Centre for Quantum Technologies

Happy Diwali!

CQT contributed artefacts to In the Ether–A Festival of Quantum Science and Technology at ArtScience Museum. Find:
✅quantum computing chips
✅a model of quantum satellite SpooQy-1
✅a quantum gravimeter
✅our researchers (on video) to answer your questions
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At our previous "Show Us Your Science" slot at Science Centre Singapore in September, we were with our colleagues from Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) demonstrating the wave properties of laser lights. 〰️ We'll be at Science Centre again on 25 October with another demo!

CQT PhD student Jonathan Schwinger successfully defended his thesis on "Engineering robust and entangled cats in bosonic cQED"! 🍾 Jonathan was advised by Principal Investigator @yvonnegao.bsky.social and he is the first graduate from Yvonne's group. Congratulations! 👏

Upcoming programmes at In the Ether at ArtScience Museum include theatre shows from 16–18 Oct, a panel discussion on “Art as a Bridge to Science & Emerging Technologies” featuring CQT’s Jenny Hogan on 18 Oct, and Dungeons & Dragons on 25 and 26 Oct.
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Quanta School, a quantum exhibition at Science Centre Singapore, caps a series of events marking #IYQ2025 in Singapore. It will run for a year. www.cqt.sg/highlight/20...

Now online: CQT colloquium "Quantum information processing based on bosonic modes" by Sun Luyan, Tsinghua University
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Li Yifan successfully defended his thesis "Correlated Photon Pairs and Multiphoton States from a Cold Atomic Ensemble"! 👏 Congratulations! 🥳 He was advised by Principal Investigator Christian Kurtsiefer.

Applications for the 5th Workshop for Quantum Repeaters and Networks (WQRN) are open! CQT is hosting the workshop, which will be held 27 - 19 April in Singapore. More details at:

Welcome to Quanta School! Quanta School is the latest quantum exhibition at Science Centre Singapore. It is set in a vibrant classroom where objects behave in surprising ways. CQT researchers have contributed to the exhibits – see if you can spot where!
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In collaboration with Science Centre Singapore, we present the Quantum Cafe - Sip, Chat, and Compute! CQT's Alexander Hue and @horizonquantum.bsky.social's Pooja Jayachandran will break down the basics of quantum computing and quantum algorithms. Join us this Fri!
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Quanta School is open for admission at Science Centre Singapore! The new quantum exhibition was launched on 30 September by the Chairman of Singapore’s National Research Foundation, Mr Heng Swee Keat. CQT is proud to have contributed to Quanta School. www.cqt.sg/highlight/20...

Catch Quantum on Film! 🎬 In the Ether: A Festival of Quantum Science and Technology at ArtScience Museum has a film programme, which includes the short film Harakiri directed by CQT's Dagomir Kaszlikowski. Complimentary and Ticketed Screenings available:
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CQTians were a part of Quantum Conversations at ArtScience Museum on 20 Sept! @valerioscarani.bsky.social gave opening remarks for the symposium, Alexander Hue gave a Quantum 101 talk and Dagomir Kaszlikowski spoke candidly on a panel on art and science as a quantum scientist and filmmaker.

Alice prizes debut at CQT with four recipients - CQT - Centre for Quantum Technologies CQT is proud to announce the recipients of the inaugural Alice Prizes, which are presented to women researchers at CQT.  

CQT is proud to announce the recipients of the inaugural Alice Prizes, which are presented to women researchers at CQT. Congratulations to Lirandë Pira Lim En Teng, Shruti Pikle, and Tina Shariat!
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🚨Job alert🚨
CQT Principal Investigator Gao Weibo is hiring Research Assistants and Fellows for projects on integrated quantum photonics devices, quantum key distribution and quantum sensing. Interested candidates can contact Weibo directly. Weibo's group page: www1.spms.ntu.edu.sg/~weibogroup/...

We’ve collaborated with ArtScience Museum on the Quantum Science Fair, part of their In the Ether festival! See some of the technologies that we’re building in our labs and meet our scientists through interactive videos. The festival is open till 31 Oct! www.cqt.sg/highlight/20...

Congratulations to Jasper Phua who successfully defended his thesis! 👏👏👏 Jasper's thesis was on "Algorithm Based Characterization Of A Single Ion Qudit" and he was advised by Principal Investigator Manas Mukherjee.

CQT's @marcotomamichel.bsky.social has received the NRF Investigatorship for his project, “Information Theory at the Quantum Frontier”, which will further his research in the mathematical foundations of quantum information theory. buff.ly/QrAJWkn

📣 Call for registration! Get early bird pricing to join us at the 9th International Conference on Quantum Techniques in Machine Learning in Singapore this November by signing up now at buff.ly/OgODXqd

Congratulations to CQT Principal Investigator @marcotomamichel.bsky.social who has been awarded the prestigious National Research Foundation (NRF) Investigatorship. He receives support for a five-year programme of research starting in August 2025. buff.ly/QrAJWkn

In the Ether–A Festival of Quantum Science and Technology is now open at the ArtScience Museum!✨The festival runs till 31 October and features scientific contributions from CQT, including artefacts and video interviews with our scientists. www.marinabaysands.com/museum/event...

We warmly welcome Barry Sanders who will be speaking on "Superposing coherent states for fun and profit" for our September colloquium this Thursday! Find the abstract here: buff.ly/WmwUmNk

We end the week with a successful PhD defence by Victor Avalos! Congratulations 🍾 👏 Victor's thesis was on "Control and Detection of 6Li40K Ground State Molecules" and he was advised by Principal Investigator Kai Dieckmann.

CQT Colloquium by Andrzej Grudka now online:
✨ "Absolutely Maximally Entangled States: Their Relation to Quantum Error Correction and the Effect of Noise": www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA5w...

Two recordings of our our Computer Science seminars are now online:
▪️"Sum-of-squares spectrum amplification and applications" by Guang Hao Low: bit.ly/3I3g1UT
▪️"How to use quantum computers for biomolecular free energies" by Matthias Christandl buff.ly/kEJXXjL

In this episode of The Quantum Economy Podcast, Anders Indset sits down with José Ignacio Latorre, Director of the Centre for Quantum Technologies in Singapore. A leading physicist and global voice… The Quantum Economy Podcast – “The Quantum Temple” with José Ignacio Latorre

On the Quantum Economy Podcast, CQT Director José Ignacio Latorre and Anders Indset discussed a vision of our quantum future—where technological progress is matched by philosophical depth and human understanding. www.youtube.com/watch?v=abRu...

In 1763, Thomas Bayes proposed a new approach to calculate probabilities. CQT's @valerioscarani.bsky.social and co-authors Ge Bai and Francesco Buscemi have now updated his ideas to deliver a quantum Bayes' rule. Our story: www.cqt.sg/highlight/20...

Congrats to Harshank Shrotriya for successfully defending his thesis! 👏 He was advised by Principal Investigator Kwek Leong Chuan and his thesis was on "Quantum Nonlocality: Manifestations and Applications". Next, Harshank plans to continue at CQT as a Research Fellow. See you around Dr Shrotriya!

🥂 A successful thesis defence by Zhang Xingjian! 🎂👏 Congrats! His thesis was on "Deployed Quantum Key Distribution With A Room-temperature Telecom Single Photon Source" and he was advised by Principal Investigator Alexander Ling. Find more info about CQT's PhD programme here: www.cqt.sg/students/