Canada Funds Quantum Auto Security Research

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The Canadian federal government has awarded three researchers at the University of Windsor with funding to advance quantum science projects, including a project to develop cryptographic algorithms that can protect data from quantum cyberattacks.

www.eetimes.com, Mar. 18, 2025 – 

UWindsor engineering professor Mitra Mirhassani, who specializes in automobile hardware cybersecurity, has been awarded $755,000 CAD (about $ 527,836) as part of a broader $5 million CAD (about $3,495,525) research project. She is co-founder of the Shield Automotive Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence at the university, and told EE Times in an interview that the funding will allow for the creation of customized solutions for automotive security and IoT, as well as train the professionals and experts in the emerging field of quantum security.

Mirhassani is collaborating with industry partners Ansys Canada Ltd., an engineering simulations software developer, and CMC Microsystems, a Canadian not-for-profit organization that accelerates research and innovation in advanced technologies. Ansys’ in-kind contributions make up the bulk of the research project’s funding.

Mirhassani’s background is mostly cybersecurity, she said, and her research is not strictly so much quantum as it is protecting current infrastructure and electronics for when quantum computers materialize—a reality quantum experts say is five years away, which is not a lot of time to mobilize industries like automotive. “NIST actually has requested most organisations to start thinking about shifting to post quantum cryptography,” she said.

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