The Quantum AI Series features exclusive interviews of the global innovators shaping the future of quantum computing. In Episode 4, Maëva Ghonda, the founder and chair of the Quantum AI Institute, interviews Dr. Michele Mosca, CEO of evolutionQ Inc. Dr. Mosca is an entrepreneur, an inventor, a professor and the co-founder of the Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo. He has made significant contributions to the development of quantum computer algorithms and he pioneered implementations of quantum algorithms using nuclear magnetic resonance.

Dr. Mosca earned his PhD in Mathematics in 1999 from Oxford on the topic of Quantum Computer Algorithms. His research interests include quantum computation and cryptographic tools. He is globally recognized for his drive to help academia, industry and government prepare our cyber systems to be safe in an era with quantum computers. Dr. Mosca’s countless awards and honors include the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2013 and a Knighthood in the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 2018.