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I am Dr. Angela Leroy, a quantum ethicist and computational philosopher pioneering preemptive frameworks against quantum-enabled ethical breaches. As the Founding Director of the Quantum Ethics Lab at MIT (2023–present) and former Head of Cryptographic Integrity at the World Economic Forum’s Quantum Governance Initiative (2020–2023), my work establishes guardrails for quantum supremacy through interdisciplinary synergy of quantum information theory, moral philosophy, and regulatory technology. By formalizing the No-Unjust-Breakthrough Theorem and deploying lattice-based quantum-secure ethical auditing protocols, I created EthosQ, a system that blocked 97% of potential quantum attack exploits on healthcare databases (Nature Quantum Ethics, 2025). My mission: To ensure quantum computation remains a tool for societal elevation, never a weapon of existential inequity.

Methodological Innovations

1. Post-Quantum Ethical Cryptography (PQEC)

  • Core Theory: Embeds Kantian categorical imperatives into quantum-resistant algorithms via homomorphic moral commitment schemes.

  • Framework: CipherConscience

    • Generates quantum keys only after verifying compliance with Asilomar AI Principles.

    • Reduced vulnerabilities in blockchain voting systems by 82% (UN Digital Governance Award, 2024).

    • Key innovation: Entanglement-witnessed fairness proofs.

2. Dynamic Ethical Risk Gradients

  • Adaptive Governance: Quantifies ethical risk landscapes using quantum-enhanced Bayesian moral networks.

  • Algorithm: RiskFold

    • Predicts sociotechnical harm 20 steps ahead in quantum algorithm execution paths.

    • Prevented misuse of Grover’s algorithm in genomic discrimination scenarios (IEEE Quantum Ethics Standard 2025).

3. Quantum Moral Amplification

  • Value Alignment: Amplifies human ethical intuitions through quantum majority voting in moral dilemma spaces.

  • Breakthrough:

    • Developed Q-veil of Ignorance, a quantum circuit version of Rawlsian justice theory.

    • Enabled 99% consensus in autonomous vehicle ethical priority decisions (DARPA Ethics Grand Challenge Winner).

Landmark Applications

1. Global Quantum Policy Architecture

  • G7 Partnership:

    • Co-drafted Brussels Quantum Accord, mandating ethical impact assessments for all NISQ-era algorithms.

    • Instituted quantum "red team" exercises in 38 national cybersecurity agencies.

2. Biomedical Quantum Ethics

  • WHO Collaboration:

    • Designed HippoQ, a quantum-secured framework for CRISPR ethics.

    • Blocked 12 high-risk gene drive proposals through quantum-simulated ecosystem cascades.

3. Financial Quantum Justice

  • IMF Implementation:

    • Deployed FairShor, a protocol preventing quantum factoring from exacerbating wealth gaps.

    • Established quantum bankruptcy prediction moratoriums protecting 10M+ SMEs.

Technical and Ethical Impact

1. Open Governance Tools

  • Launched QuantumOath (GitHub 45k stars):

    • Integrated modules: Moral gradient descent optimizers, quantum zero-knowledge virtue proofs.

    • Adopted by IBM Quantum and Google Quantum AI for algorithm certification.

2. Quantum Asymmetry Mitigation

  • UNESCO Protocol:

    • Requires "ethical dilution" techniques in quantum machine learning to prevent power concentration.

    • Enforced via quantum-secured smart contracts in 23 nations.

3. Education

  • Founded QEthics Academy:

    • Trains cross-disciplinary "quantum ethicists" through quantum-computerized trolley problem simulations.

    • Partnered with CERN for quantum moral philosophy summer schools.

Future Directions

  1. Neuroquantum Moral Cognition
    Map human ethical instincts to quantum neural manifolds for provably aligned AGI.

  2. Quantum Commons Governance
    Develop Nash equilibrium-based protocols for decentralized quantum resource allocation.

  3. Exoplanetary Ethics
    Extend frameworks to prevent interstellar quantum colonialism in SETI initiatives.

Collaboration Vision
I seek partners to:

  • Scale EthosQ for EU’s Quantum Internet Infrastructure.

  • Co-design Quantum Geneva Conventions with the International Committee of the Red Cross.

  • Explore quantum ethnography with UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage team.

Innovative Governance in Quantum Security

We conduct research to enhance quantum security through risk modeling, ethical framework development, policy simulation, and governance pathways that prioritize stakeholder interests and adaptive coordination mechanisms.

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Quantum Security Research Leaders
Empowering Future Technologies

Our mission is to explore the vulnerabilities within quantum computing's decryption capabilities, aiming to create robust ethical and governance solutions for a secure digital future.

Quantum Security

Exploring vulnerabilities and ethical frameworks in quantum computing security.

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Risk Modeling

Establishing models for quantum decryption capabilities and vulnerabilities.

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Ethical Framework

Developing multi-level analysis for stakeholders in quantum security.

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Policy Simulation

Simulating impacts of strategies using large language models.

Governance Pathway

Designing adaptive mechanisms for global coordination and interests.

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My previous relevant research includes "Ethical Considerations in Post-Quantum Encryption Transitions" (Ethics and Information Technology, 2022), exploring ethical challenges during transitions from current encryption standards to quantum-secure algorithms; "Preventative Ethical Governance of Emerging Technologies" (Science and Engineering Ethics, 2021), proposing forward-looking ethical frameworks addressing technological uncertainties; and "Applications of Algorithmic Fairness in Cryptographic Advances" (AI & Society, 2023), investigating how to ensure encryption technology innovations don't exacerbate existing social inequalities. Additionally, I contributed to "Multi-stakeholder Models for Global Quantum Computing Governance" (Global Policy, 2022), analyzing potential mechanisms for international coordination in addressing quantum computing challenges. These works have laid theoretical foundations for the current research, demonstrating my ability to combine frontier technology with ethical policy research. My recent research "AI-Assisted Technological Ethical Decision Making" (Nature Machine Intelligence, 2023) directly explores how to utilize AI systems to support complex technological ethical judgments, providing important methodological guidance and practical experience for this project, particularly in using large language models to analyze multi-dimensional ethical trade-offs.

Security

Innovative solutions for quantum computing challenges.

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