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Dr. Petros Wallden, (in Greek: Πέτρος Βαλντέν)

Lecturer (Assistant Professor)
University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science (LFCS), School of Informatics

Member: Security & Privacy Group, Quantum Informatics Group, Quantum Information Scotland QUISCO, QI-LIP6 Paris

Publications from Google Scholar, Profile from Edinburgh Research Explorer

Latest News

  • Opening: I am seeking a PhD student to work on Quantum Cryptography and Quantum Computing. If interested email me.
  • Call for Papers: Special Issue on "Quantum Cryptography and Cyber Security". Details here
  • Call for Papers: Special Issue on "Measurement-Based Quantum Computation". Details here
  • New MSc Course: Our School has established a new MSc in Cyber Security, Privacy and Trust. Details here
  • Organising: Workshop on "Cyber Security in the Age of Quantum Computing" University of Edinburgh, 27th February 2019. Details here. Part of SICSA Cyber Nexus series.
  • PC committee: QCrypt 2019 (link)
  • Organising (General Chair -- Local Organisation): International Conference on Practice and Theory of Public Key Cryptography (PKC), Edinburgh, 2020 (link).

Other News

  • Organised: Workshop: "Quantum Information in Scotland" University of Edinburgh, 30th January 2018. website
  • Organised: Workshop: "Quantum Information Technologies: Challenges and Applications" University of Edinburgh, 30th & 31st October 2017. website
  • Preprint: "Methods for Classically Simulating Noisy Networked Quantum Architectures" I. Vankov, D. Mills, P. Wallden and E. Kashefi link
  • Preprint: "On the possibility of classical client blind quantum computing" A. Cojocaru, L. Colisson, E. Kashefi and P. Wallden link
  • Preprint: "The Quantum Cut-and-Choose Technique and Quantum Two-Party Computation" E. Kashefi, L. Music and P. Wallden link
  • Recently Published: "Efficient Unconditionally Secure Signatures Using Universal Hashing" R. Amiri, A. Abidin, P. Wallden and E. Andersson ACNS2018
  • Invited Speaker: 22nd Symposium on Quantum Information, Leeds 2018 link
  • Invited Colloquium: Heriot Watt University, November 2018 link
  • Invited Speaker: Trustworthy Quantum Information 2017 link
  • Invited Speaker: 6th International Conference on New Frontiers in Physics 2017 link
Selected Publications
  • "Rigidity of quantum steering and one-sided device-independent verifiable quantum computation" A. Gheorghiu, P. Wallden and E. Kashefi, NJP (2017)
  • "Robustness and device independence of verifiable quantum computing" A. Gheorghiu, E. Kashefi and P. Wallden, NJP (2015)
  • "Quantum Digital Signatures without Quantum Memory" V. Dunjko, P. Wallden and E. Andersson, PRL (2014)
  • "A histories perspective on characterizing quantum non-locality" F. Dowker, J. Henson and P. Wallden, NJP (2014)
  • "Realization of Quantum Digital Signatures without the Requirement of Quantum Memory" R. Collins et al, PRL(2014) (Featured in Physics & Editors' Suggestion)
  • "Free-space quantum signatures using heterodyne detection" C. Croal et al, PRL (2016)