Quantum Security Unleashed: A New Era for Secure Communications and Systems
Keynote by Dr Johanna Sepúlveda
Tuesday, 25 February 2025
09:00—10:00
Quantum technologies enable the development of a wide range of new computers, sensors, and communication systems. These technologies have a profound impact on security, presenting both new challenges and significant opportunities to enhance it. They are reshaping areas such as distributed systems, cryptography, secure communication, and data protection. While post-quantum cryptography will secure the majority of applications, quantum cryptography will be essential for safeguarding high-stakes sectors such as government, defense, critical infrastructure, healthcare, and finance.
This talk will explore the different quantum technologies and their potential transformative capabilities. It will focus on quantum-secure communication and its global status, including the deployment of large-scale infrastructures such as the European Quantum Communication Infrastructure (EuroQCI). The future of this technology, along with the required NDSS contributions to the area will also be discussed.
Keynote Speaker: Dr Johanna Sepúlveda
Senior Expert and Technical Domain Manager for Quantum and Quantum-secure Technologies, Airbus Defence and Space
Johanna Sepúlveda received her M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering – Microelectronics from the University of São Paulo, Brazil. She was a Senior Researcher in the area of security and emerging technologies at the University of South Brittany (France), INRIA (France) and at the Technical University of Munich (Germany).
Currently, she holds a position as the Airbus Senior Expert on Quantum-Secure Technologies and Technical Domain Manager for Quantum Technologies in all Airbus Defence and Space, being Chief Engineer of different European quantum initiatives such as the European Quantum Communication Infrastructure (EuroQCI). She is also the vice-chair of the Strategic Advisory Board of Quantum Technologies for the European Commission and the leader of the Strategic Industry Roadmap at the European Quantum Industry Consortium (QuIC).
She has more than 15 years of experience in R&T and R&D in the area of security, networked systems, HPC, and quantum technologies.
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