Three executive components divided by type of activity
Application activities
The construction of quantum communication infrastructure netQUTE as part of the European initiative euroQCI and development of single-photon detector for the needs of netQUTE
Scientific research
activities
The creation of a virtual institute of quantum technologies iQUTE, which will bring together individual research teams
Educational and awareness-raising activities
The creation of an educational study program and the establishment of the international training center eduQUTE, with the ambition to achieve European significance.
What we do?
2025
2024
2023
2025
4–5 Feb. 2025 – Opening Ceremony of the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ), Paris
9 Jan. 2025 – Article “Podporujeme technické odbory v školách“, Magazine: Obchod, priemysel, hospodárstvo, Article author: Jaroslav Šmíd. Publisher: Slovenská obchodná a priemyselná komora. Volume: 90 000
1 Jan. 2025 – Quantum World: Invisible Photon (“Neviditeľný fotón“), 1st article from a serie Quantum World, Mário Ziman, Quark Magazine.
2024
3 Dec. 2024 – Komorový HiTech deň, Vladimír Bužek a Mário Ziman, Trenčín. Read more in an article.
5 Dec. 2024 – Visit of European Commission Delegation in Slovakia, Presentation of skQCI project: Djeylan Aktas, Biomedical Research Center SAS, QUTE Pavilion IP SAS, Bratislava. Read more in an article.
26 Nov. 2024 – Jesenná ITAPA 2024, Diskusia Quantum Computing: Mário Ziman, Hotel Crowne Plaza, Bratislava. Read more in an article.
18–20 Nov. 2024 – EQTC – European Quantum Technologies Conference, Invited speaker: Djeylan Aktas, Lisbon, Portugal. Read the full article.
11–15 Nov. 2024 – Open day at QUTE Pavilion, Bratislava. Talks: Mário Ziman. Workshop: Daniel Buchta. Lab tours: Mário Ziman, Peter Rapčan, Djeylan Aktas, Younes Benamara. Read the full article.
7 Nov. 2024 – ISA Business Breakfast: The Future is Quantum, Mário Ziman, Bratislava. Read more in an article.
26 Oct. 2024 – Interview “Slovensko na tepe doby, kvantové siete sa budujú aj u nás“, Štandard, Article author: Martin Chabada
24 Oct. 2024 – The CARLA 360 – Quantum Experience, Bratislava. Talks: Vladimír Bužek. Workshop: Gilberto Borges, Younes Benamara. Lab tour: Djeylan Aktas, Pavol Neilinger, Martin Baránek. Presentations: Leevi Leppäjärvi, M. Hamed Mohammady, Natália S. Móller. Read the full article.
16–17 Oct. 2024 – OpenSlava 2024, FEI STU, Bratislava. Talk Quantum and us: an Adventure into the Unknown: Saeid Salari. Workshop Exploring Quantum: Photonics, Entanglement, and Secure Communication: Gilberto Borges, Younes Benamara. Booth: Daniel Buchta, Ivan Doboš, Marek Kuruc, Pavol Surovec, Diana Cencer Garafová. Read the full article.
2 Oct. 2024 – Introductory lecture of Classical and Quantum Computations at UPJŠ, Košice, Slovakia. Daniel Buchta, Ivan Doboš (Aricoma). Read the short article.
27 Sept. 2024 – European Researchers’ Night 2024, Stará tržnica, Bratislava. Talk “Komplexita: zložitosť našej situácie uprostred klimatickej krízy – z pohľadu štyroch vedných oblastí”: Natália S. Móller. Talk “Výpočtová zložitosť a kvantový počítač“: Daniel Reitzner. Workshop Zahrajme sa s kvantovým počítačom: Daniel Buchta. Workshop: Mário Ziman. Scientific Booth: Andrej Gendiar, Matej Moško, Arash Ghoreishi, Ricardo Rivera, Mário Ziman, Younes Benamara, Diana Cencer Garafová. Read the full article.
11–13 Sept. 2024 – Time in Quantum Theory 2024, Smolenice Castle, Slovakia. Organiser: Institute of Physics SAS (Natália S. Móller, Ricardo Rivera C., Saadat S. Shariff, Radka Hovorkova, S. Arash Ghoreishi, M. H. Mohammady, Mário Ziman). Read the recap article.
25 Aug. 2024 – fellowQUTE Open Call 2024
19–23 Aug. 2024 – Summer school 2024: Quantum Technologies, FMFI, Bratislava, Slovakia. Organisers: QUTE.sk – Slovak National Center for Quantum Technologies (Diana Cencer Garafová, Pavol Surovec), Institute of Physics SAS (Djeylan Aktas), FH Technikum Wien (Mira Maiwöger). Partner: FMFI Bratislava (Miroslav Grajcar). Read the recap article.
14–15 July 2024 – We are Slovak Academy of Sciences (“My sme SAV”), Marcel Človečko (IEP SAS), Hviezdoslavovo námestie Bratislava, Slovakia.
1–3 July 2024 – QCI Ireland Event (PETRUS Workshop, Key Stakeholders Meeting, Ireland QCI workshops), Dublin, Ireland. Read the recap article.
20 June 2024 – L’Oréal – UNESCO For Women in Science Award, Slovakia. Laureate: Natália S. Móller (IP SAS). Read more in an article.
13 June 2024 – Expedition Quantum Slovakia: Doba kvantová od fotónu po qubit: Mário Ziman. Krajská knižnica Karola Kmeťka, Nitra, Slovakia. Read the full article.
12 June 2024 – Expedition Quantum Slovakia: Doba kvantová od fotónu po qubit: Mário Ziman. Nová synagóga, Žilina, Slovakia. Read the full article.
11 June 2024 – TechFocus 2024, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia. Talk: Mário Ziman, Bratislava. Read more in an article.
10 June 2024 – courseQUTE: Mark Hillery: Introduction to Quantum Algorithms, QUTE Pavilion, Bratislava, Slovakia. Read the full article.
3–6 June 2024 – 19th CEQIP, Skalica, Slovakia. Organiser: Jan Bouda, Radka Hovorkova, Leevi Leppajarvi, Daniel Reitzner, Mišo Sedlák, Mário Ziman. Read the recap article.
15 May 2024 – courseQUTE colloquium: Since time has a direction: Dieter Meschede, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University Bratislava, Slovakia. Read the full article or watch online.
13–17 May 2024 – courseQUTE: Dieter Meschede: The Quantum World – From Experimental Insight to Technology, QUTE Pavilion, Bratislava, Slovakia. Read the full article.
29–30 Apr. 2024 – Mini-workshop: superconductivity, correlations, transport and layered materials, QUTE pavilion, Bratislava, Slovakia. Organisers: Denis Kochan, František Herman. Read the recap article.
16–18 Apr. 2024 – courseQUTE: John Rarity: Quantum photonic device engineering, QUTE Pavilion, Bratislava, Slovakia. Read the full article.
14 Apr. 2024 – World Quantum Day 2024: Druhá kvantová revolúcia: Vladimír Bužek. Kácečko, Bratislava, Slovakia. Read the full article.
12 Mar. 2024 – Colloquium Development of a Slovak Quantum Communication Infrastructure for the Digital European Program, Djeylan Aktas, IEP SAS, Košice, Slovakia. Read the full article.
11–13 Mar. 2024 – skQCI project Team Meeting, Košice, Slovakia. Read the full article.
2023
14 Nov. 2023 – Colloquium Development of a Slovak Quantum Communication Infrastructure for the Digital European Program, Djeylan Aktas, MTF STU, Trnava, Slovakia. Read the full article.
23 Oct. 2023 – Relácia Experiment (“Supravodivosť a supertekutosť“), Peter Skyba (IEP SAS), RTVS, Slovakia.
16 Oct. 2023 – OpenSlava 2023, FEI STU, Bratislava. Talk Fully meshed quantum networks: Djeylan Aktas. Read the full article.
30 Sept. 2023 – European Researchers’ Night 2023, Stará tržnica, Bratislava. Scientific Booth: Peter Rapčan, Arash Ghoreishi, Martin Baránek, Denisa Lampášová, Mário Ziman, Pavol Surovec, Diana Cencer Garafová. Read the full article.
21–25 Aug. 2023 – Summer school 2023: Quantum Technologies, FHT Vienna, Austria. Organisers: Institute of Physics SAS (Djeylan Aktas), FH Technikum Wien (Mira Maiwöger). Read the recap article.
21 June 2023 – Personal visit to Accenture Technology Hub, Sophia Antipolis, France. Djeylan Aktas.
4–9 Jun. 2023 – II. Summer school of Condensed Matter Physics, Liptovský Ján, Slovakia. Organiser: FMFI UK.
3 Jun. 2023 – Video interview “Centrum pre výskum kvantovej informácie“, Vladimír Bužek. RTVS – Veda zblízka
26 May 2023 – Presentation and discussion with Accenture, Djeylan Aktas (online)
24–26 Apr. 2023 – ISLOP23 (International Summit on Lasers, Optics and Photonics), Valencia, Spain. Keynote speaker: Djeylan Aktas
30 Mar. 2023 – NATO Kick-off meeting. Djeylan Aktas
27 Feb. 2023 – TV Interview “Začala sa doba kvantová: V relácii Spektrum 24 o prepojeniach, ktoré sa nedajú odpočúvať“, Mário Ziman in interview with Ján Mečiar, TV JOJ.
23–24 Feb. 2023 – SiUCs-QUCOS QuantERA, Barcelona, Spain. Talk: The quantum-limited detectors based on superconducting weak links, Miroslav Grajcar (FMFI UK).
11 Feb. 2023 – Radio Interview “Kvantová komunikačná sieť”, Vladimír Bužek, RTVS Rádio Devín.
31 Jan. 2023 – Interview “Neprelomiteľná kvantová sieť sa na Slovensku stáva realitou“, Djeylan Aktas. humanisti.sk, article author: MIRRI SR
31 Jan. 2023 – Interview “Slovenskí vedci vyvíjajú unikátny jednofotónový detektor, v Európe po nich bude obrovský dopyt“, Mário Ziman. Aktuality.sk, Article author: Lucia Kobzová, Ján Trangel
31 Jan. 2023 – Interview “Na Slovensku sa začína doba kvantová“, Mário Ziman. Správy SAV, autor: Katarína Gáliková
31 Jan. 2023 – Interview “Základom vysoko bezpečného internetu má byť neprelomiteľná kvantová komunikačná sieť“, Djeylan Aktas. Trend
31 Jan. 2023 – skQCI Kick-off meeting, Press conference, Bratislava, Slovakia
30 Mar. 2023 – NATO Kick-off meeting (online)
31 Jan. 2023 – Interview “Viete, ako to vyzerá v laboratóriu kvantovej komunikácie?“, Djeylan Aktas. Veda na dosah, CVTI SR, Article author: Andrea Fedorovičová
31 Jan. 2023 – EuroQCI Kick-off meeting (online)