Welcome to the September edition of our QSE Center newsletter! Along with our QSE Center news and events, we are pleased to share the upcoming Swiss Quantum Week (13-19 October 2025), a weeklong series of events uniting academia, industry, policymakers, and the public as part of the UNESCO International Year of Quantum Science and Technology.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Swiss Quantum Week

 
 

 
 

Here are a few Swiss Quantum Week events that we think would be of most interest to our EPFL quantum community! You can see the full list of events on the Swiss Quantum Week website. 

 

 
 
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Quantum Industry Day in Switzerland 2025

14.10.2025 - Geneva International Conference Center (CICG)

A one-day event that gathers over 500 academic and industrial R&D to foster exchange and accelerate the development of new quantum products for inspiring keynote talks, panel discussions, and networking opportunities. Register now!

 
 
 
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Atome ~ énergie ~ lumière : La quantique pour grand public !

18.10.2025 - SwissTech Convention Center, EPFL

A one-day event for the general public to celebrate 100 years of quantum science and technology through hands-on activities, interactive demonstrations, workshops, and engaging talks! Event is free. Register now!

 
 
 
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QAI Ventures Quantum Computing Hackathon

17-19.10.2025 - CERN Campus, Geneva

A hands-on competition where teams will develop quantum solutions for the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Apply now!

 
 
 
 

EPFL Quantum News Highlights

 
 

 
 
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Tobias Kippenberg receives NOMIS Award

23.07.2026

EPFL professor Tobias Kippenberg has been named a recipient of the 2026 NOMIS Distinguished Scientist and Scholar Award, which includes €2.5 million in researc…

 
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How proximity steals energy from nanoresonators

07.07.2026

EPFL researchers have shown that placing insolating materials near ultracoherent nanomechanical resonators causes energy loss. The work reveals a previously ov…

 
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Quantum and molecular plumbing

22.06.2026

How liquids, and water in particular, behave at scales of a few nanometers is one of the big gaps in modern physics. Our body contains an intricate system of t…

 
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A ultrafast laser on a chip

04.06.2026

EPFL researchers have built a photonic chip that rivals much larger laboratory lasers, delivers extremely short, high-energy optical pulses, and could reshape …

 
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Nobel laureate Konstantin Novoselov as first EPFL Fellow

01.06.2026

École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) has named Professor Konstantin Novoselov as the first-ever EPFL Fellow, inaugurating a new honorary title creat…

 
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EPFL launches cloud access to real quantum computers

29.05.2026

Through a collaboration between the EPFL Center for Quantum Science and Engineering (QSE) and SCITAS, EPFL has become the first Swiss academic institution to e…

 
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Gregor Jotzu named CIFAR Global Scholar

21.05.2026

School of Engineering professor Gregor Jotzu is one of 15 early-career researchers named CIFAR Global Scholars for 2026-2028. Now in its eleventh year, the Glo…

 
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A tiny detector for microwave photons could advance quantum tech

06.04.2026

EPFL researchers have built a device that detects individual microwave photons with up to 70 percent efficiency, operating continuously and without complex res…

 
 
 
 

QSE Center Upcoming Events

 
 

 
 
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Call for Research Proposals – Access to Quantinuum Quantum Computers

17.07.2026 - 17.08.2026

The QSE Center invites EPFL researchers to submit proposals for research projects requiring access to Quantinuum quantum computers. Background Over the past fi…

 
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SNSF: Swiss Quantum Call 2026

01.09.2026 - 17:00

The Swiss Quantum Call 2026, part of the Swiss Quantum Initiative (SQI), will support outstanding quantum research projects with strong scientific excellence a…

 
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Synergies between quantum and classical computing for quantum chemistry and materials science

28.09.2026 - 30.09.2026

BCH 2103

You can apply to participate and find all the relevant information (speakers, abstracts, program,...) on the event website: https://www.cecam.org/workshop-deta…

 
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Quantum Industry Day in Switzerland (QIDiS) 2026

13.10.2026, 08:15 - 19:30

StageOne, Zurich

The Quantum Industry Day in Switzerland (QIDiS) gathers academic and industrial R&D to foster exchange and accelerate the development of new quantum products t…

 
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QSE INSPIRE Quantum Master's Awards

06.07.2026 - 31.05.2027

Applications are open for the QSE Center INSPIRE Quantum Master Award! One of the QSE Center’s main missions is to attract excellent female students in the dom…

 
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QSE Innovation Seed Grants

07.07.2026 - 31.05.2027

The QSE Innovation Seed Grant is open for applications! This is a unique seed funding opportunity of up to CHF 25k to encourage the brightest ideas for cutting…

 
 
 
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EPFL Campus Lecture/QSE Distinguished Quantum Lecture

03.11.2025, 12:15-14:15, Rolex Learning Center

Prof. Dr. Ignacio Cirac, director at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, will come to EPFL to give a Distinguished Lecture on the quantum theory of information.

 
 
 
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EPFL Campus Lecture: Marc Ph. Stoecklin, Alumni Award 2024

03.11.2025, 18:00-20:00, Rolex Learning Center

Marc Ph. Stoecklin is a Principal Research Scientist at IBM Research Europe and Head of Security Research. He currently leads the “Quantum Safe Cryptography” strategy at IBM Research. 

 
 
 
 

Internal funding opportunities

 
 

 
 

QSE Innovation Seed Grants

The QSE Innovation Seed Grant is a unique seed funding opportunity to encourage the brightest ideas for cutting-edge applications, technology transfer, and start-up creation in the field of quantum science and engineering, open to master’s students and researchers, including PhD students and post docs, in the initial phase of developing a cutting-edge application, product or service with a real societal impact. Two QSE Innovation Seed Grants have already been awarded to Aleksei Gaier and Marcel Mattes. You can read about their innovative projects on the funding pageRolling deadline

 
 
 
 

 
 

Thank you for your interest and we look forward to seeing you at our upcoming events!

Best regards,