{"id":18,"date":"2025-10-24T07:51:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T07:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/160.97.52.220\/ercim\/wordpress\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2025-10-24T09:17:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T09:17:10","slug":"aims-scope","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ercim-qt-wg.icar.cnr.it\/index.php\/aims-scope\/","title":{"rendered":"Aims &amp; Scope"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\n  \/* Spaziatura compatta e coerente *\/\n  .qt-section{padding:18px 0}\n  .qt-section.alt{background:#f6f7f7}\n  .qt-wrap{max-width:var(--wp--style--global--content-size, 1100px);margin:0 auto;padding:0 16px}\n  .qt-wrap h1{margin:.3em 0 .4em}\n  .qt-wrap h3{margin:1.2em 0 .4em}\n  .qt-wrap p{margin:.6em 0}\n  .qt-wrap ul{margin:.6em 0 1.1em 1.2em}\n  .qt-wrap li{margin:.35em 0; line-height:1.45}\n<\/style>\n<section class=\"qt-section\">\n<div class=\"qt-wrap\">\n<h1 style=\"font-size: 2.2em; border-bottom: 3px solid #0073AA; padding-bottom: 10px; margin-bottom: 40px;\">Aims &amp; scope<\/h1>\n<p>\n      The ERCIM Working Group on Quantum Technologies advances research and collaboration across<br \/>\n      <strong>computing<\/strong>, <strong>communication<\/strong>, and <strong>sensing &amp; hardware<\/strong>,<br \/>\n      building bridges between academia and industry to accelerate impact in Europe.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"qt-section alt\">\n<div class=\"qt-wrap\">\n<h3>Research &amp; Technology<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Investigate the foundations and applications of quantum computing, communication, sensing, and hardware as well as software.<\/li>\n<li>Explore the interplay between algorithms, error correction, computation models, hardware scalability, system integration, and classical high-performance computing.<\/li>\n<li>Identify and promote new areas in quantum algorithms, optimization, and quantum machine learning.<\/li>\n<li>Advance research on quantum-communication security, quantum networking, and quantum metrology.<\/li>\n<li>Develop methods and tools for quantum data management.<\/li>\n<li>Provide a platform for emerging trends, disruptive innovations, and interdisciplinary approaches.<\/li>\n<li>Encourage networking among research groups to prepare joint grant proposals.<\/li>\n<li>Strengthen academia\u2013industry collaboration to identify challenges addressable from both sides.<\/li>\n<li>Establish best practices for reproducible experiments, baselines, datasets, and reference models (e.g., quantum-computing benchmarks and quantum-network simulators).<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"qt-section\">\n<div class=\"qt-wrap\">\n<h3>Education &amp; Dissemination<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Promote the growth of young researchers and engineers in quantum technologies.<\/li>\n<li>Support workshops, training schools, and research events across computing, communication, sensing, and hardware.<\/li>\n<li>Provide a forum for knowledge exchange among academia, industry, and public stakeholders.<\/li>\n<li>Increase awareness of potential, challenges, and societal impacts of quantum technologies.<\/li>\n<li>Help other communities assess how quantum technologies can serve their research.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"qt-section alt\">\n<div class=\"qt-wrap\">\n<h3>Topics of Interest<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Quantum algorithms (optimization, information retrieval, machine learning).<\/li>\n<li>Quantum-computing architectures and error-correction techniques.<\/li>\n<li>Quantum-communication protocols and quantum-network design.<\/li>\n<li>Quantum data management.<\/li>\n<li>QKD and cryptographic applications; quantum random-number generation.<\/li>\n<li>Quantum sensing, imaging, and metrology.<\/li>\n<li>Quantum Internet: architectures and networked application abstractions.<\/li>\n<li>Quantum networks: link-layer protocols, routing, and stacks.<\/li>\n<li>Quantum hardware (superconducting, photonic, ion-trap, solid-state).<\/li>\n<li>Quantum software engineering and programming frameworks.<\/li>\n<li>Hybrid quantum\u2013classical systems and interfaces.<\/li>\n<li>Scalability, integration, and benchmarking of quantum devices.<\/li>\n<li>Applications in industry, healthcare, and national security.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aims &amp; scope The ERCIM Working Group on Quantum Technologies advances research and collaboration across computing, communication, and sensing &amp; hardware, building bridges between academia and industry to accelerate impact in Europe. Research &amp; Technology Investigate the foundations and applications of quantum computing, communication, sensing, and hardware as well as software. 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