- Quantum key distribution with continuous variables: theoretical and experimental work on long-distance system performance and side channel induced attacks

- Quantum cryptographic primitives: theoretical and experimental work on secret sharing, coin flipping, entanglement verification in the presence of adversaries

- Theory of Quantum Computation and Quantum Information including measurement-based quantum computing, entanglement theory and foundations of physics

Talks presented at the first Chist-ERA conference by the invited speakers.

• Raimond Fournier (ANR, France)
  Chist-Era presentation and objectives of the workshop
• Wide Hogenhout (FET Proactive Unit, European Commission)
  FET 2011-2012
   

Quantum Information Foundations and Technologies

The purpose of this first CHIST-ERA conference will be to bring together personalities and scientists from the community of the call topics (Quantum Information Foundations and Technologies and Self-Awareness & Self-Consciousness) preliminarily chosen by the CHIST-ERA Consortium and that will be called for in the first CHIST-ERA transnational call for projects.

1. Alberto Marchetti-Spaccamela (Università La Sapienza, Roma, Italy)
2. Giuseppe Falci (Università di Catania, Italy)
3. Orla Slattery (Tyndall National Institute, Ireland)
4. Raymond Fournier (ANR, France)
5. Girerd Mathieu (ANR, France)
6. Andy Lawrence (EPSRC, UK)
7. Cristoph Peschke (DLR, Germany)
8. Francesco Cataliotti (MIUR, Italy)
9. Ricardo Sanz (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid)
10. Daniele Binosi (ECT* - Fondazione Bruno Kessler)

Venue

The CHIST-ERA Conference will take place @

Ministero Istruzione, Università, Ricerca (MIUR), Sala Conferenze (C), Piano Terra Piazzale Kennedy, 20 – 00144 ROMA EUR

How to get there

Once you are in Roma Termini station, the MIUR can be reached in two ways by public transportation:

• Underground B, direction "Laurentina". Stop: EUR FERMI. You can then walk from there (10 minutes)
• Underground B, direction "Laurentina". Stop: EUR MARCONI. Exit the station and take either the 791 or the 170 bus
  • Bus number 791 direction "Nervi/Palazzetto dello Sport": exit at the bus stop "Piazzale dell’Agricoltura"; the MIUR is on the opposite side of the street
  • Bus number 170 direction "Piazzale dell’Agricoltura": same as before, exit at the bus stop "Piazzale dell’Agricoltura"; the MIUR is on the opposite side of the street

A map of the EUR area can be found in the attachment section.
A map of the Rome undergrounds is available here

More travelling tips (e.g., how to arrive from Ciampino airport, taxis, etc.) are available below in the attachment section.  

Accommodation

MIUR has stipulated a special convention with the nearby

Hotel dei Congressi **** 
Viale Shakespeare, 29 00144 Roma
T. +39 06 5926021
F. +39 06 5911903

The prices (including breakfast) are 105€ for a single room and 120€ for a double room (single occupation).
To book send an email to alessiaruggieri [at] hoteldeicongressiroma [dot] com (or phone directly to the hotel at the reservation number +39 06 5911923) and quote the CHIST-ERA conference.
 

If you want to stay in the city centre, you can get a (.doc) list of hotels in the Colosseum area or near the Termini station from the attachment below.

The two topics selected for the first CHIST-ERA transnational call are Quantum Information Foundations and Technologies e Self-awareness and self-consciousness. To pin down the topic scope within the CHIST-ERA call is an objective of this conference; however and as a term of reference, a preliminary scope is given below.

CHIST-ERA is a Consortium of nine national organizations, each running a national programme supporting its research community in long term Information and communication science and technologies (ICST). The Partner funding programmes cover a large majority of the research in Europe and a significant fraction of the field worldwide. The focus of CHIST-ERA is long-term transformational research.