Practical Security Considerations for Quantum Key Distribution in Defence and Communications
Tomasz Widomski
Chairman
Tomasz Widomski holds degrees in Computer Science from the Warsaw University of Technology, Economist from the Warsaw Business of Economics, and an MBA in Cybersecurity from the Military University of Technology. He oversees the ELPROMA Time & Frequency division, achieving significant international successes with its R&D team, including the CERN White Rabbit project (2009-2013), DEMETRA Horizon 2020 (2014-2016), and GIANO Thales Alenia Space anti-spoofing authentication from the GALILEO satellite.
Tomasz specializes in professional time and quantum metrology and is an expert in cybersecurity, particularly in time synchronization attacks and time delay attacks. He is a member of the Atomic Time Scale Laboratories in Poland (TA(PL)) and holds accreditation from the State of Poland for the ITU delegation working on the UTC timescale. He has contributed to EU security draft groups for DG-ENERGY and DG-CONNECT and is a frequent lecturer at international conferences, including the NLPQT quantum key distribution (QKD) project. In 2023, Tomasz successfully supervised the “eCzasPL” (en. eTimePL) National Ground UTC Time Distribution Project in Poland, providing an alternative to GNSS ref. source of UTC(PL) time.
Practical Security Considerations for Quantum Key Distribution in Defence and Communications
Adam Widomski
QKD Research Assistant
Adam holds a Master's degree in Physics with a specialization in Optics from the University of Warsaw, which he obtained in 2019. Prior to that, he graduated in 2018 with a degree in Photonics from the Warsaw University of Technology, earning the title of Photonic Engineer.
His research interests include quantum key distribution (QKD), photonic integration, optical communication, and optical engineering. Adam has gained valuable experience as a guest scientist at the Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (INRIM) and the University of Oxford. He also contributed to the National Laboratory for Photonics and Quantum Technologies (NLPQT) project, working on QKD.
Outside of his scientific work, Adam has been actively involved in his community, serving as Vice- President, President, and Secretary of the Student Association of Optics and Photonics at the University of Warsaw. He is also the Vice-President and Co-founder of the Candela Foundation, which supports the Polish photonics community. Currently Adam is working on QKD systems at the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute in Berlin.
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Florian Fröwis
Business Development Director
Florian Fröwis is a QKD enthusiast who joined IDQ in 2018. His goal is to create value for the people out of quantum technology. Florian's background is in quantum theory with a PhD from the University of Innsbruck and several postdoc years in the Group of Applied Physics at the University of Geneva.