Workshops
2021
Quantum Thermodynamics – Les Diablerets 2021
August 23 - August 27
Welcome to Quantum Thermodynamics summer school, hosted by external pageNCCR SwissMap and external pageSquid. It is designed to provide a solid introduction into to current approaches and problems within quantum thermodynamics, and is tailored to junior researchers entering the field.
Time in Quantum theory: from mathematical foundations to operational characterization
August 30 - September 3
A workshop on the topic of time in quantum mechanics to cover both practical aspects on the fundamental limitations to timekeeping and foundational aspects regarding the nature of time.
2019
Quantum Information for Developers (second edition)
8-12 September 2019
QuID 2019, a second edition of Quantum Information for Developers summer school, has taken place at ETH Zürich on September 8-12, 2019.
QuID brings together key academia and industry players in Zurich, to promote synergies and prepare concerted efforts towards quantum computing research in the region.
Mathematical Physics meets Quantum Information
24-28 June 2019
Collaboration between D-PHYS and SwissMap: a workshop aimed at mathematical physicists who are curious about tools developed in this field can be applied to new problems in quantum information theory.
Solstice of Foundations summer school (second edition)
17-21 June 2019
Solstice of Foundations is a summer school on quantum foundations hosted by ETH Zurich and Squid. It provides a solid introduction to current approaches and problems within foundations, and is tailored for junior researchers entering the field, like masters and PhD students.
Open Source Quantum Computing workshop
3-4 June 2019
If you are curious about the quantum buzz, and would like to contribute to open source quantum computing software development, this hands-on workshop will get you started.
Over the course of two days, we will cover:
Quantum computing, from basic principles to a state-of-the-art algorithm.
How to contribute to open source projects, from Git to good programming practices.
ProjectQ, a free open-source software suite for quantum computing.
(Collaboration between D-PHYS and Squid)
2018
Schrödinger lectures 2018 by Sandu Popescu
3-11 December 2018
Our visiting Schrödinger Professor Sandu Popescu, from the University of Bristol, UK, has given a short lecture course on "The flow of time in quantum mechanics".
Quantum Information for Developers
11-14 September 2018
QuID – Quantum Information for Developers – is a quantum computing summer school and hackathon. The event consists of two days of school followed by two days of hackathon. During the school days, two tracks are offered: one for participants new to quantum computing, and one for those already familiar with basic quantum formalism and algorithms. The hackathon days begin with a long tutorial on a given platform in the morning, followed by free programming with supervision in the afternoon. The platforms covered in depth are Q# and ProjectQ, plus a guest tutorial on Cirq. (more)
2017
Solstice of Foundations
18-23 June 2017
Solstice of Foundations is a biannual summer school on foundational quantum research. Despite there being a large academic community actively working on quantum foundations, and several specialized workshops for experts, there has been a lack of events directed at junior researchers entering the field, particularly in Europe. This summer school comes to fill that gap, providing a solid introduction to different approaches and problems within foundations.
The school is mostly directed at PhD students and junior postdocs in quantum information and related fields who are interested on quantum foundations. The first edition of the summer school took place at ETH Zurich in June 2017, attracting over 120 students, and covering four days of lectures on eight different topics - from nonlocality to quantum causality, contextuality, no-go theorems and experimental quantum foundations - given by world-leading experts. The lectures are all publicly available online, and a second edition in a similar format has been eagerly anticipated by the community. (more)
2015
7-11 September 2015
One of the most important questions in the foundations of physics, especially since the discovery of quantum theory, is the nature and role of time. We would like to bring together researchers from different areas ( foundations, thermodynamics, causality theory, relativity and quantum information theory in general) to discuss the role time plays in physics. (more)
2014
15-19 December 2014
Quantum error correction of decoherence and faulty control operations forms the backbone of all of quantum information processing. Despite remarkable progress on this front since the discovery of quantum error correcting codes more than a decade ago, important open problems in both theory and applications to real physical systems remain. (more)
13-17 October 2014
2011
12-16 September 2011
Quantum cryptography aims to achieve security from fundamental physical principles, such as the quantum mechanical phenomena of entanglement and Heisenberg's uncertainty principle. In the last few years significant progress has been made in the theoretical understanding of quantum cryptography and its technological feasibility has been demonstrated experimentally. Quantum cryptography is therefore regarded as one of the most promising candidates for a future quantum technology. (more)
9-12 August 2011
Can we use quantum information theory to explore the foundations of thermodynamics? Come to discuss topics like thermalization, heat engines, entropy measures in thermodynamics, the information-work relation, state preparation, and thermodynamics of small systems. (more)
2010
8-11 June 2010
A key focal point of modern physics is understanding the fundamental relationship between information theory and physics. What kind of information processing is possible depends on the laws of nature. Conversely, what kind of information processing is possible limits the laws of nature. (more)
18-12 January 2010
Quantum Information Processing (QIP) is a rapidly developing field of research spanning both physics and computer science. As the name implies, the field extends information processing (including computing and cryptography) to physical regimes where quantum effects become significant. (more)
2009
29-31 August 2009
Topological Quantum Computation is an exciting young field which draws on many areas of Theoretical Physics. Its focus is the exploitation of topologically ordered systems for quantum information processing. The aim of the symposium is to bring together an international set of experts and encourage them to share their latest ideas and start new collaborations. (more)
2008
Information Primitives and Laws of Nature
13-17 May 2008
Computer science and physics give two different ways of understanding the world. Consider for example a computation. From the perspective of computer science a particular protocol is carried out. This can be broken up into a set of primitive operations and the possibility of performing a given protocol hinges on whether each primitive protocol is possible. (more)