Kharkiv Quantum Event 2025

🕓 16:00–16:40
📚 Presentation of the Master’s Program “Quantum Technologies and Quantum Computing”

  1. Orientation and main focus of the program
  2. Admission process and requirements
  3. Learning approach, curriculum components, and introduction to facultіes staff
  4. Academic mobility opportunities
  5. Career prospects for graduates

🕟 16:40–17:20
☕ Interactive session and coffee-time discussion
Demonstration of quantum phenomena (superposition, entanglement) using simple experiments or simulations.

🕔 17:20–18:00
💬 Quantum Roundtable
Panel discussion topics:

  1. Quantum Advantage: Where are we now, and what does it mean for Ukraine? Is there potential for Ukrainian researchers to contribute to demonstrating quantum advantage in specific tasks?
  2. Quantum Software and Programming Paradigms – Developing the Ukrainian Community: How can we encourage the growth of a Ukrainian community of quantum programmers and developers?
  3. Quantum Machine Learning – Opportunities for Ukraine’s IT Sector: How can Ukrainian IT companies explore and integrate quantum machine learning algorithms to gain a competitive edge?
  4. Quantum Ecosystem and Workforce Development in Ukraine: What steps are necessary to build a national quantum ecosystem? How can we attract and train qualified specialists? What is the role of the state and the private sector?
  5. Quantum Networks and Communication – Security and Ukraine’s Future: What role can the development of quantum communication play in securing Ukraine’s information and strategic infrastructure?

Quantum Play: Copenhagen at Yale

Set in 1941, Copenhagen explores the enigmatic meeting between German physicist Werner Heisenberg and his Danish counterpart, Niels Bohr, amidst the backdrop of World War II. As former collaborators now on opposing sides, they grapple with the mysteries of quantum physics and the complexities of human relationships.

Sponsored by the Yale Quantum Institute (YQI) in recognition of the 2025 International Year of Quantum Science and Technology this production marks the centennial of Heisenberg’s Matrix Mechanics. Through the YQI Artist-in-Residence program, producer Florian Carle collaborates with director Vince Tycer and talented artists from Yale and UConn to bring this profound story to life.

Florian Carle, YQI Managing Director, shares, “When I created the YQI Artist-in-Residence program, bringing quantum physics to a theater production was always in the back of my mind. The QuantumCT initiative brought Vince Tycer and me together to explore how to teach quantum science to diverse learners. I could only think about one thing: Copenhagen.”

Don’t miss this unique blend of art and science that offers a glimpse into the minds of two iconic figures in quantum theory.

Quantum Certification Conference+ (QUACC+2025)

Quantum Information is a rapidly developing field, attracting a large number of researchers, and leading to exciting fundamental discoveries and practical applications. The main aim of the Quantum Certification Conference 2025 (QUACC+2025) workshop is to bring together young researchers working on widely understood quantum information sciences and related fields. The meeting is held in Warszawa, Poland, a lively Central European city with a rich cultural and urban life.

World Quantum Day

Join us to celebrate World Quantum Day with exciting talks followed by some fun, light-hearted competition with Quantum Quizzics!

Modeling and Simulation of Open Quantum Systems: Purified Pseudomode Approach and its Extensions

Accurate characterization of the environmental effects on a quantum system remains a fundamental challenge in the theory of open quantum systems. In this talk, I will introduce the purified pseudomode approach developed by us recently. This method allows for efficient modeling and numerically exact simulation of general linear-Gaussian baths. Extensions of this method to model bath input-output and nonlinear system-bath interactions will also be discussed.

Implementation of a Groundbreaking 12,900 km Ultra-secure Quantum Satellite Link Between South Africa and China

Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) has emerged as a revolutionary technology for secure communication, leveraging the principles of quantum mechanics to ensure unbreakable encryption. Recent advancements in space-based QKD have enabled global-scale secure communication by utilizing microsatellites as cost-effective and efficient platforms for key distribution. Here, we will be presenting our recent groundbreaking results on the first quantum satellite link implemented in the Southern Hemisphere and the longest intercontinental ultra-secure quantum satellite link of 12,900 km between South Africa and China.

NITheCS Mini-School – An Introduction to Quantum Biology

Quantum biology is an exciting field of research with a pronounced interdisciplinary focus. The aim of the mini-school is to first address the miscommunications that might arise from this interdisciplinarity. The first lecture will begin with a short history of quantum biology before clarifying some of the important concepts in the field, from the point of view of both physics and biology. The second lecture will build on this by reviewing the different biological contexts in which quantum effects may play a role, which include photosynthesis, enzyme catalysis, DNA mutation, receptor binding, microtubule and mitochondrial function, magnetoreception, regulation of the production of ROS, calcium ion storage and release, and potentially, consciousness. The final lectures will focus on two different worked examples: a spin-based model of entangled neural activation by calcium phosphate molecules and a vibration-assisted tunnelling model for the binding of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein to its host cell.

Quantum Across the Blocks

In this talk, I will discuss how we got here by exploring the history of quantum mechanics, its modern formulation, and the experiments that inspire the weird pronouncements littering textbooks and popular science. Finally, I will consider if there are ways we can explain quantum phenomena without having to consume a heavy dose of unscientific nonsense first.

Quantum Picturalism, Some Interpretable AI, and Some Music

Over some 20 years, we have developed a diagrammatic quantum formalism, sometimes referred to as quantum picturalism. We showed that this formalism enabled secondary school students to perform exceptionally well on an Oxford University post-graduate quantum exam. It was, in fact, John von Neumann himself who denounced ‘his own’ quantum formalism that relies on Hilbert space. Alternatives had been proposed, including by von Neumann himself, but none play a role in quantum theory today. Quantum picturalism; on the other hand, is not widespread in the quantum industry. The same formalism has been used as the basis for interpretable AI, and even music.