BEGIN:VCALENDAR BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhD Defence Thijs van Ommen (A&C) DTSTART:20150610T111500Z DTEND:20150610T140000Z UID:c4d6ab3d-bfc9-4703-8342-e3bf5653f0cb DESCRIPTION:Everybody is invited to attend the PhD Defence of Thijs van Om men. The dissertation is entitled 'Better Predictions when Models are Wron g or Underspecified'. The informal talk about the thesis will start at 15: 15. De defense itself starts at 16:15.  Promotor: Prof. Dr. Peter Grunwal d (CWI\, A&C/Universiteit Leiden).\n\nLocation:\nAcademiegebouw of Leiden University\, Rapenburg 73\, Leiden LOCATION:Academiegebouw of Leiden University\, Rapenburg 73\, Leiden END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CWI Lectures on Quantum Computing (2015) DTSTART:20151203T074500Z DTEND:20151203T160000Z UID:526b5d00-4a4f-4a14-8d20-8feaff9e2fb6 DESCRIPTION:We cordially invite you to attend the 'CWI Lectures on Quantum Computing' on 3 December 2015 at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica in Amster dam. This day is dedicated to the launch of the QuSoft research centre for quantum software. Several internationally renowned speakers will bring yo u up to date on the exciting topic of quantum computing. The symposium is aimed towards a general academic public.\n\nLocation:\nCWI LOCATION:CWI END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhD Defence Teresa Piovesan (N&O/A&C) DTSTART:20161027T060000Z DTEND:20161027T090000Z UID:99b7979e-e22b-46f2-b19c-ee3b6bafbd0b DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to attend the public defence of Teresa Pio vesan\, of her thesis "Quantum entanglement: insights via graph parameters and conic optimization" Promotors:  Prof.dr. Harry Buhrman and Prof.dr. Monique Laurent\n\nLocation:\nAgnietenkapel\, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 231\, Amsterdam LOCATION:Agnietenkapel\, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 231\, Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhD Defence Florian Speelman (A&C) DTSTART:20161116T100000Z DTEND:20161116T123000Z UID:6c5dc034-c7f3-4687-b08c-64ccf2dabc40 DESCRIPTION:Everyone is invited to attend the public defence of Florian of his thesis "Position-based Quantum Cryptography and Catalytic Computation ". Promotor: Prof.dr. Harry Buhrman\n\nLocation:\nAgnietenkapel\, Oudezijd s Voorburgwal 231\, Amsterdam LOCATION:Agnietenkapel\, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 231\, Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:QuSoft seminar DTSTART:20170318T100000Z DTEND:20170318T110000Z UID:cc358ace-4682-4ded-b568-e9a0b8012e8b DESCRIPTION:David de Laat (CWI): Lower bounds on entanglement dimensions a nd matrix factorization ranks\n\nLocation:\nL016 LOCATION:L016 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:‘Paradiso lecture’ Harry Buhrman and Yfke Dulek DTSTART:20170618T090000Z DTEND:20170618T110000Z UID:c84877c8-0d3b-43d4-9eb4-0839ce001e80 DESCRIPTION:On 18 June\, Harry Buhrman and Yfke Dulek will give a ‘Parad iso lecture’. These lectures\, which take place in music venue and cultu ral centre Paradiso in Amsterdam\, are intended for a broad audience. Harr y Buhrman is leader of the Algorithms and Complexity group\, director of Q uSoft and professor at the University of Amsterdam. Yfke Dulek is a PhD st udent in the A&C research group. Their lecture is about artificial intelli gence and quantum computers. Buhrman and Dulek will address the question: will computers take over in the future?\n\nLocation:\nParadiso\, Weterings chans 6\, 1017 SG Amsterdam LOCATION:Paradiso\, Weteringschans 6\, 1017 SG Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhD defence Srinivasan Arunachalam (A&C) DTSTART:20180425T120000Z DTEND:20180425T143000Z UID:1f6bfd87-86df-4389-8f71-7bc8a2c57260 DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to attend the public defense of Srinivasan of his thesis 'Quantum Algorithms and Learning Theory'. April 25\, Agnie tenkapel\, Amsterdam.\n\nContact:\nSrinivasan Arunachalam\nS.Arunachalam@c wi.nl\n\nLocation:\nAgnietenkapel\, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 229\, Amsterdam LOCATION:Agnietenkapel\, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 229\, Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Seminar by Vedran Dunjko (LIACS\, University of Leiden) on Reinfor cement learning in the quantum domain. DTSTART:20180720T090000Z DTEND:20180720T100000Z UID:aae70dd0-5085-4f05-9498-4ca9fd9db739 DESCRIPTION:\n\nLocation:\nL0.16 @CWI Science Park 123\, Amsterdam LOCATION:L0.16 @CWI Science Park 123\, Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhD defence Jeroen Zuiddam (CWI and ILLC\, UvA) DTSTART:20181023T100000Z DTEND:20181023T110000Z UID:81f6670d-7ffa-47a0-b110-2e1677ecb558 DESCRIPTION:\n\nContact:\nJeroen Zuiddam\nj.zuiddam@cwi.nl\n\nLocation:\nA gnietenkapel\, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 231\, Amsterdam LOCATION:Agnietenkapel\, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 231\, Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:DISTINGUISHED LECTURES ON QUANTUM SOFTWARE DTSTART:20190314T114500Z DTEND:20190314T174000Z UID:3517c3bc-6ed0-40a7-ab6b-6a7d0927fced DESCRIPTION:Featuring an all-star line-up\, the first edition of QuSoft’ s Distinguished Lectures on Quantum Software will take place on 14 March 2 019. Experts from throughout the field of quantum cryptology and quantum foundations will share their views and expertise.\n\nContact:\nSilvia Bens chop\nsilvia.benschop@cwi.nl\n\nLocation:\nOMHP D1.09\, Oudemanhuispoort\, Oudemanhuispoort 4-6 1012 CN Amsterdam LOCATION:OMHP D1.09\, Oudemanhuispoort\, Oudemanhuispoort 4-6 1012 CN Ams terdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:QUSOFT SEMINAR BY SEVAG GHARIBIAN (Universität Paderborn). DTSTART:20190329T100000Z DTEND:20190329T110000Z UID:134bb70b-c99e-4fd7-a1a1-7b5065ead0f6 DESCRIPTION:\n\nContact:\nSilvia Benschop\nsilvia.benschop@cwi.nl\n\nLocat ion:\nRoom L0.16 at CWI Science Park 123\, Amsterdam LOCATION:Room L0.16 at CWI Science Park 123\, Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PHD DEFENCE ANDRAS PAL GILYEN (A&C) DTSTART:20190529T120000Z DTEND:20190529T130000Z UID:39ecf2d6-1d29-49e7-b241-0a3a99c8d7d5 DESCRIPTION:Everybody is welcome to attend the public defence of András G ilyén (CWI) of his thesis 'Quantum Singular Value Transformation and its Algorithmic Applications' on May 29.\n\nContact:\nSilvia Benschop\nsilvia. benschop@cwi.nl\n\nLocation:\nAgnietenkapel\, UvA\, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 231\, Amsterdam LOCATION:Agnietenkapel\, UvA\, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 231\, Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:QuSoft seminar Friday 6/7\, 10:00 @L017 DTSTART:20190605T090000Z DTEND:20190605T100000Z UID:80c7c8a1-c133-40f2-be47-e93d431cced3 DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Peter Bruin Title: On quantum computation of Klooster man sums\n\nLocation:\nL017 LOCATION:L017 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:QuSoft seminar Friday 6/7\, 10:00 @L017 DTSTART:20190607T090000Z DTEND:20190607T100000Z UID:cebab629-810a-419b-8586-5e8d27d5dce5 DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Peter Bruin Title: On quantum computation of Klooste rman sums\n\nLocation:\nL017 LOCATION:L017 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhD defence Peter van der Gulik (A&C) DTSTART:20190918T110000Z DTEND:20190918T120000Z UID:77356c59-2719-4a3c-a9e9-bc346c141192 DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday 18th September: "Considerations in Evolutionary B iochemistry "\n\nContact:\nPeter van der Gulik\nPeter.van.der.Gulik@cwi.nl \n\nLocation:\nde Aula van de Universiteit van Amsterdam\, Singel 411\, 10 12 WN Amsterdam LOCATION:de Aula van de Universiteit van Amsterdam\, Singel 411\, 1012 WN Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:3rd QSC General Assembly DTSTART:20191204T090000Z DTEND:20191204T154500Z UID:96eba95b-7e8e-41c3-bc2c-c5b26c83c174 DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to attend the 3rd General Assembly of the Quantum Software Consortium (QSC). Registration is free but required\; pl ease visit the website to apply.\n\nContact:\nSusanne van Dam\nsusanne@cwi .nl\n\nLocation:\nthe public library OBA (Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam)\ , Oosterdokskade 143\, Amsterdam LOCATION:the public library OBA (Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam)\, Oosterd okskade 143\, Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhD defence Koen Groenland (A&C/QuSoft) DTSTART:20200117T090000Z DTEND:20200117T110000Z UID:e9375ca1-5dba-4c7c-9cc1-5111fe8ae07b DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to attend the public defence of Koen Groen land\, of his thesis 'Quantum protocols for few-qubit devices'.\n\nLocatio n:\nAgnietenkapel\, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 229\, Amsterdam LOCATION:Agnietenkapel\, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 229\, Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhD defence Thomas Reint (Tom) Bannink (A&C/QuSoft) DTSTART:20200130T090000Z DTEND:20200130T113000Z UID:f346742c-29d4-44be-9bcd-1d42d5b666bd DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to attend the public defence of Tom Bannin k\, of his thesis 'Quantum and Stochastic Processes'.\n\nContact:\nLaura M ulder en Jan-Willem Buurlage\nlacmulder@gmail.com\, janwillembuurlage@gmai l.com\n\nLocation:\nAgnietenkapel\, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 229\, Amsterdam LOCATION:Agnietenkapel\, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 229\, Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhD defence Joran van Apeldoorn (A&C/QuSoft) DTSTART:20200206T130000Z DTEND:20200206T140000Z UID:dee965cc-6b58-4f57-b756-788293dc412e DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to attend the public defence of Joran van Apeldoorn\, of his thesis A Quantum View on Convex Optimization.\n\nLocati on:\nAgnietenkapel\, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 229\, Amsterdam LOCATION:Agnietenkapel\, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 229\, Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:POSTPONED: Women in Quantum Development (WIQD) Symposium DTSTART:20200318T100000Z DTEND:20200318T170000Z UID:cbae2e20-93a8-437b-9190-b7e1271b3c25 DESCRIPTION:WIQD is a professional network for quantum technology enthusia sts from industry\, academia and policy. The first WIQD Symposium will fe ature keynote speakers Heike Riel (IBM) and Barbara Terhal (TU Delft) as w ell as opportunities to connect with fellow WIQD Women.\n\nLocation:\nOBA Library of Amsterdam\, Oosterdokskade 143\, 1011 DL Amsterdam LOCATION:OBA Library of Amsterdam\, Oosterdokskade 143\, 1011 DL Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:POSTPONED: Get to know Quantum.Amsterdam DTSTART:20200319T120000Z DTEND:20200319T173000Z UID:25f1aa7c-2e00-4231-b917-f31bc922fd41 DESCRIPTION:POSTPONED until further notice. This event\, organized by QuSo ft\, introduces the Amsterdam Quantum Innovation Hub to the world.\n\nCont act:\nPeter Westerhuijs and Victor Land\np.westerhuijs@uva.nl\, victor.lan d@cwi.nl\n\nLocation:\nCWI and Amsterdam Science Park congress centre LOCATION:CWI and Amsterdam Science Park congress centre END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CANCELED: QSC Quantum Training and Junior Day DTSTART:20200331T080000Z DTEND:20200401T180000Z UID:bd13de58-290e-4eda-a202-829ea4a3e9c8 DESCRIPTION:CANCELED: This event has been canceled\, due to measure to pre vent the spread of the coronavirus.\n\nContact:\nDouten Abma\ndoutzen.abma @cwi.nl\n\nLocation:\nLorentz Center\, Snellius Building\, Niels Bohrweg 1\, 2333 CA Leiden LOCATION:Lorentz Center\, Snellius Building\, Niels Bohrweg 1\, 2333 CA L eiden END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Postphoned: 4th QSC General Assembly DTSTART:20200612T120000Z DTEND:20200612T153000Z UID:9b2743c4-6c86-40ff-80d2-f46aced01c85 DESCRIPTION:Due to circumstances well known the Quantum Software Consortiu m (QSC) is postphoned to a later date.\n\nContact:\nDoutzen Abma\ndoutzen. abma@cwi.nl\n\nLocation:\nWCW Congress center\, Euler room\, Science Park 125\, Amsterdam LOCATION:WCW Congress center\, Euler room\, Science Park 125\, Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Installation of Harry Buhrman as KNAW member DTSTART:20200914T140000Z DTEND:20200914T150000Z UID:ebfc91ea-9481-4525-ad34-35673c220d04 DESCRIPTION:On Monday 14 September\, Harry Buhrman will be installed as a new member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). B uhrman is the group leader of CWI's research group Algorithms and Complexi ty\, as well as co-founder and director of QuSoft. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:QuSoft Lustrum DTSTART:20201203T100000Z DTEND:20201203T160000Z UID:b686e06b-574c-4cd0-9995-98b4e8ecd5bd DESCRIPTION:In December 2020 we're celebrating 5 years of cutting edge res earch on quantum algorithms and software at QuSoft\, the research center f or quantum software in Amsterdam. We are very happy to invite you to atten d our QuSoft Lustrum Month\, which offers an exciting program. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Online lecture of Prof. Dr. Dorit Aharonov (QuSoft Lustrum Month) DTSTART:20201208T130000Z DTEND:20201208T140000Z UID:acbd2056-4830-42d4-a484-ba2fd10d1c07 DESCRIPTION:Everyone is invited to attend the online lecture of prof.dr. D orit Aharonov (Hebrew University\, Israel). Title: Quantum Algorithmic M easurements For the zoomlink please contact Yfke Dulek.\n\nContact:\nYfke Dulek\ndulek@cwi.nl END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Online lecture of dr. Joris van Hoboken (QuSoft Lustrum Month) DTSTART:20201209T150000Z DTEND:20201209T160000Z UID:c2d87fa9-bb1f-46c5-a0e7-35f12f340d69 DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to attend the online lecture of dr. Joris van Hoboken (UvA). Title: Governance of Quantum Technologies: From Theor y to Adoption Please register at the website.\n\nContact:\nYfke Dulek\nd ulek@cwi.nl END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Online lecture of Prof. Dr. Ronald Cramer (QuSoft Lustrum Month) DTSTART:20201210T130000Z DTEND:20201210T140000Z UID:8e1a0ec4-a552-443d-bca6-59b317d4b426 DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to attend the online lecture of prof.dr. R onald Cramer (CWI Amsterdam). Title: Compressed Σ-Protocol Theory . Plea se register at the webiste.\n\nContact:\nYfke Dulek\ndulek@cwi.nl END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Online lecture of Prof. Dr. Florian Schreck (QuSoft Lustrum Month) DTSTART:20201211T130000Z DTEND:20201211T140000Z UID:b1a5dd71-390e-4d36-baa9-395dbaab8eed DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to attend the online lecture of prof.dr. F lorian Schreck (UvA). Title: Quantum sensing with ultracold atoms. Please register at the website.\n\nContact:\nYfke Dulek\ndulek@cwi.nl END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:QuSoft Lustrum: Business and Society Day (Online) DTSTART:20201217T100000Z DTEND:20201217T140000Z UID:76de6079-94ac-4078-97f0-358373e62c7b DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to attend the QuSoft Business & Society Da y as part of the QuSoft Lustrum Month. For information and registration p lease visit the website: https://www.qusoft.org/lustrum END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:QuSoft seminar DTSTART:20201218T100000Z DTEND:20201218T110000Z UID:2e242f5d-64f7-46a3-93fa-b0d2a1a12590 DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to attend the online QuSoft seminar with a lecture of Ronald de Wolf: Improved Quantum Boosting. Please contact Jop Briet for access.\n\nContact:\nJop Briet\nj.briet@cwi.nl END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:QuSoft Seminar DTSTART:20210108T140000Z DTEND:20210108T150000Z UID:01b6208d-e51e-4f76-b31c-4e8838287709 DESCRIPTION:Everyone is invited to attend the online QuSoft seminar. Spea ker Harold Nieuwboer (QuSoft\, CWI) on: Quantum algorithms for matrix scal ing and matrix balancing. If you would like to attend\, please contact Jo p Briët (j.briet@cwi.nl) or Subhasree Patro (Subhasree.Patro@cwi.nl).\n\n Contact:\nJop Briet\nj.briet@cwi.nl END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhD defence Yfke Dulek (QuSoft/A&C) DTSTART:20210115T090000Z DTEND:20210115T100000Z UID:252449d3-c627-428c-b511-bcf904aeb078 DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to attend the online defence of Yfke Dulek of her thesis: Delegated and Distributed Quantum Computation Promotor: Pr of. dr. H.M. Buhrman and Dr. C. Schaffner For watching the defence please check the promotion calender The URL for the live-stream will become available in due course. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:QuSoft seminar: Aida Abiad (Eindhoven University) DTSTART:20210115T120000Z DTEND:20210115T130000Z UID:b5627900-8c9a-4fe4-b66a-e83661a2c8c6 DESCRIPTION:QuSoft seminar with Aida Abiad (Eindhoven University): Eigenva lue bounds for the independence and chromatic number of graph powers. If y ou would like to attend\, please contact Jop Briët (j.briet@cwi.nl) or Su bhasree Patro (Subhasree.Patro@cwi.nl).\n\nContact:\nJop Briet END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Quantum.Amsterdam Public Meetup DTSTART:20210121T150000Z DTEND:20210121T160000Z UID:033eee0b-befd-4977-9191-2ec29d1b5da6 DESCRIPTION:This is an announcement for something totally different than t he usual seminars: the upcoming Quantum.Amsterdam Public Meetup. This even t targets an audience without (much) prior knowledge of quantum\, hence it may not be of much interest for researchers themselves. However\, we do e ncourage you to invite your partner\, nephew\, grandma\, hamster\, etc for this show. This event\, and upcoming editions in March and May\, should s erve as a great way to introduce your friends and family to the things we ’re working on at QuSoft. This week speakers Stacey Jeffery (QuSoft) an d Richard Versluis (QuTech / TNO) will give an Introduction to quantum sof tware and quantum hardware. Please contact Koen Groenland if you like to j oin in.\n\nContact:\nKoen Groenland\nk.l.groenland@cwi.nl END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:QuSoft seminar: Farrokh Labib (QuSoft\, CWI) DTSTART:20210122T100000Z DTEND:20210122T110000Z UID:7b55f0d1-976d-4e25-aa1f-64c73b6999c9 DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to attend the online QuSoft seminar with F arrokh Labib (QuSoft\, CWI) on Low depth algorithms for quantum amplitude estimation. If you would like to attend\, please contact Jop Briët (j.bri et@cwi.nl) or Subhasree Patro (Subhasree.Patro@cwi.nl).\n\nContact:\nSubha sree Patro\nSubhasree.Patro@cwi.nl END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Women in Quantum Development (WIQD) New Year's event DTSTART:20210125T140000Z DTEND:20210125T153000Z UID:04e0d9df-51ce-4050-813d-19a23db6f235 DESCRIPTION:Join WIQD's first networking event of 2021\, featuring present ations\, discussions\, and networking opportunities for women in quantum d evelopment.\n\nContact:\nStacey Jeffery END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:QuSoft Seminar: Giannicola Scarpa (Universidad Politécnica de Mad rid) DTSTART:20210129T100000Z DTEND:20210129T110000Z UID:88edb17e-6e6b-4919-b932-9e02daaa9538 DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to attend the online QuSoft seminar\, this week with Giannicola Scarpa. Title of the lecture: Agreement between obse rvers\, a physical principle? If you would like to attend\, please contact Jop Briët (j.briet@cwi.nl) or Subhasree Patro (Subhasree.Patro@cwi.nl).\ n\nContact:\nSubhasree Patro\nSubhasree.Patro@cwi.nl END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:QuSoft Seminar: Ravi Kunjwal (Ecole polytechnique de Bruxelles) DTSTART:20210212T093000Z DTEND:20210212T110000Z UID:5015ea19-b30d-4f46-85b9-35f743118534 DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to attend the online QuSoft seminar with R avi Kunjwal (Ecole polytechnique de Bruxelles) on 'Contextuality in entang lement-assisted one-shot classical communication'. Please contact Subhasre e Patro or Jop Briet to registrate.\n\nContact:\nSubhasree Patro\nSubhasre e.Patro@cwi.nl END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:QuSoft Seminar: David Sutter (IBM Zurich) DTSTART:20210219T100000Z DTEND:20210219T110000Z UID:0ff76602-2c62-44c1-84af-2185717103b2 DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to attend the online QuSoft seminar this w eek with David Sutter on 'The power of quantum neural networks'. Please co ntact Subhasree Patro or Jop Briet if you like to join.\n\nContact:\nSubha sree Patro\nSubhasree.Patro@cwi.nl END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:QuSoft Seminar: Joseph Renes (ETH Zürich) DTSTART:20210226T110000Z DTEND:20210226T120000Z UID:1589215f-cf27-4097-8537-d3743f9fd894 DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to attend the online QuSoft seminar with J oseph Renes. Title: Belief propagation decoding by passing quantum message s. Please contact Subhasree Patro or Jop Briet if you like to sign up.\n\n Contact:\nSubhasree Patro\nSubhasree.Patro@cwi.nl END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Workshop General Awareness Quantum Computing DTSTART:20210226T120000Z DTEND:20210226T153000Z UID:a5541258-7566-4115-8339-1454a9a89ef7 DESCRIPTION:The workshop General Awareness Quantum Computing introduces yo u to the general principles of quantum computing and how such a computer c an be used. The workshop aimed at an audience which does not have prior kn owledge of quantum physics\, but which does possess common knowledge of ev eryday computers.\n\nContact:\neducation@quantum.amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:QuSoft Seminar: Cristina Cîrstoiu (Cambridge Quantum Computing) DTSTART:20210305T100000Z DTEND:20210305T110000Z UID:7a715bb2-8617-4e9a-a8f4-4e01aa60bc92 DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to attend the online QuSoft seminar with C ristina Cîrstoiu (Cambridge Quantum Computing) with the title Variational fast forwarding for quantum simulation beyond the coherence time. Please contact Subhasree Patro or Jop Briet for the link.\n\nContact:\nSubhasree Patro\nSubhasree.Patro@cwi.nl END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:QuSoft Seminar: Gilles Brassard (Université de Montréal) DTSTART:20210305T150000Z DTEND:20210305T160000Z UID:f149135f-75fe-4a20-ab75-04772abb7262 DESCRIPTION:Everyone of welcome to attend the QuSoft seminar with Gilles B rassard (Université de Montréal)\, with the title 'Probability and conse quences of living inside a computer simulation' . Please contact Subhasre e Patro or Jop Briet for the link.\n\nContact:\nSubhasree Patro\nSubhasree .Patro@cwi.nl END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:QuSoft Seminar: Nikhil Mande (QuSoft\, CWI) DTSTART:20210312T100000Z DTEND:20210312T110000Z UID:e59fc917-2edd-431f-8862-dff2b5d56b00 DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to attend the online QuSoft seminar\, this week with Nikhil Mande (QuSoft\, CWI) on 'Symmetry and Quantum Query-to-C ommunication Simulation'. Please contact Subhasree Patro or Jop Briet for the zoomlink.\n\nContact:\nSubhasree Patro\nSubhasree.Patro@cwi.nl END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:QuSoft Seminar: Xiaoliang Qi (Stanford) DTSTART:20210319T153000Z DTEND:20210319T163000Z UID:4c645308-5c71-46bf-a164-2e0b0f5e2501 DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to attend online the QuSoft seminar\, this week with Xiaoliang Qi (Stanford) on 'Quantum Algorithmic Measurement'. P lease contact Subharee Patro or Jop Briet for the zoom link.\n\nContact:\n Subhasree Patro\nSubhasree.Patro@cwi.nl END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:QuSoft Seminar: Ryan Mann (University of Bristol) DTSTART:20210326T100000Z DTEND:20210326T110000Z UID:fdea5856-73e0-44e1-a100-2bbd6656eff2 DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to attend the online QuSoft lecture of Rya n Mann (University of Bristol) with the title 'Simulating Quantum Computat ions with Tutte Polynomials'. Please contact Suhasree Patro or Jop Briet i f you like to join.\n\nContact:\nSubhasree Patro\nSubhasree.Patro@cwi.nl END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:QuSoft Seminar: Rahul Ilango (MIT) DTSTART:20210401T110000Z DTEND:20210401T120000Z UID:9a63654d-486f-44e6-9f01-678b40250755 DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to attend the online QuSoft seminar with R ahul Ilango (MIT). Title of his lecture: Towards Hardness for the Minimum Circuit Size Problem. Please contact Jop Briet or Subhasree Patro if you l ike to join.\n\nContact:\nSubhasree Patro\nSubhasree.Patro@cwi.nl END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:QuSoft Seminar: Daniel Grier (University of Waterloo) DTSTART:20210409T150000Z DTEND:20210409T160000Z UID:981e0b94-2643-4d13-9c78-b0569f09dfbf DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to attend the online lecture of Daniel Gri er (University of Waterloo). Title: Classical Algorithms for Forrelation. Please contact Jop Briet or Suhasree Patro for the link to this seminar. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:QuSoft Seminar: Nick Spooner (Boston University) DTSTART:20210423T140000Z DTEND:20210423T150000Z UID:bbef1a96-f29e-4a15-8c99-4a24e2ed0c2c DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to attend the online QuSoft seminar with N ick Spooner (Boston University)\, title: Post-Quantum Succinct Arguments. Please contact Jop Briet or Subhasree Patro if you like to join.\n\nContac t:\nSubhasree Patro\nSubhasree.Patro@cwi.nl END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:QuSoft Seminar: Henry Yuen (Columbia University) DTSTART:20210430T140000Z DTEND:20210430T150000Z UID:3a872f27-4b43-44f1-9674-7f9dfe17a0e0 DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to attend the lecture of Henry Yuen\, titl e: Quantum Garbled Circuits. Please contact Jop Briet or Subhasree Patro f or the zoomlink.\n\nContact:\nSubhasree Patro\nSubhasree.Patro@cwi.nl END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Lecture Harry Buhrman at Q.A. meeting '615 million for Quantum. Pr oposed\, Approved\, Action!' DTSTART:20210512T140000Z DTEND:20210512T143000Z UID:7bcd6147-41ec-4f03-9f9f-5654b8ba4bfb DESCRIPTION:It was exciting to learn that €615 million is awarded to Qua ntum Delta NL to accelerate Quantum Technology. But what will they do with this? Listen to distinguished quantum experts like Harry Buhrman about th e plans of Quantum Delta NL for the coming 7 years in the fields of Quantu m sensing\, Quantum computing and Quantum Internet. The plans have been ma de\, the budget is approved\, next up is ACTION!\n\nLocation:\nOnline LOCATION:Online END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:QuSoft Seminar: Aarthi Sundaram (Microsoft) DTSTART:20210521T150000Z DTEND:20210521T160000Z UID:ace8c0df-a877-4741-b561-f3cf33e62542 DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to attend the online QuSoft seminar with A arthi Sundaram (Microsoft)\, with the title: Quantum learning algorithms i mply circuit lower bounds. For the link\, please contact: Subhasree.Patro@ cwi.nl\n\nContact:\nSubhasree Patro\nSubhasree.Patro@cwi.nl END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:QuSoft Seminar: Srinivasan Arunachalam (IBM Research) DTSTART:20210528T150000Z DTEND:20210528T160000Z UID:d624d49b-d010-4027-9f72-fc72e2fc58c9 DESCRIPTION:Speaker this week's seminar is Srinivasan Arunachalam on 'Posi tive spectrahedra: Invariance principles and Pseudorandom generators'. Ple ase contact Subhasree Patro or Jop Briet for the zoom link.\n\nContact:\nS ubhasree Patro\nSubhasree.Patro@cwi.nl END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:QuSoft Seminar: Kelvin Loh (Orange QS) DTSTART:20210611T090000Z DTEND:20210611T100000Z UID:8fce5abd-f48d-4e9a-a768-b2b27ded6825 DESCRIPTION:The QuSoft on-line seminar this week is with Kelvin Loh: Quant ify and Quantum Inspire (A variational case study). For the zoom link ple ase contact Jop Briet or Suhasree Patro.\n\nContact:\nSubhasree Patro\nSub hasree.Patro@cwi.nl END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhD Defence Joris Kattemölle (QuSoft) DTSTART:20210630T090000Z DTEND:20210630T103000Z UID:a0b6b40c-c9df-42e5-8bc3-2b727709fa62 DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to attend the public defence of Joris Katt emölle (QuSoft). Place and live stream of the ceremony t.b.a. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:QuSoft Seminar: Ansis Rosmanis (Nagoya University) DTSTART:20210702T090000Z DTEND:20210702T100000Z UID:6a83b5a3-f132-413d-b8fb-a47f5f7ade63 DESCRIPTION:Online QuSoft seminar with Ansis Rosmanis. Title: Title : Prov ing the Hardness of Inverting Permutations via Database Arguments For zoom link please contact Jop Briet or Subhasree Patro\n\nContact:\nSubhasree Pa tro\nsubhasree.patro@cwi.nl END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:QuSoft Seminar: Tamara Kohler (University College London) and Harr iet Apel (University College London) DTSTART:20210910T120000Z DTEND:20210910T140000Z UID:d2f8dcb2-1475-4f56-8a32-db92aa9bb503 DESCRIPTION:Everybody is welcome to attend the online QuSoft seminar\, wit h Tamara Kohler and Harriet Apel. For the link please contact Jop Briet or Suhasree Patro.\n\nContact:\nSubhasree Patro\, Jop Briet\nSubhasree.Patro @cwi.nl\, Jop.Briet@cwi.nl END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhD Defence Álvaro Piedrafita (A&C) DTSTART:20211110T150000Z DTEND:20211110T160000Z UID:765d3ef3-b92d-4a19-ad27-5363bee185f7 DESCRIPTION:Everyone is invited to the public defence of Álvaro Piedrafit a of his thesis ' On span programs and quantum algorithms'.\n\nLocation:\n UvA\, Agnietenkapel Amsterdam LOCATION:UvA\, Agnietenkapel Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:QuSoft seminar with Carlos Palazuelos (Universidad Complutense\, M adrid) DTSTART:20211119T100000Z DTEND:20211119T110000Z UID:dea980bd-561e-4a7c-bb1d-3152ddb88ab3 DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to attend the online QuSoft seminar with C arlos Palazuelos (Universidad Complutense\, Madrid). If you like to join\, ask Subharee Patro or Jop Briet for the online link.\n\nContact:\nSubhare e Patro\, Jop Briet\nj.briet@cwi.nl\; subhasre@cwi.nl\n\nLocation:\nOn-li ne seminar LOCATION:On-line seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:QuSoft seminar with Tim Coopmans (TU Delft) and Yaroslav Herasymen ko (Leiden University) DTSTART:20220114T100000Z DTEND:20220114T120000Z UID:f16d8c46-ca56-4381-9d15-a3212809f8da DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to attend the online QuSoft seminar with T im Coopmans\, title 'LIMDD: A Decision Diagram for the Classical Simulatio n of Quantum Computing Including Stabilizer States' and Yaroslav Herasyme nko\, title 'Methods for Entangled State Preparation from Many-Body Quantu m Theory' If you like to attend\, please send an email to Jop Briet or Sub ha Patro for the zoomlink.\n\nContact:\nSubharee Patro\, Jop Briet\nj.bri et@cwi.nl\; subhasre@cwi.nl END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhD Defence Jan Czajkowski (A&C) DTSTART:20220118T140000Z DTEND:20220118T150000Z UID:a145fae1-6f2f-4036-a9ad-ffaea6adab13 DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to attend the defence of Jan Czajkowski. T itle of his thesis 'Post-Quantum Security of Hash Functions'. At the Agnie tenkapel in Amsterdam or via live stream: https://webcolleges.uva.nl/Media site/Play/d21e6395814f4712a854c2b0718b65941d\n\nContact:\nYfke Dulek\ndule k@cwi.nl\n\nLocation:\nUvA\, Agnietenkapel Amsterdam LOCATION:UvA\, Agnietenkapel Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhD Defence Farrokh Labib DTSTART:20220126T090000Z DTEND:20220126T100000Z UID:3a8383fe-4919-423c-a41e-a04500574107 DESCRIPTION:Preliminary announcement: PhD defence Farrokh Labib. Title the sis "Quasirandomness in quantum information theory".\n\nLocation:\nAgniete nkapel (onder voorbehoud) LOCATION:Agnietenkapel (onder voorbehoud) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhD Defence Farrokh Sieyar Labib (A&C) DTSTART:20220126T090000Z DTEND:20220126T100000Z UID:8e70ddbb-cd87-4b57-b8f2-fa21fde98135 DESCRIPTION:Preliminary announcement: PhD defence Farrokh Labib. Title the sis "Quasirandomness in quantum information theory". Promotor: prof.dr. H. M. Buhrman (CWI/UvA) Co-promotor: dr. J. Briet (CWI)\n\nLocation:\nAgniet enkapel (onder voorbehoud) LOCATION:Agnietenkapel (onder voorbehoud) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Abel Prize Laureates Lectures DTSTART:20220408T103000Z DTEND:20220408T160000Z UID:a1c310b2-d7f3-401f-8880-fa1fa7bc3642 DESCRIPTION:CWI organizes an event with lectures by the two Abel Prize 202 2 laureates Lovász and Wigderson.There are also three accompanying talks by researchers inspired by the achievements of the duo.\n\nLocation:\nTuri ng room LOCATION:Turing room END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:QuSoft seminar with Ojas Parekh (Sandia Labs) DTSTART:20220513T150000Z DTEND:20220513T160000Z UID:9eb00803-7a84-4f2c-ae9e-a0e64c25cfae DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to attend the online QuSoft seminar with O jas Parekh. Title: Approximating Quantum Max Cut and its 2-local friends. Please contact Jop Briet if you like to join.\n\nContact:\nJop Briet\nj.br iet@cwi.nl\n\nLocation:\nonline LOCATION:online END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:QuSoft seminar with Marcos Crichigno (Imperial College London) DTSTART:20220520T090000Z DTEND:20220520T100000Z UID:03239469-9988-44f0-9c28-16f01ecca9cd DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to attend the QuSoft seminar with Marcos C richigno. Title: Complexity of the Homology Problem and Quantum Advantage in TDA. Please contact Jop Briet for the zoomlink if you want to join onli ne.\n\nContact:\nJop Briet\nj.briet@cwi.nl\n\nLocation:\nCWI\, room L016 o r online LOCATION:CWI\, room L016 or online END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhD Defence Freek Witteveen (QuSoft) DTSTART:20220610T120000Z DTEND:20220610T130000Z UID:a9a77ddb-cce6-439e-ad18-6ebe6f733768 DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to attend the public defence of Freek Witt eveen\, of his thesis ' Quantum Information Theory in Many-Body Physics' . \n\nLocation:\nAula - Oude Lutherse Kerk\, Singel 411 in Amsterdam LOCATION:Aula - Oude Lutherse Kerk\, Singel 411 in Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:7th QSC General Assembly DTSTART:20220624T080000Z DTEND:20220624T180000Z UID:1a3c6475-31b2-440d-979f-5ed3e15d1570 DESCRIPTION:Scientists who are interested in fundamental mathematics to ex perimental quantum optics are welcome to attend the 7th QSC General Assemb ly. Lisa Kohl (CWI) and Vedran Dunjko (LIACS) have tailored a exiting pro gram which also includes two keynote speakers Gilles Brassard and Jens Eis ert. Access only after registration\, please register on the QSC website b efore 10 June.\n\nLocation:\nPublic library OBA\, Amsterdam (near Central Station) LOCATION:Public library OBA\, Amsterdam (near Central Station) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:QuSoft seminar with Sebastian Zur (QuSoft) DTSTART:20220906T090000Z DTEND:20220906T100000Z UID:25a5cd0a-21c6-44ab-aa79-4bcb118fc9d9 DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to attend the seminar for Sebastian Zur wi th the title ' Multidimensional Quantum Walks' \, at CWI or on-line. For t he link please contact Jop Briet.\n\nContact:\nJop Briet\nj.briet@cwi.nl\n \nLocation:\nCWI\, room L016 or online LOCATION:CWI\, room L016 or online END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Inaugural Lecture: Christian Schaffner DTSTART:20220930T143000Z DTEND:20220930T153000Z UID:0b50478f-994c-4ea9-a447-2d98c66b2efb DESCRIPTION:Everyone is cordially invited to attend the inaugural lecture of Christian Schaffner (CWI and UvA)\, entitled 'A cryptographic view on C omputer Science'.\n\nLocation:\nAula\, Lutherse Kerk\, Spui Amsterdam LOCATION:Aula\, Lutherse Kerk\, Spui Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:QuSoft Seminar: Gilles Brassard (Université de Montréal) & Char les H. Bennett (IBM Research) DTSTART:20221111T113000Z DTEND:20221111T163000Z UID:7b2f251b-7d25-4ede-b592-018cc05083ea DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to attend this very special seminar with G illes Brassard & Charles Bennett\, prize winners of the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. More information and registration: https://qusoft .org/2022/10/27/qusoft-seminar-special-edition/\n\nLocation:\nTuring room \, Science Park 123 Amsterdam LOCATION:Turing room \, Science Park 123 Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhD Defence Subhasree Patro (A&C/QuSoft) DTSTART:20230216T120000Z DTEND:20230216T140000Z UID:36bd409e-c2a5-4fc5-9e15-ad3637fabc85 DESCRIPTION:Quantum\, Fine-Grained Complexity\n\nLocation:\nAgnietenkapel\ , Oudezijds Voorburgwal 229-231\, 1012 EZ Amsterdam LOCATION:Agnietenkapel\, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 229-231\, 1012 EZ Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhD Defence Arjen Cornelissen (A&C/QuSoft) DTSTART:20230217T150000Z DTEND:20230217T170000Z UID:df180899-7d3a-408b-a34f-e26a537d2b41 DESCRIPTION:Quantum multivariate estimation and span program algorithms\n\ nLocation:\nAgnietenkapel\, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 229-231\, 1012 EZ Amster dam LOCATION:Agnietenkapel\, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 229-231\, 1012 EZ Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhD Defence Harold Nieuwboer (A&C) DTSTART:20240131T150000Z DTEND:20240131T160000Z UID:ec49ada3-4b62-470c-a577-42c879944843 DESCRIPTION:Thesis: Classical and quantum algorithms for scaling problems\ n\nContact:\nharoldnieuwb@gmail.com\n\nLocation:\nUvA\, Agnietenkapel Amst erdam LOCATION:UvA\, Agnietenkapel Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Inaugural Lecture Stacey Jeffery DTSTART:20240517T143000Z DTEND:20240517T153000Z UID:9dbb781f-dfb6-421a-aeb6-eca75f9d0374 DESCRIPTION:Title: Quantum algorithms are a (random) walk in the park\n\nL ocation:\nOude Lutherse Kerk\, Singel 411\, Amsterdam LOCATION:Oude Lutherse Kerk\, Singel 411\, Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Quantum Leaps of Harry Buhrman DTSTART:20240603T110000Z DTEND:20240603T170000Z UID:805a1930-fc44-4c0c-baf3-2ea84bafe886 DESCRIPTION:On 3 June\, CWI and the UvA organize a farewell symposium to c elebrate the many contributions Harry has made to theoretical computer sci ence and to quantum computing over the course of his 30+ years in Amsterda m\, including his co-founding (together with Kareljan Schoutens) of the re search center QuSoft in 2015.\n\nLocation:\nCWI\, Turing room\, Amsterdam Science Park Congress Centre\, Science Park 125 LOCATION:CWI\, Turing room\, Amsterdam Science Park Congress Centre\, Scie nce Park 125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhD Defence Jana Sotáková (A&C) DTSTART:20240628T090000Z DTEND:20240628T110000Z UID:c0efae46-229c-4413-a3e0-1100b4a0d7f1 DESCRIPTION:Thesis "Isogenies and cryptography"\n\nLocation:\nOude Luthers e Kerk\, Singel 411\, Amsterdam LOCATION:Oude Lutherse Kerk\, Singel 411\, Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhD Defence Philip Verduyn Lunel (A&C/QuSoft) DTSTART:20241004T080000Z DTEND:20241004T093000Z UID:a9a110af-0e0f-4034-a716-b3c0bdb6b1c5 DESCRIPTION:Philip Verduyn Lunel will defend the dissertation: 'Quantum Po sition Verification: Loss-tolerant Protocols and Fundamental Limits'. Prom otor is Prof. H.M. Buhrman. The co-promotor is Dr F. Speelman.\n\nLocation :\nAgnietenkapel\, Oudezijds Voorburgwal229 - 231\, Amsterdam LOCATION:Agnietenkapel\, Oudezijds Voorburgwal229 - 231\, Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhD Defence René Allerstorfer (A&C/QuSoft) DTSTART:20241028T130000Z DTEND:20241028T143000Z UID:5611b585-0945-410a-a0d5-d73c3b4819a3 DESCRIPTION:René Allerstorfer will defend the dissertation 'Position-base d Quantum Cryptography: From Theory towards Practice'. Promotor is Prof. H .M. Buhrman. The co-promotor is Dr F. Speelman.\n\nLocation:\nAgnietenkape l\, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 229 - 231\, Amsterdam LOCATION:Agnietenkapel\, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 229 - 231\, Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhD thesis defence of Dmitry Grinko (A&C/QuSoft) DTSTART:20250203T130000Z DTEND:20250203T150000Z UID:398f1f6e-b2c2-46c6-8f72-2f550ed3c622 DESCRIPTION:Dmitry Grinko will defend the dissertation 'Mixed Schur-Weyl d uality in quantum information'. Promotor is Prof. H.M. Buhrman. The co-pro motor is Dr M. Ozols.\n\nLocation:\nAgnietenkapel\, Oudezijds Voorburgwal2 29 - 231\, Amsterdam LOCATION:Agnietenkapel\, Oudezijds Voorburgwal229 - 231\, Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhD Defence Dyon van Vreumingen A&C / QuSoft DTSTART:20250220T090000Z DTEND:20250220T110000Z UID:5b9f01c5-08a2-42a1-a8a8-2fa1573c3149 DESCRIPTION:Dyon van Vreumingen will defend the dissertation 'Strategies f or adiabatic state preparation of quantum many-body systems'. Promotors ar e Prof. C.J.M. Schoutens and co-promotor Prof. L. Visscher.\n\nLocation:\ nAgnietenkapel\, Oudezijds Voorburgwal229 - 231\, Amsterdam LOCATION:Agnietenkapel\, Oudezijds Voorburgwal229 - 231\, Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhD Defence Sebastian Zur A&C / QuSoft DTSTART:20250430T090000Z DTEND:20250430T103000Z UID:88a19057-d181-4405-b1bc-71b687aa6ed2 DESCRIPTION:Multidimensional Quantum Walks and the Multiplicative Ladder A dversary. \nPromotor is Prof. S.M. Jeffery. The co-promotor is Dr K. Guo.\ n\nLocation:\nAula - Lutherse kerk\, Singel 411\, 1012 WN Amsterdam LOCATION:Aula - Lutherse kerk\, Singel 411\, 1012 WN Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhD Defence Niels Neumann A&C / QuSoft DTSTART:20250502T110000Z DTEND:20250502T123000Z UID:d5e50714-02df-499c-accf-5438630c9690 DESCRIPTION:Adaptive Quantum Computers. Decoding and state preparation.\nP romotors are Prof. H.M. Buhrman and Prof. F. Phillipson. The co-promotor i s Dr J. Briët.\n\nLocation:\nAgnietenkapel\, Oudezijds Voorburgwal229 - 2 31\, Amsterdam LOCATION:Agnietenkapel\, Oudezijds Voorburgwal229 - 231\, Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhD defence Garazi Muguruza Lasa (A&C / QuSoft) DTSTART:20251017T090000Z DTEND:20251017T110000Z UID:d2dd050b-444e-44ef-846e-9d33f7263f5e DESCRIPTION:Resource requirements for quantum cryptography\n\nLocation:\nL utherse kerk\, Singel 411\, 1012 WN Amsterdam LOCATION:Lutherse kerk\, Singel 411\, 1012 WN Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhD defence Jordi Weggemans (A&C / QuSoft) DTSTART:20251113T150000Z DTEND:20251113T163000Z UID:96c55286-57d9-4b2f-9d86-dd84edf0914e DESCRIPTION:Quantum versus classical resources in computational complexity \n\nLocation:\nAgnietenkapel of the University of Amsterdam LOCATION:Agnietenkapel of the University of Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhD defence Marten Folkertsma (Algorithms and Complexity) DTSTART:20260119T120000Z DTEND:20260119T133000Z UID:3c1d5b3d-a2b2-4ba5-997c-19ba93103142 DESCRIPTION:Empowering quantum computation with three resources. Measureme nt and feedforward\, catalytic space\, and classical guiding states.\n\nLo cation:\nAgnietenkapel\, Oudezijds Voorburgwal229 - 231\, Amsterdam LOCATION:Agnietenkapel\, Oudezijds Voorburgwal229 - 231\, Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhD defence of Francisco Escudero Gutiérrez (Algorithms and Compl exity) DTSTART:20260210T150000Z DTEND:20260210T160000Z UID:c49ba979-9569-4c68-b0c4-3c52a9a7e467 DESCRIPTION:Quantum computing\, norms and polynomials\n\nLocation:\nAcadem y Building of the Leiden University (Rapenburg 73\, Leiden\, South Holland \, 2311 GJ\, Netherlands). LOCATION:Academy Building of the Leiden University (Rapenburg 73\, Leiden\ , South Holland\, 2311 GJ\, Netherlands). END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhaseP Problem-Solving Workshop DTSTART:20260330T073000Z DTEND:20260402T150000Z UID:6667424b-91ca-4c27-955c-8d41f88a3783 DESCRIPTION:This workshop is part of the Research Semester Programme 'Phas eCAP: Phase Transitions in Combinatorics\, Algorithms and Probability'.\n\ nLocation:\nCWI\, Science Park 123\, 1098 XG Amsterdam LOCATION:CWI\, Science Park 123\, 1098 XG Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhaseP Plenary Talks DTSTART:20260402T120000Z DTEND:20260402T140000Z UID:5f30bac9-86a5-46c2-bf2e-710901a10adf DESCRIPTION:Tom Bohman (Carnegie Mellon University) and Christina Goldschm idt (University of Oxford) will give public lectures as part of the PhaseP Problem-Solving Workshop within the PhaseCAP Research Semester Programme on 2 April 2026. You are cordially invited to attend these plenary talks. Attendance is free\, but registration is required.\n\nLocation:\nNikhef Co lloquium Room\, Science Park 105\, Amsterdam LOCATION:Nikhef Colloquium Room\, Science Park 105\, Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Conference: Celebrating 10 Years of QuSoft DTSTART:20260409T070000Z DTEND:20260409T150000Z UID:27b98e3b-4528-45b6-b8b5-85ee8a09f311 DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to invite you to join us for a special Scient ific Conference celebrating 10 years of QuSoft. This anniversary event bri ngs together leading thinkers\, researchers\, and innovators in the field of quantum software to reflect on past achievements and look ahead to the breakthroughs that will shape the next decade. We look forward to welcomin g you for a day of inspiring talks\, scientific exchange\, and community c elebration.\n\nLocation:\nWCW Turingzaal\, Science Park 125\, Amsterdam LOCATION:WCW Turingzaal\, Science Park 125\, Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhaseC Problem-Solving Workshop DTSTART:20260414T073000Z DTEND:20260417T150000Z UID:22df6777-646f-4d39-9416-3d2eb114cfc6 DESCRIPTION:This workshop is part of the Research Semester Programme 'Phas eCAP: Phase Transitions in Combinatorics\, Algorithms and Probability'.\n\ nLocation:\nCWI\, Science Park 123\, 1098 XG Amsterdam LOCATION:CWI\, Science Park 123\, 1098 XG Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhaseC Plenary Talks DTSTART:20260417T120000Z DTEND:20260417T140000Z UID:eac0560c-553a-40ed-a8b8-331887b260c3 DESCRIPTION:On Friday 17 April 2026\, Penny Haxell (University of Waterloo ) and Rob Morris (IMPA) will give two public lectures as part of the final afternoon of the PhaseC Problem-Solving Workshop within the Research Seme ster Programme PhaseCAP. You are cordially invited to attend these plenary talks. Attendance is free\, but registration is required.\n\nLocation:\nN ikhef Colloquium Room/Auditorium\, Science Park 105\, Amsterdam LOCATION:Nikhef Colloquium Room/Auditorium\, Science Park 105\, Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhaseA Problem-Solving Workshop DTSTART:20260526T073000Z DTEND:20260529T150000Z UID:766fea10-e81c-4fee-80bc-b7985a829d83 DESCRIPTION:This workshop is part of the Research Semester Programme 'Phas eCAP: Phase Transitions in Combinatorics\, Algorithms and Probability'.\n\ nLocation:\nCWI\, Science Park 123\, 1098 XG Amsterdam LOCATION:CWI\, Science Park 123\, 1098 XG Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhaseA Plenary Talks DTSTART:20260529T120000Z DTEND:20260529T140000Z UID:b886c365-e4b1-420f-aa9f-a0ff7ef47280 DESCRIPTION:On Friday 29 May 2026\, Leslie Goldberg (University of Oxford) and Amin Coja-Oghlan (TU Dortmund) will give two public lectures as part of the final afternoon of the PhaseA Problem-Solving Workshop within the Research Semester Programme PhaseCAP. You are cordially invited to attend these plenary talks. Attendance is free\, but registration is required.\n\ nLocation:\nNikhef Colloquium Room\, Science Park 105\, Amsterdam LOCATION:Nikhef Colloquium Room\, Science Park 105\, Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Summer school on QA and QEC DTSTART:20260824T070000Z DTEND:20260828T140000Z UID:9ec89526-18b5-42ad-9be0-692268f4c76c DESCRIPTION:This summer school is part of the Research Semester Programme ‘Quantum Algorithms and Quantum Error Correction’.\n\nLocation:\nWCW T uringzaal\, Science Park 125\, Amsterdam LOCATION:WCW Turingzaal\, Science Park 125\, Amsterdam END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR