QUROPE Quantum Information Processing and Communication in Europe

Led by the University of York, the UK Quantum Technology Hub for Quantum Communications Technologies (Quantum Communications Hub) is a partnership of eight universities and numerous private sector companies. The overall aim of the Hub is to develop a range of new, secure, quantum communications technologies. A PhD studentship, supported by EPSRC funding through York, is available to work on high-rate quantum communications, based at the Department of Computer Science, University of York.

We are looking for talented and ambitious graduates who wish to pursue a Ph.D. in Quantum Technologies or the foundations of quantum theory. The successful candidate will work under the supervision of Dr Roger Colbeck in the Department of Mathematics at the University of York. The current aim of the research that this studentship is connected to is to understand the most practical ways to exploit fundamental physics to generate random numbers or to understand the nature of causation in quantum theory.

The Quantum Information group led by Prof. Dr. Dagmar Bruss at Institute for Theoretical Physics, Duesseldorf University, Germany, is looking for two doctoral candidates to join the EU‐funded Innovative Training Network QCALL (Quantum Communication for All). One PhD student will conduct a project on "Long-distance quantum key distribution over integrated satellite-repeater links", and the other PhD student will work on a project about "Multipartite quantum communication systems".

Two PhD positions are available at Institute for Theoretical Physics III, University of Duesseldorf, Germany, http://www.thphy.uni-duesseldorf.de/~ls3/
within BMBF-funded German network "Hardware-based quantum security".

The NANO group of CQE is looking for a doctoral candidate to join the EU‐funded Marie Curie European Training Network (ETN) in Optomech

PhD Studentships in Quantum Networking with Atomic Ions

A 3 year PhD position is available in the ICTM-Group in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Sussex and the National Physical Laboratory.

The positions come with an annual stipend of £14,057 which can be supplemented by tutoring. The position includes a yearly travel allowance.

Applicants should have an undergraduate degree in physics or similar.

Abelian and non-Abelian gauge theories are of central importance in many areas of physics. In condensed matter physics, they describe quantum spin liquids and in quantum information theory they appear in connection to quantum error correction. Most famously, they play a central role in the standard model of particle physics, where e.g.

Marie Sklodowska Curie PhD position in Quantum Optomechanics

Research objectives

The NANO group of the Centre for Quantum Engineering at Aalto is looking for one post-doctoral researcher and one doctoral candidate to join the ERC-funded project “Quantum devices in topological matter”. These positions are targeted in strengthening our capabilities in carbon nanotube devices, which are employed as sensors in various condensed matter systems.

Attractive PhD Stipends in Mathematics at the University of Copenhagen The starting date for the stipends is the spring or fall of 2017. The application and all supporting documents must be submitted no later than December, 11th 2016. PhD stipends are available within the VILLUM Centre of excellence for the Mathematics of Quantum Theory (QMATH) focusing on mathematical physics and quantum information theory. The center offers the possibility to work in close collaboration with theoretical and experimental activities at the Niels Bohr Institute.