NSERC CREATE in Building a Workforce for the Cryptographic Infrstructure of the 21st century (BWCI-21)

信息安全是信息和通信技术(信通技术)的核心。 世界各地的组织不遗余力地确保重要信息的安全和保护。随着新技术的出现--例如对信息安全构成新威胁的量子信息处理--开发创新战略以保障数据安全的必要性也在不断增加。因此，开发尖端工具和培训该领域的下一代高素质人员(HQP)变得越来越重要。 这项拟议的计划名为NSERC Create Training Program，旨在为21世纪的加密基础设施(BWCI-21)建立一支劳动力队伍，它将为这一新一代HQP做好准备，为量子抵抗加密技术开创一种新的全球基础设施。 BWCI-21培训计划由滑铁卢大学应用密码研究中心(CACR)和量子计算研究所(IQC)主办，由世界知名研究人员领导，包括目前在其他任何地方都无法获得的集成技术和专业组件。 通过指导、跨学科合作以及与行业和政府的合作伙伴关系，该计划将把加拿大独特地定位为世界“量子谷”--量子技术和加密基础设施的中心，将确保量子时代的信息安全。

Information security is at the core of information and communication technologies (ICT). Organizations around the world go to great lengths to ensure important information is secured and protected. As new technologies emerge - such as quantum information processing, which poses novel threats to information security - so too does the need to develop innovative strategies to guarantee data security. It is therefore increasingly important to develop cutting-edge tools and train the next generation of Highly Qualified Personnel (HQP) in the field. The proposed program, NSERC CREATE Training Program in Building a Workforce for the Cryptographic Infrastructure of the 21st Century (BWCI-21), will prepare this new generation of HQP to pioneer a new global infrastructure for quantum-resistant cryptography. Hosted by the University of Waterloo's Centre for Applied Cryptographic Research (CACR) and Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC), and led by world-renowned researchers, the BWCI-21 training program includes integrated technical and professional components not currently available anywhere else. Through mentorship, cross-disciplinary collaborations, and partnerships with industry and government, this program will uniquely position Canada as the world's "Quantum Valley" - the epicentre of quantum technologies and the cryptographic infrastructure that will ensure information security in the quantum age.