Grants and Projects

On this page, we list existing and previous grants and sponsorship. When submitting a paper, one should acknowledge the current research grants with the following phrase:
This work was supported by the European Union through the Integrated Project QAP (IST-3-015848), SCALA (CT-015714), and SECOQC and by the QIP IRC (GR/S821176/01).

Collaborations

Cambridge-MIT Institute (CMI)

A collaboration between Cambridge University and MIT has begun a concerted research effort in the theory and technology of quantum information, which includes quantum communication, quantum control, quantum cryptography, and quantum information processing.

Quantum Lah in Singapore

We have established research links and collaborate closely with the quantum information group at the National University of Singapore.

EPSRC-funded projects

QIP IRC

Start Date: 1 October 2004
Duration: 4 years
The theme of the QIPIRC is "The controlled transfer of quantum information between static and propagating forms". Because of the interdisciplinary bit, it basically includes everything(including quantum crypto stuff...) which is also reflected in the variety of currently involved groups.

Quantum Interference, Quantum Correlations and Quantum Technology (QuICT)

Coordinator: Myungshik Kim
Start Date: 1 April 2003
Duration: 3 years

In the Network, we have 12 nodes from universities:
Strathclyde, Bristol, Bedford, Bangor, York, Hertfordshire, Oxford, Sussex, Cambridge, Imperial, St.Andrews and Queen's
and 3 nodes from research labs and companies:
QinetiQ, HP and NPL.
The details of workshops and support for collaborations will be arranged soon.

EU-funded R&D programmes

QAP

Start Date: 1 October 2006
Duration: 3 years
everything: algorithms, complexity, algorithmic methods, quantum commerce, multi-user protocols, architectures, testing quantum systems

SCALA

Start Date: 1 October 2005
Duration: 3 years
SCALA's goal is the achievement of a scalable quantum computer, by using individually controlled atoms, ions and photons to encode, store, process and transmit quantum information. Good luck!

SECOQC

Start Date: 1 October 2006
Duration: 2 years
Quantum cryptography, and QKD in particular

Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)

PROSECCO

Coordinator: Dr. Joern Mueller-Quade (IAKS, Karlsruhe)
Start Date: 1 January 2003
Duration: 3 years
The project aims to develop new quantum cryptographic protocols and to advance our understanding of quantum cryptographic security, with particular emphasis on protocols that are presently or will soon be practical.

RESQ

Coordinator: Serge Massar
Start Date: 1 January 2003
Duration: 3 years
The Project "Resources for Quantum Information" (RESQ) is an interdisciplinary project with partners from physics, computer science, mathematics and statistics background. The project aims to develop new methods for processing information at the quantum level, for instance by designing new quantum algorithms, by building a toolkit for the analysis and construction of quantum algorithms and distributed network tasks, by designing specific applications for small scale quantum systems, by devising tests of quantum devices, by characterising the resources required for quantum information processing.

TOPQIP

Coordinator: Paolo Zanardi
Start Date: 1 January 2003
Duration: 3 years
The project is focused on the theoretical understanding and practical realizations of topologically -stabilized quantum information processors. It aims at the developement of a general theoretical framework for the design of topology/geometry -based fault tolerant quantum computation.