 November 1999.

  • “Quantum information processing”, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, 19 November 1999.

  • “Quantum information processing”, Canadian Workshop on Information Theory, Kingston, June 1999.

  • “Quantum communication and cryptography”, NSF Workshop on Quantum Information Science, Arlington, 28 October 1999.

  • “Quantum information processing”, University of Latvia, Riga, May 1999.

  • “Spooky communication complexity”, RAND Workshop, Gif-sur-Yvette, France, May 1999.

  • “Quantum teleportation”, University of Maryland, Baltimore, April 1999.

  • “The many faces of quantum nonlocality”, Subtle Technologies Conference, Toronto, April 1999.

  • “Quantum computing”, University of Western Ontario, March 1999.

  • “Constructive logic”, University of Western Ontario, March 1999.

  • “Informatique quantique”, Université du Québec à Montréal, March 1999.

  • “Quantum information processing”, Photonics Research Ontario, University of Toronto, February 1999.

  • “The security of quantum bit commitment schemes”, 2nd Workshop on Algorithms in Quantum Information Processing (AQIP'99), Chicago, January 1999.

  • “The security of quantum bit commitment schemes”, 23rd International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science, Brno, Czech Republic, August 1998.

  • “Quantum cryptography”, Summer School in Cryptology and Data Security, Aarhus, Denmark, July 1998.

  • “New horizons in quantum information processing”, 25th International Conference on Automata, Languages and Programming (ICALP), Aalborg, Denmark, July 1998.

  • “Téléportation quantique”, Colloque international aux frontières de la physique, Université interdisciplinaire de Paris, 4 June 1998.

  • “Quantum information processing”, 36th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control and Computing, September 1998.

  • “Quantum information processing”, McGill University, October 1998.

  • “Théorie de l'information quantique”, Colloque de l'ISM, Université Laval, Québec, 3 April 1998.

  • “Quantum information processing”, 3rd Latin American Theoretical Informatics Conference (LATIN'98), Campinas, Brazil, April 1998.

  • “Quantum information processing”, London, Ontario, 1st April 1998.

  • “Théorie de l'information quantique”, Colloque CRM-ISM, Université de Montréal, 27 March 1998.

  • “Quantum teleportation”, University of Hong Kong, 20 March 1998.

  • “Quantum information processing”, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, 18 March 1998.

  • “Quantum cryptography”, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 24 March 1998.

  • “Multi-particle entanglement via 2-particle entanglement”, First NASA International Conference in Quantum Computing and Quantum Communications, Palm Springs, CA, February 1998.

  • “The impact of quantum mechanics on cryptology”, The University of Telecommunications of St Petersburg, Russia, 1st September 1997.

  • “What are the pros and cons of cryptography?”, International Conference on Privacy, Montréal, 24 September 1997.

  • “Quantum information processing: The good, the bad and the ugly”, Crypto'97, Santa Barbara, CA, August 1997.

  • “Quantum information processing”, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, 27 October 1997.

  • “Quantum information processing”, 9th Annual Frontiers of Science Symposium, US National Academy of Sciences, Irvine, CA, 7 November 1997.

  • “Quantum information processing” (Plenary talk), 4th Canadian Undergraduate Mathematics Conference (CUMC/CCÉM), Université de Montréal, 11 July 1997.

  • “Quantum entanglement purification”, Quantum Computation Workshop, Torino, Italy, 1st July 1997.

  • “Quantum mysteries in computer science”, Société Sigma Xi, Ottawa, 20 February 1997.

  • “Quantum mysteries in computer science”, Société Sigma Xi, Montréal, 13 January 1997.

  • “Ordinateurs quantiques”, École Polytechnique de Montréal, 25 March 1997.

  • “Cryptographie quantique”, École Polytechnique de Montréal, 6 February 1997.

  • “Recent developments in quantum cryptography”, Pragocrypt '96, Prague, Czech Republic, 1st October 1996.

  • “Quantum mysteries in computer science”, McGill University, 18 November 1996.

  • “Quantum mysteries in computer science”, Royal Society of Canada, Montréal, 25 October 1996.

  • “Quantum information theory”, Technion, Haifa, Israel, 6 June 1996.

  • “Quantum computing: The end of classical cryptography?”, University of New England, Armidale, Australia, June 1995.

  • “Quantum computing: The end of classical cryptography?”, International Conference on Cryptography: Policy and Algorithms, Brisbane, Australia, July 1995.

  • “Ordinateurs quantiques”, Club mathématique, Université de Montréal, October 1995.

  • “Mystères quantiques en informatique”, Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, Montréal, November 1995.

  • “Quantum magic”, Informatics Colloquia, University of Wollongong, Australia, 1995.

  • “Quantum factoring”, University of Wollongong, Australia, 1995.

  • “Quantum computing: The end of classical cryptography” (two talks), University of Wollongong, Australia, 1995.

  • “Quantum cryptography”, University of Sydney, Australia, 1995.

  • “Quantum cryptography”, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 1995.

  • “Quantum computing”, Distinguished Lecturers Series, ETH Zürich, November 1994.

  • “La physique quantique en informatique” (two talks), Université de Marseilles, France, 1994.

  • “La physique quantique en informatique” (two talks), Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgique, 1994.

  • “La physique quantique en informatique” (two talks), École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France, 1994.

  • “Introduction to quantum crytography”, NIST Workshop on Quantum Computing and Communication, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 1994.

  • “The strange properties of quantum information”, Clarkson University, 1994.

  • “Survey of cryptographic techniques”, Cryptography Day, IBM T.J. Watson Research Laboratory, 1994.

  • “Cryptographie quantique”, Eastman Lecturer for the Optical Society of America, DRDC Valcartier Research Centre, February 1994.

  • “Quantum cryptography (and other magic)”, Distinguished Lecturer, University of Waterloo, March 1994.

  • “Les propriétés bizarres de l'information quantique”, Université Laval, February 1994.

  • “L'ordinateur quantique”, Université du Québec à Montréal, April 1994.

  • “Quantum cryptography (and other magic)”, CMS-MAA Joint Invited Address, First Joint AMS-CMS-MAA Meeting, Vancouver, August 1993.

  • “Generalized privacy amplification”, Dagstuhl Schloss, Germany, December 1993.

  • “Distillation de secrets”, École Normale Supérieure, Paris, September 1993.

  • “Quantum cryptography and other magic”, University of Toronto, October 1993.

  • “Cryptographie quantique ou comment protéger l'information privée à l'heure de l'autoroute électronique”, Centre de Recherche Informatique de Montréal (CRIM), 1993.

  • “Classical techniques for quantum cryptography”, Dagstuhl Schloss, Germany, October 1993.

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