The University of Queensland (UQ) was a founding institution of the Special Research Centre for Quantum Computing Technology established in 2000, and the subsequent ARC Centres of Excellence scheme funded from 2003. Based at the St Lucia Campus, the node hosts two Chief Investigators – Centre Executive Professor Tim Ralph and Dr Austin Lund – with a team of 9 researchers and students.
Prof. Ralph leads the Quantum Communication Information Theory Program and Dr Austin Lund is the Work Package Leader for Protocol Development Work Package and Program Manager for the Optical Quantum Computing Theory Program.