Posts Tagged: international

Quantum Cryptography is Made Safer Through Hacking

One of the fundamental tenets of quantum mechanics is that measuring a physical system always disturbs it. If the system in question is a message in a series of digital bits encoded in the polarisation of light, this means that…

World Cup Security Using Physics to Outwit Hackers

South African physicists are using quantum cryptography to encrypt messages and data networks between Durban’s Moses Mabhida Stadium and police headquarters during the World Cup. The system, which uses particles of light, or photons, instead of math functions, is an…

PhD Candidate Earns ITF Young Researcher of the Year Award

U of T Engineering student Hossam Abdelgawad (CivE) received the Young Researcher of the Year Award 2010 at the International Transport Forum, the leading global mobility summit, held in Leipzig, Germany on May 27. The 27-year-old PhD candidate was recognized for his…

Two CivE Professors work to improve transit in Mecca

Eric Miller and Amer Shalaby from the Department of Civil Engineering are part of a worldwide group of transport engineers working with the Hajj Center of Research Excellence to find solutions to Mecca’s dense traffic, especially during the hajj, the world’s largest pilgrimage. The…
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