Ashwin Nayak (Professor, University of Waterloo) will be visiting IRIF from September to October 2024. His research interests include quantum algorithms, complexity, and communication. He has collaborated extensively with Dr. Frédéric Magniez and other members of IRIF on these topics. Building on their research collaborations, Dr. Magniez and he led an international student exchange program between Canada and a number of EU institutions, and a PICS project between the Institute for Quantum Computing at U. Waterloo and IRIF. Ashwin is looking forward to renewing these ties in the upcoming visit.