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!

 
 
 
1px spacer Atome ~ énergie ~ lumière : La quantique pour grand public !  

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!

 
 
 
1px spacer QAI Ventures Quantum Computing Hackathon  

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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Switzerland hosts its inaugural Swiss Quantum Week

19.12.2025

To celebrate the UNESCO International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, the EPFL QSE Center helped create the first-ever Swiss Quantum Week, a series of …

 
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The twisted nanotubes that tell a story

09.12.2025

In collaboration with scientists in Germany, EPFL researchers have demonstrated that the spiral geometry of tiny, twisted magnetic tubes can be leveraged to tr…

 
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Edoardo Charbon elected to Optica

01.12.2025

Edoardo Charbon, head of the Advanced Quantum Architecture Lab (AQUA) in the School of Engineering, has been elected Fellow of the optics and photonics society…

 
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Riccardo Rossi awarded SNSF Starting Grant

19.11.2025

EPFL researcher Riccardo Rossi has been awarded a Starting Grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation. The SNSF Starting Grants represent the SNSF’s high…

 
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Quantum excellence, Swiss precision

14.11.2025

Relative to its size, Switzerland has a big impact in quantum science and technology, with a proven record of academic excellence, an innovative industrial lan…

 
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“I love doing science socially”

10.11.2025

The recipient of the 2025 Zonta Prize is Zoë Holmes, an assistant professor of physics at EPFL and head of the Laboratory of Quantum Information and Computatio…

 
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Nicola Marzari receives David Adler Award

06.11.2025

Nicola Marzari, head of the School of Engineering's Laboratory of Theory and Simulation of Materials (THEOS) and director of NCCR MARVEL, is the recipient of t…

 
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Three QSE researchers awarded SNSF Swiss-Korean quantum grants

05.11.2025

The “Korean-Swiss Science and Technology Programme” is part of the Swiss government's bilateral programmes between the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)…

 
 
 
 

QSE Center Upcoming Events

 
 

 
 
1px spacer QSE Quantum Seminar: "Separating QMA from QCMA with a classical oracle"  

QSE Quantum Seminar: "Separating QMA from QCMA with a classical oracle"

19.01.2026, 12:00 - 13:30

CE 1 104

Please join us for the QSE Center Quantum Seminar with John Bostanci from Columbia University who will give the talk "Separating QMA from QCMA with a classical…

 
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Quantum IC Seminar : "Sampling probability bounds from bosons"

21.01.2026, 11:00 - 12:00

BC 010

Please join us for the IC Seminar with John Bostanci from Columbia University who will give the talk "Sampling probability bounds from bosons" on Wednesday Jan…

 
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Spin shuttling - a new paradigm for semiconductor spin qubits

26.01.2026, 16:15 - 17:15

BM 5202

Abstract Semiconductor qubits are compact, highly coherent and can be manufactured in industrial facilities. Single-and two-qubit gates reach fidelities well o…

 
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QSE Quantum Seminar: "Superposing coherent states for fun & profit"

19.02.2026, 12:00 - 13:30

CE 1 104

Please join us for the QSE Center Quantum Seminar with Barry Sanders from the University of Calgary’s Quantum City who will give the talk "Superposing coherent…

 
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EPFL Quantum Hackathon

27.02.2026 - 01.03.2026, 11:00 - 17:00

BC Building

The EPFL Quantum Hackathon, February 27-March 1, 2026, is organized by team of EPFL students passionate about quantum science, from algorithms to hardware. Joi…

 
 
 
1px spacer EPFL Campus Lecture/QSE Distinguished Quantum Lecture  

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,