About this episode

Professor Vinod Vaikuntanathan discusses the importance of quantum cryptography and its implications for the future of encryption.

Secure information is essential in the digital exchanges of modern life. U.S. National Science Foundation-supported professor Vinod Vaikuntanathan discusses quantum cryptography and the future of encryption.

People in this episode

Guest: Vinod Vaikuntanathan

Topics covered

• quantum cryptography
• encryption
• digital security
• information technology
• science

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Organizations: U.S. National Science Foundation

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