Open-Source. Full Stack. Quantum Computing.
About Open Quantum Design
Open Quantum Design (OQD) is a non-profit organization committed to fostering a large collaborative effort between academia, industry, and government. The OQD intellectual property forms the world’s first open full stack quantum computer and uses revolutionary trapped ion technology. It was developed by Crystal Senko, Rajibul Islam and Roger Melko at the Institute for Quantum Computing and Perimeter Institute’s Quantum Intelligence Lab.
Founders
Crystal Senko
Crystal Senko
Crystal Senko
Dr. Crystal Senko is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Quantum Computing and with the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the Faculty of Science at the University of Waterloo. In the Trapped Ion Quantum Control lab, Senko’s research aims to harness the power of trapped ions as a scalable quantum computing platform. Dr. Senko is the Canada Research Chair in Trapped Ion Quantum Computing.
Rajibul Islam
Crystal Senko
Crystal Senko
Dr. K. Rajibul Islam is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Quantum Computing and with the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the Faculty of Science at the University of Waterloo. He is the Principal Investigator of the Laboratory for Quantum Information with Trapped Ions (QITI), where his research focuses on quantum simulation of frustrated spin models and quantum computing using laser-cooled trapped ions.
Roger Melko
Crystal Senko
Roger Melko
Dr. Roger Melko is a Professor with the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the Faculty of Science at the University of Waterloo and an Associate Faculty member at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. His research includes the development of algorithms and codes for the study of quantum matter, materials and devices. Dr. Melko is the founder of Perimeter Institute's Quantum Intelligence Lab.
Greg Dick
Crystal Senko
Roger Melko
Greg Dick is the Chief Executive Officer for Open Quantum Design. Greg has extensive non-profit leadership and governance experience, including serving as a senior executive at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. Greg is an accomplished author, having written several physics publications and textbooks. He is also an entrepreneur and founder of RESILIENT, an agency dedicated to helping organizations build for resilience against unexpected change.
Founding Contributors
Yi Hong Teoh
Severyn Balaniuk
Sehmimul Hoque
Sehmimul Hoque
Severyn Balaniuk
Sehmimul Hoque
Severyn Balaniuk
Severyn Balaniuk
Severyn Balaniuk
Collin Epstein
Anastasiia Bershanksa
Benjamin MacLellan
Benjamin MacLellan
Anastasiia Bershanksa
Benjamin MacLellan
Anastasiia Bershanksa
Anastasiia Bershanksa
Anastasiia Bershanksa
Nikolay Videnov
Anastasiia Bershanksa
Anastasiia Bershanksa
Leadership Council
Tobi Day-Hamilton
Tobi Day-Hamilton
Tobi Day-Hamilton
OQD Board Member & Leadership Council
Member at large;
Principal, Streetwise Consulting;
Board Chair, Grand River Hospital Foundation
Marty Deacon
Tobi Day-Hamilton
Tobi Day-Hamilton
OQD Leadership Council
Member at large;
Senate of Canada, Government of Canada
Zvonimir Bandic
Tobi Day-Hamilton
Zvonimir Bandic
OQD Co-founder & Leadership Council Open Source Advocate;
Quantum and AI Mentor, Creative Destruction Lab;
Co-founder, CHIPS Alliance; Board of Directors, CHIPS Alliance and RISC-V
Paul Bridger
Martin Laforest
Martin Laforest
OQD Co-founder & Leadership Council
Member at large;
Founder and CEO, Big Brook Asset Management;
Co-founder & CEO, Cognition Fund
Martin Laforest
Martin Laforest
Martin Laforest
OQD Leadership Council
Member at large;
Managing Partner, Quantacet; Board Member, Quantum Industry Canada;
Member of Advisory Council, Canada's National Quantum Strategy
Francesco Bova
Martin Laforest
Francesco Bova
OQD Leadership Council Economist in Residence;
Associate Professor, Rotman School of Management;
Chief Quantum Economist, Creative Destruction Lab