Date & time:

1 December 2025, 15:00 - 17:30 CET

Meeting location:

REMOTE

Description:

This inaugural session will introduce the goals and scope of SIG-Quantum, provide an overview of current initiatives in quantum communication and networking, and create space for participants to share their interests and ideas. 

It is open to all interested participants and will set the foundation for future discussions and collaborations within the group.

 

REGISTRATION LINK HERE 

For any questions, please contact domenico.vicinanza@geant.org. 

AGENDA (Times in CET):

15:00 - 15:10Welcome and Introduction - Domenico Vicinanza (GÉANT)

Slides
15:10 - 15:30Update from WP6T1 - Susanne Naegele-Jackson (RRZE)

Slides
15:30 - 15:45

Quantum Computing for High Energy Physics: CERN perspective - Michelle Grossi (CERN)

CERN with its Quantum Technology Initiative is designed to build specific capacity and technology platforms, and support a longer-term strategy to use quantum technology at CERN and in HEP in the future. After a preliminary introduction about the promise of quantum technologies with focus on computing, we will discuss main research directions and results from theoretical foundations of quantum algorithms to application in several areas of HEP. 

15:45 - 16:05

Quantum Communications in Europe: EuroQCI Deployment and the HellasQCI Paradigm - Ilias Papastamatiou (GRNET)

This talk will provide an overview of Europe’s progress in quantum-secure communications, focusing on the deployment of the EuroQCI initiative and the practical experience gained through Greece’s national implementation, HellasQCI.

Slides

16:05 - 16:20Coffee break
16:20 - 16:35

From Hardware Pulses to Entangled Links: A Two-Level Control Design for Quantum Networking - Inder Monga (ESnet)

A new two-level framework developed by the QUANT-NET team at Berkeley Lab addresses critical challenges in quantum networking by enabling automated and high-fidelity entanglement operations, synchronized operations in distributed environments, regular and automated calibrations, real-time control capabilities (ARTIQ-based), and an open and extensible architecture that allows for dynamic insertion of new services and functionalities. QUANT-NET has also successfully deployed and evaluated this system in their three-node testbed, demonstrating automated quantum node calibration and on-demand single-photon generation across a 5-kilometer optical fiber link. Learn more about this important step toward building a practical and scalable quantum internet.

16:35 - 16:50

Quantum Computing and Quantum Sensing - Piotr Rydlichowski (PCSS)

The talk will include an overview of current activities in the area of quantum computing and sensing at PCSS, challenges and plans. Potential new synergies and connections between EuroQCI, EuroQCS activities and AI Factories.

Slides

16:50 - 17:10Roundtable discussions
17:10 - 17:20Closing, meeting evaluation & feedback collection
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