Name: ICFO-IMPRS Joint Workshop 2025
Start: 2025-04-09T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-04-11T17:30:00+02:00
Location: Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics

ICFO-IMPRS Joint Workshop 2025

from Wednesday, April 9, 2025 (8:00 AM) to Friday, April 11, 2025 (5:30 PM)

Monday, April 7, 2025
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Wednesday, April 9, 2025

9:00 AM Registration
Registration
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM
Room: Foyer

9:20 AM Opening Remarks
Opening Remarks
9:20 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
9:30 AM Talk: Quantum algorithm for cooling: a simple case study - Barbara Kraus (Technical University of Munich)
Talk: Quantum algorithm for cooling: a simple case study
- Barbara Kraus (Technical University of Munich)
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
10:30 AM Talk: The Enigmatic Dirac Quantum Spin Liquid - Johannes Knolle (Technical University of Munich)
Talk: The Enigmatic Dirac Quantum Spin Liquid
- Johannes Knolle (Technical University of Munich)
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
11:30 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Foyer
12:00 PM Short Talks Session A: Decoherence in Rydberg-EIT - Teresa Dimitra Karanikolaou (ICFO)
Short Talks Session A: Decoherence in Rydberg-EIT
- Teresa Dimitra Karanikolaou (ICFO)
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
Room: B0.32 Lecture Hall
Short Talks Session B: Dimensional advantage in quantum communication - Albert Rico (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Short Talks Session B: Dimensional advantage in quantum communication
- Albert Rico (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
12:15 PM Short Talks Session A: Engineering tunable synthetic fluxes with Raman-coupled Bose mixtures in an accordion optical lattice - Ignacio Pérez (ICFO)
Short Talks Session A: Engineering tunable synthetic fluxes with Raman-coupled Bose mixtures in an accordion optical lattice
- Ignacio Pérez (ICFO)
12:15 PM - 12:30 PM
Room: B.032 Lecture Hall
Short Talks Session B: Topological quantum thermometry - Anubhav Kumar Srivastava (ICFO)
Short Talks Session B: Topological quantum thermometry
- Anubhav Kumar Srivastava (ICFO)
12:15 PM - 12:30 PM
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
12:30 PM Short Talks Session A: Challenging the traditional understanding of cavity QED with many atoms - Lukas Wangler (ICFO)
Short Talks Session A: Challenging the traditional understanding of cavity QED with many atoms
- Lukas Wangler (ICFO)
12:30 PM - 12:45 PM
Room: B0.32 Lecture Hall
Short Talks Session B: Optimal matchgate circuits for fermionic Gaussian states - Marc Langer (Technical University of Munich)
Short Talks Session B: Optimal matchgate circuits for fermionic Gaussian states
- Marc Langer (Technical University of Munich)
12:30 PM - 12:45 PM
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
12:45 PM Short Talks Session A: Gate-tunable Bose-Fermi mixture in a strongly correlated moiré bilayer electron system - Amine Ben Mhenni (Walter Schottky Institute)
Short Talks Session A: Gate-tunable Bose-Fermi mixture in a strongly correlated moiré bilayer electron system
- Amine Ben Mhenni (Walter Schottky Institute)
12:45 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: B0.32 Lecture Hall
1:00 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

2:30 PM IdeaLab Workshop: Part I
IdeaLab Workshop: Part I
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: B0.32 Lecture Hall Have you ever wondered how your research could benefit society beyond the academic realm? This workshop will provide you with the tools to explore the commercial potential of cutting-edge technologies. Join a team and dive headfirst into the exciting world of technology transfer - Analyze Real-World Technologies: Delve into the practical applications of innovative technologies. - Develop a Business Perspective: Learn to identify the market opportunities. - Present your Findings: Practice communicating your solution and its benefits. Whether you're a seasoned researcher or just starting your scientific journey, this workshop is your chance to gain valuable insights into the world of technology transfer.

3:30 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Foyer

4:00 PM Poster Session
Poster Session
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Room: B0.32 Lecture Hall

6:30 PM Group Activities
Group Activities
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Thursday, April 10, 2025
9:00 AM Talk: Towards quantum repeaters with solid-state quantum nodes - Hugues de Riedmatten (ICFO)
Talk: Towards quantum repeaters with solid-state quantum nodes
- Hugues de Riedmatten (ICFO)
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
10:00 AM Talk: Quantum-safe communication for space and fibre - Robin Camphausen (ICFO)
Talk: Quantum-safe communication for space and fibre
- Robin Camphausen (ICFO)
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
11:00 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Foyer
11:30 AM Short Talks Session A: Testing the Hilbert's space dimension of many-body quantum states - Guillem Müller-Rigat (ICFO)
Short Talks Session A: Testing the Hilbert's space dimension of many-body quantum states
- Guillem Müller-Rigat (ICFO)
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Room: B.032 Lecture Hall
Short Talks Session B: Functionalized mm-scale vapor cells for alkali-metal magnetometry - Harini Raghavan (ICFO)
Short Talks Session B: Functionalized mm-scale vapor cells for alkali-metal magnetometry
- Harini Raghavan (ICFO)
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
11:45 AM Short Talks Session A: Riemannian quantum circuit optimization based on matrix product operators - Isabel Nha Minh Le (Technical University of Munich)
Short Talks Session A: Riemannian quantum circuit optimization based on matrix product operators
- Isabel Nha Minh Le (Technical University of Munich)
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: B0.32 Lecture Hall
Short Talks Session B: Selective heating of atoms in subwavelength array - Panagiotis Tselifis (ICFO)
Short Talks Session B: Selective heating of atoms in subwavelength array
- Panagiotis Tselifis (ICFO)
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
12:00 PM Short Talks Session A: Experimental realization of a Shortcut to Adiabaticity in a Neutral Atom Quantum Computer - Benjamin Schiffer (Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics)
Short Talks Session A: Experimental realization of a Shortcut to Adiabaticity in a Neutral Atom Quantum Computer
- Benjamin Schiffer (Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics)
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
Room: B0.32 Lecture Hall
Short Talks Session B: Numerical optimizations for cooling algorithms - Daniel Molpeceres (Technical University of Munich)
Short Talks Session B: Numerical optimizations for cooling algorithms
- Daniel Molpeceres (Technical University of Munich)
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
12:15 PM Short Talks Session A: Exploring the Interface of Sound Reverberation and Quantum Behaviors - Juliette Tudoce (ICFO)
Short Talks Session A: Exploring the Interface of Sound Reverberation and Quantum Behaviors
- Juliette Tudoce (ICFO)
12:15 PM - 12:30 PM
Room: B0.32 Lecture Hall
Short Talks Session B: On the photon number and energy conserving subspaces in non-linear quantum optics - Philipp Stammer (ICFO)
Short Talks Session B: On the photon number and energy conserving subspaces in non-linear quantum optics
- Philipp Stammer (ICFO)
12:15 PM - 12:30 PM
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
12:30 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Talk: Optical control of correlated magnetism in moiré materials - Tomasz Smoleński (University of Basel)
Talk: Optical control of correlated magnetism in moiré materials
- Tomasz Smoleński (University of Basel)
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
3:00 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Foyer
3:30 PM Industry Talk: David Eslava Sabaté - David Eslava Sabaté (Qilimanjaro)
Industry Talk: David Eslava Sabaté
- David Eslava Sabaté (Qilimanjaro)
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
4:30 PM IdeaLab Workshop: Part II
IdeaLab Workshop: Part II
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Room: B0.32 Lecture Hall Have you ever wondered how your research could benefit society beyond the academic realm? This workshop will provide you with the tools to explore the commercial potential of cutting-edge technologies. Join a team and dive headfirst into the exciting world of technology transfer - Analyze Real-World Technologies: Delve into the practical applications of innovative technologies. - Develop a Business Perspective: Learn to identify the market opportunities. - Present your Findings: Practice communicating your solution and its benefits. Whether you're a seasoned researcher or just starting your scientific journey, this workshop is your chance to gain valuable insights into the world of technology transfer.

8:00 PM Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner
8:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Friday, April 11, 2025
9:00 AM Talk: Emergent phenomena in atom arrays interacting with light - Darrick Chang (ICFO)
Talk: Emergent phenomena in atom arrays interacting with light
- Darrick Chang (ICFO)
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
10:00 AM Talk: Complex time and real materials - Ulrich Schollwöck (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich)
Talk: Complex time and real materials
- Ulrich Schollwöck (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich)
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
11:00 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Foyer
11:30 AM Short Talks Session A: Cavity-Enhanced On-Demand Solid-State Quantum Memory - Antariksha Das (ICFO)
Short Talks Session A: Cavity-Enhanced On-Demand Solid-State Quantum Memory
- Antariksha Das (ICFO)
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Room: B0.32 Lecture Hall
Short Talks Session B: Non-perturbative signatures of fractons in the twisted multi-flavor Schwinger model - Pavel Popov (ICFO)
Short Talks Session B: Non-perturbative signatures of fractons in the twisted multi-flavor Schwinger model
- Pavel Popov (ICFO)
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
11:45 AM Short Talks Session A: Quantum Satellite research line and activities developed at i2CAT - Javier Jordán Parra (i2CAT Foundation)
Short Talks Session A: Quantum Satellite research line and activities developed at i2CAT
- Javier Jordán Parra (i2CAT Foundation)
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: B0.32 Lecture Hall
Short Talks Session B: Encoding a topological gauge theory on an ring-shaped Bose gas - Claudio Iacovelli (ICFO)
Short Talks Session B: Encoding a topological gauge theory on an ring-shaped Bose gas
- Claudio Iacovelli (ICFO)
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
12:00 PM Short Talks Session A: Optically addressable spins in erbium-doped materials - Alexander Ulanowski (Technical University of Munich)
Short Talks Session A: Optically addressable spins in erbium-doped materials
- Alexander Ulanowski (Technical University of Munich)
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
Room: B0.32 Lecture Hall
Short Talks Session B: A minimal SU(2) model for analog simulation in small-scale superconducting quantum devices - Lucia Valor Menéndez (Walther Meißner Institute)
Short Talks Session B: A minimal SU(2) model for analog simulation in small-scale superconducting quantum devices
- Lucia Valor Menéndez (Walther Meißner Institute)
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
12:30 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Talk: Engineering quantum many-body systems atom by atom - Monika Aidelsburger (Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics)
Talk: Engineering quantum many-body systems atom by atom
- Monika Aidelsburger (Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics)
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
3:00 PM Talk: Quantum simulation of far-from-equilibrium dynamics of gauge theories - Jad Halimeh (Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics)
Talk: Quantum simulation of far-from-equilibrium dynamics of gauge theories
- Jad Halimeh (Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics)
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
4:00 PM Closing Remarks
Closing Remarks
4:00 PM - 4:10 PM
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall

4:10 PM Buddy Time: Lab- and Grouptours
Buddy Time: Lab- and Grouptours
4:10 PM - 5:30 PM

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