Dear all Valerio Scarani will be visiting us next week. After his talk on Monday in the CS department, he will give a second, more physics-oriented talk on Tuesday afternoon (see below). I hope to see many of you there. Best wishes Renato Begin forwarded message:

From: Ilona Blatter <ilona.blatter@phys.ethz.ch> Date: September 17, 2010 12:14:47 GMT+02:00 To: <qsit-announce@phys.ethz.ch> Subject: Seminar by Valerio Scarani, Tue September 21, 2010

Dear all

Please be informed about the following sminar.

With best regards, Ilona --------------------------------------------------- Date: Tuesday September 21, 2010 Time: 17:15 Place: HIT E 41.1 Host: Renato Renner

Practical quantum cryptography: recent progresses Valerio Scarani National University of Singapore, Singapore

Abstract: Some time ago, I co-authored a review article on practical quantum cryptography [1]. The field has not stopped progressing since then. I shall sketch the initial developments as presented in [1], for the sake of those who are not familiar with them; then I shall present the more recent results and suggest some ideas for the future.

[1] V.S. et al., Rev. Mod. Phys. 81, 1301 (2009)

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