QDOC kick-off: March 11-12

InstituteQ is pleased to welcome all Quantum Doctoral Program Pilot (QDOC) students, PIs and anyone working in quantum science and technology to QDOC’s official kickoff event. The purpose of this two-day event is to bring together attendees into one location to share research topics, exchange ideas during networking and poster sessions, and hear from quantum industry representatives.

See the details of the event below!

When: March 11-12
Where: Dipoli, Lumituuli, Otakaari 24, 02150 Espoo
Registration: Registration is closed

Instructions for arrival

IMPORTANT: Name tag collection (first name alphabetical order) and Poster installation takes place at 13:15-14:00. Please install your posters on any available poster board with provided pins.

For those arriving to Helsinki and utilizing metro, you can find walking direction below. Please download the HSL app and buy an AB zone ticket (3,20 €) for reaching Aalto University Metro station. Find details on zone tickets and the app here.

Please note that Otakaari street is under construction and the walking path might deviate from time to time.

Program

Program Overview

March 11

13:15–14:00 Name Tag Collection and Poster Installation

Session 1: Quantum Ecosystem

14:00–14:25 QDOC Welcome

14:25–14:30 Juho Pirinen, InstituteQ

14:30–14:50 David Karpuk, QMill

14:50–15:10 Juha Vartiainen, IQM – “Beyond the Lab: How PhDs Drive Innovation at IQM”

15:10–15:30 Matias Roos, Bluefors

Session 2: Student Posters

15:30–17:30 Posters + Reception (Salad Bar and Drinks)

17:30–18:00 Poster Removal

March 12

08:30–09:00 Coffee & Sandwiches

Session 3: Workshop on Science Communication

09:00–10:30 Christa Tammenluoto, Aalto University School of Business – “Getting Others Excited About Your Science”

10:30–10:45 Mahdi Moghaddam, InstituteQ – “How to Survive Your PhD Life in Finland?”

11:00–12:00 Lunch

QDOC kick-off Poster Session topics

Stanislav Khaldeev: Microwave correlator using traveling wave Josephson parametric amplifiers
Gustaf Malmberg: Philosophical Inquiries in Quantum Mechanics: From Bayesianism to Consciousness
Elias Ankerhold: Qubit Thermometry
Ana Vera Montoto: Stacking dependent Mott insulating vs bonding-antibonding in twisted bilayer TaS2
Nikita Machine: Quantum and Post-Quantum Cryptography
Jenna Räsänen: Compact model theory and quantum logics
Julia Ripatti: Hardware-aware optimization of variational quantum circuits
Anshika Mishra: Manipulation of Charged Defects in Monolayer NiBr2
Jori Taipale: Development and Business Opportunities of the National Quantum Ecosystem
Yousef Mafi: Quantum Entanglement Phase Transitions: Benchmarking Superconducting Quantum Computers
Ioana Moflic: On the constant depth implementation of Pauli exponentials
Harshit Sethi: Machine learning for high resolution tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy of molecular quantum materials
Alwin Andrews: Modelling Surface Chemistry and Defects in Quantum Devices
Sebastian Toivonen: Simulating the Dynamics of Quantum Dots using Hierarchy of Pure States
Aku Pajula: Photon concept as quantum state in science education
Vaishnav Vattathode Prem: Quantum Microwave Backscatter Communication
Toivo Hakanen: Next generation superconducting coolers
Niilo Heikkinen: Mathematical Aspects of Tensor Network States
Eetu Honkanen: Towards quantum accuracy in multiscale modelling of defects in ferromagnets
Kalle Raikisto: Joint qubit observables induced by indirect measurements in cavity QED
Christa Schauman: Managing hype in quantum computing
Simo Selinummi: Bouncing-ball quantum scars in two-dimensional systems
Juuso Attenberg: Magnon-phonon coupling in microsized yttrium iron garnet bridges
Lauri Vuorenkoski: Efficient transpiling of quantum circuits
Tejas Shinde: Quantum Algorithms for Multi-physics fluid dynamics simulations
Pratheek Malol: Single donor spin readout in silicon using commercial quantum dot devices
Evren Korkmazgil: Nonlinear Dynamics of Nanomechanical Drum Resonators due to Casimir Force
Markus Henttonen: Quantum magnetometers in neuroscience
Ashutosh Kumar: Machine Learning approaches for Quantum Error Correction
Guilherme Correr: Krylov Complexity, Thermalization and Chaos in Many-body systems
Otso Kinanen: Quantum software middleware
Clemens Lindner: Quantum machine learning
Dániel Nagy: Single Molecular Magnets as Quantum Processors
Debayan Bhattacharya: Benchmarking Hybrid Quantum Computing Systems
Ashish Panigrahi: Towards high-fidelity single-shot qubit readout with ultrasensitive bolometers
Tommi Malmelin: Spin and charge fluctuations in interacting flat-band systems
Sofia Pöntys: Pairing symmetry and gap structure in resonance valence band model
Bo Xu: Diamond quantum sensors
Yucai Lin: Multidimensional Photodetection with van der Waals Heterostructure
Subarna Adhikari: Cybersecurity of Quantum Hardware
Yitao Sun: Solving correlated super-moiré states above billion sites with a tensor network self-consistent method
Natale Matranga: Beyond Eliashberg theory in flat-band systems
Behnaz Fazlpour: Polarization of quantized light under Lorentz transformations
Anna Khylenko: Quantum control of subradiant states in transmon pair arrays
Alina Helena Sánchez Gallardo: Spin- and photophysics of NV- centres in diamond
Neehar Verma: PQ code-based PIR
Rahinatou Yuh Njah epouse Nchiwo: Attacking PLWE using special quadratic roots
Büşra Gamze Arslan: Observation of Edge States on NiI2/NbSe2
Lars Peeters: Optomagnonic coupling using whispering gallery modes in suspended YIG microdisks
Johan V. Dinesen: Star product of random codes
Marcel Niedermeier: Computing Chern numbers in two-band models with quantum circuits
Jie Huang: Enhancing AFM Image Analysis and Prediction through Machine Learning and Style Translation
Azhar Mahmood: Transition Towards Post-quantum Cryptography
Yuxiao Ding: Stacking Effect on Mott State in 1T-TaSe2