Obiettivo "ERIDIAN will develop a market-ready quantum random number generator for Device Independent (DI) Quantum Cryptography (QKD), which offers the best possible security guarantees. The prototype developed in ERIDIAN will enable major industrial players to make DI QKD a commercial reality. Current, classical cryptography is based on the assumed difficulty of certain mathematical problems and thus insecure against future mathematical advances and against quantum computers. Quantum cryptography gives future-proof security guaranteed by physical laws, but until now is very difficult to commercialise: the user must trust the communications equipment and its supplier, making a mass-market approach impossible. The DI approach to quantum cryptography uses strong, directly observable data correlations, technically a ""loophole-free Bell Inequality Violation"" (BIV), to guarantee security. Because the security (or not) of the connection is transparent to the user, there is no need to trust the communications provider, greatly facilitating commercialisation. The first loophole-free BIVs were demonstrated in 2015, using laboratory-grade random number generators developed in the ERC starting grant AQUMET. ERIDIAN will advance to the prototype stage this randomness generation technology, a critical element of the BIV and thus a requirement for the DI approach. The availability of a commercial-grade randomness source suitable for BIVs will allow industrial actors such as telecommunications providers to enter the DI field and offer solutions to a broad range of customers." Campo scientifico natural sciencescomputer and information sciencescomputer securitycryptographyengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcomputer hardwarequantum computersengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationssocial scienceslaw Programma(i) H2020-EU.1.1. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme Argomento(i) ERC-PoC-2015 - ERC Proof of Concept Grant Invito a presentare proposte ERC-2015-PoC Vedi altri progetti per questo bando Meccanismo di finanziamento ERC-POC - Proof of Concept Grant Istituzione ospitante FUNDACIO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES Contribution nette de l'UE € 149 925,00 Indirizzo AVINGUDA CARL FRIEDRICH GAUSS 3 08860 Castelldefels Spagna Mostra sulla mappa Regione Este Cataluña Barcelona Tipo di attività Research Organisations Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Partecipazione a programmi di R&I dell'UE Opens in new window Rete di collaborazione HORIZON Opens in new window Costo totale € 149 925,00 Beneficiari (1) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo netto dell'UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto FUNDACIO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES Spagna Contribution nette de l'UE € 149 925,00 Indirizzo AVINGUDA CARL FRIEDRICH GAUSS 3 08860 Castelldefels Mostra sulla mappa Regione Este Cataluña Barcelona Tipo di attività Research Organisations Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Partecipazione a programmi di R&I dell'UE Opens in new window Rete di collaborazione HORIZON Opens in new window Costo totale € 149 925,00