ACM Conference on Post-Quantum and Quantum-based Security
Panelists
Affiliation: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Biography: Dr. Dustin Moody is a mathematician in the Computer Security Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Dr. Moody leads the Post-Quantum Cryptography project at NIST. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 2009. His area of research deals with elliptic curves, and their applications in cryptography.
Affiliation: Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo; evolutionQ
Biography: Dr. Michele Mosca is a pioneer in quantum computing and cybersecurity who has helped shape the global quantum and quantum-safe technology ecosystem. He initiated the quantum computing effort at the University of Waterloo in 1999 and was a principal architect of its development into the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC), helping establish one of the world’s leading quantum research and innovation ecosystems. He is a founding member of Perimeter Institute and co-founder and CEO of evolutionQ. His work spans foundational quantum computing research, quantum-safe cybersecurity, talent development, commercialization, standards leadership, and international policy engagement. He has helped create or grow initiatives including Open Quantum Safe, the ETSI-IQC Quantum-Safe Cryptography Conference, Quantum-Safe Canada, Quantum Industry Canada, QCSYS/QSYS, and CryptoWorks21.