The second annual special QUASAR seminar to highlight undergraduate summer projects was held on August 21, 2025, at the University of Ottawa.

Congratulations to all speakers!

• Brian An (uOttawa): Creating a Sum-of-Squares Solver for Non-Commutative Polynomials
• Thomas Adminal (CarletonU): Clifford Hierarchy for Quantum Continuous Variable System
• Tasmi Ahmed (CarletonU): Stochastic Modeling of Entanglement Distribution Systems for Entanglement Based Quantum Key Distribution.
• Amber Hussain (CarletonU): Introducing Stochastic Modeling for Simulating a Memory-Assisted Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution system in Fiber Quantum Networks
• Fares Nada (CarletonU): Stochastic Modeling of a Memory-Assisted Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution System in Free-Space Metropolitan Environments
• Archishna Bhattacharyya (uOttawa): Sequential transmission at short times
• Kiera Hutton (uOttawa): Deciding Whether a C–Q Channel Preserves a Bit is QCMA-Complete