The project skQCI is working on:
Deployment of national experimental quantum communication infrastructure across the country
Designing a prototype of a superconducting single photon detector and cryogenic system
Establishing a quantum technology training center for students and postdocs
Activities Overview
2025
24–27 June 2025 – World of Quantum 2025, Munich, Germany. Dušan Lorenc (ILC CVTI SR).
24–27 June 2025 – Laser World of Photonics 2025, Munich, Germany. Dušan Lorenc (ILC CVTI SR).
18–20 June 2025 – RoNaQCI Festival – Conquer the Quantum World, Bucharest, Romania. Keynote speaker: Djeylan Aktas (IP SAS).
26 May 2025 – Radio Discussion: The world is suffering from a helium shortage “Svet trpí nedostatkom hélia“, Peter Skyba (ÚEF SAV), Pavol Neilinger (FMFI CU). Kontakty, STRV, Rádio Slovensko, SRo1.
20–23 May 2025 – QUANTUMatter 2025, Grenoble, France. Poster Session: Djeylan Aktas (IP SAS)
13–16 May 2025 – Quantum Meets’25, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Djeylan Aktas (IP SAS), Diana Cencer Garafova, Pavol Surovec (QUTE.sk)
28–30 Apr. 2025 – QCI Days 2025, Athens, Greece. Invited talk: Djeylan Aktas (IP SAS). Poster: Diana Cencer Garafova, Pavol Surovec (QUTE.sk). Gilberto Borges, Saeid Salari, Younes Benamara, Mária Surovcová (IP SAS).
14 Apr. 2025 – “Kvantové zápletky” – World Quantum Day 2025. Kácečko, Bratislava, Slovakia.
12 Mar. 2025 – Visit of President of Slovak Republic. Organiser: Slovak Academy od Science.
22 Feb. 2025 – Aktuálne :24, Mário Ziman (IP SAS, QUTE.sk), STRV :24 (Slovak TV and Radio), [from 14:09 min]
2024
3 Dec. 2024 – Komorový HiTech deň, Vladimír Bužek (IP SAS) a Mário Ziman (QUTE.sk), Trenčín, Slovakia. Read more in an article.
5 Dec. 2024 – Visit of European Commission Delegation in Slovakia, Presentation of skQCI project: Djeylan Aktas (IP SAS), 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 (IP SAS), Hotel Crowne Plaza, Bratislava. Read more in an article.
18–20 Nov. 2024 – EQTC – European Quantum Technologies Conference, Lisbon, Portugal. Invited talk: Djeylan Aktas (IP SAS). Read the full article.
13–15 Nov. 2024 – Multidisciplinary conference Laser 64, Třešt, Czech republic. Poster “Project skQCI: Kontaktovanie optického vlákna pre SNSPD detector”: Dušan Lorenc, Monika Jerigová, Eva Noskovičová (ILC CVTI SR).
14 Nov. 2024 – Konferencia Superpočítač a Slovensko, Bratislava, Slovakia. Talk: The Future is Quantum, Mário Ziman (IP SAS), Bratislava. Organiser: MIRRI. Read more in an article.
11–15 Nov. 2024 – Open day at QUTE Pavilion, Bratislava. Talks: Mário Ziman (IP SAS). Workshop: Daniel Buchta (Aricoma). Lab tours: Mário Ziman, Peter Rapčan, Djeylan Aktas, Younes Benamara (IP SAS). Read the full article.
26 Oct. 2024 – Article “Slovensko na tepe doby, kvantové siete sa budujú aj u nás“, Štandard, Author: Martin Chabada
24 Oct. 2024 – The CARLA 360 – Quantum Experience, QUTE Pavilion, Bratislava. Talks: Vladimír Bužek (IP SAS). Workshop: Gilberto Borges, Younes Benamara (IP SAS). Lab tour: Djeylan Aktas (IP SAS), Pavol Neilinger, Martin Baránek (FMFI CU). Presentations: Leevi Leppäjärvi, M. Hamed Mohammady, Natália S. Móller (IP SAS). 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 (Aricoma), Pavol Surovec, Diana Cencer Garafová (QUTE.sk). Organiser: Accenture Slovensko. Read the full article.
25 Aug. 2024 – fellowQUTE Open Call 2024. Granting authority: QUTE.sk
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, Mlynská Dolina, Bratislava (Miroslav Grajcar). 50 participants. Read the recap article.
1–3 July 2024 – QCI Ireland Event (PETRUS Workshop, Key Stakeholders Meeting, Ireland QCI workshops), Dublin, Ireland. Djeylan aktas, Peter Rapčan (IP SAS), Pavol Surovec, Diana Cencer Garafová (QUTE.sk) Read the recap article.
20 June 2024 – iDEME Conference: Presentation: “High-performance computing technologies and quantum communication”, Rastislav Pavlík (MIRRI SR). Bratislava, Slovakia. Organiser: Partnerstvá pre prosperitu (PPP). Available online.
16–21 June 2024 – EIT summer school, Nice, France. Lecture: “Quantum Networks”, Djeylan Aktas (IP SAS).
13 June 2024 – Expedition Quantum Slovakia: Doba kvantová od fotónu po qubit: Mário Ziman (IP SAS). Krajská knižnica Karola Kmeťka, Nitra, Slovakia. Organiser: QUTE.sk 25 participants. Read the full article.
12 June 2024 – Expedition Quantum Slovakia: Doba kvantová od fotónu po qubit: Mário Ziman (IP SAS). Nová synagóga, Žilina, Slovakia. Organiser: QUTE.sk. Over 50 participants. Read the full article.
11 June 2024 – TechFocus 2024, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia. Talk: Mário Ziman (IP SAS), Bratislava. Around 120 participants. Organiser: Aricoma. Read more in an article.
10 June 2024 – courseQUTE: Mark Hillery: Introduction to Quantum Algorithms, QUTE Pavilion, Bratislava, Slovakia. Organiser: QUTE.sk. Read the full article.
1 June 2024 – Veletrh Vědy Praha 2024, EURAXESS carrier zone, Pavol Surovec, Diana Cencer Garafová (QUTE.sk). Prague, Czech Republic.
15 May 2024 – courseQUTE colloquium: Since time has a direction: Dieter Meschede, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University Bratislava, Slovakia. Organiser: QUTE.sk. 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. Organiser: QUTE.sk. Read the full article.
13 May 2024 – “Smery fyzikálneho výskumu” Seminar, FMFI, Bratislava, Slovakia. Talk for undergraduate students: “PRNG model for evaluation of MRHS cryptanalysis”, Pavol Neilinger (FMFI CU).
22–24 Apr. 2024 – BQIT24 (Bristol Quantum Information Technologies), Bristol, UK. Invited talk: “Development of the Slovak National Quantum Communication Infrastructure”, Djeylan Aktas (IP SAS).
16–18 Apr. 2024 – courseQUTE: John Rarity: Quantum photonic device engineering, QUTE Pavilion, Bratislava, Slovakia. Organiser: QUTE.sk. Read the full article.
16 Apr. 2024 – Accenture Brown Bag Session: “Prvý kvantový FEIK“, Accenture Campus Lab FEI STU, Bratislava, Slovakia. Public talk: Mário Ziman (IP SAS), Branislav Majerník (Accenture). Around 60 participants. Read in an article.
14 Apr. 2024 – World Quantum Day 2024. Public talk: “Druhá kvantová revolúcia“: Vladimír Bužek. Discussion: Vladimír Bužek, Mário Ziman (IP SAS). Moderated: Samuel Kováčik. Kácečko, Bratislava, Slovakia. 100 participants. Read the full article.
12 Mar. 2024 – Colloquium Development of a Slovak Quantum Communication Infrastructure for the Digital European Program, Djeylan Aktas (IP SAS), 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 (IP SAS), MTF STU, Trnava, Slovakia. Read the full article.
23 Oct. 2023 – Relácia Experiment (“Supravodivosť a supertekutosť“), Peter Skyba (IEP SAS), RTVS, Slovakia.
18–19 Oct. 2023 – OpenSlava 2023, FEI STU, Bratislava. Talk: Fully meshed quantum network, Djeylan Aktas (IP SAS). Organiser: Accenture Slovensko.
4–7 Sept. 2023 – 21st Conference of Czech and Slovak physicists, FMFI CU, Slovakia. Talk: Modeling the optical absorption of meandering niobium nitride nanowires in the infrared spectra, Martin Baránek (FMFI CU).
21–25 Aug. 2023 – Summer school 2023: Quantum Technologies, FHT Vienna, Austria. Talk: Single Photon Detectors for skQCI, M. Baránek. Organisers: Institute of Physics SAS (Djeylan Aktas), FH Technikum Wien (Mira Maiwöger). Read the recap article.
21–23 June 2023 – 28th APCOM Conference (Applied Physics of Condensed Matter), Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia. Plenary talk: “NbN nanowires for single photon detectors”, Pavol Neilinger (FMFI CU).
21 June 2023 – Personal visit to Accenture Technology Hub, Sophia Antipolis, France. Djeylan Aktas (IP SAS).
3 Jun. 2023 – Video interview “Centrum pre výskum kvantovej informácie“, Vladimír Bužek (IP SAS). RTVS – Veda zblízka
26 May 2023 – Presentation and discussion with Accenture, Djeylan Aktas (IP SAS), online
18–26 May 2023 – Cryocourse 2023, Nuuksio, Espoo, Finland. Talk: “Numerical simulations of absorption in single photon detectors”, Peter Dupej (FMFI CU).
24–26 Apr. 2023 – ISLOP23 (International Summit on Lasers, Optics and Photonics), Valencia, Spain. Keynote speaker: Djeylan Aktas (IP SAS)
27 Feb. 2023 – TV Interview “Začala sa doba kvantová: V relácii Spektrum 24 o prepojeniach, ktoré sa nedajú odpočúvať“, Mário Ziman (IP SAS) 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 CU).
11 Feb. 2023 – Radio Interview “Kvantová komunikačná sieť”, Vladimír Bužek (IP SAS), RTVS Rádio Devín.
31 Jan. 2023 – Interview “Neprelomiteľná kvantová sieť sa na Slovensku stáva realitou“, Djeylan Aktas (IP SAS). 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 (IP SAS). Aktuality.sk, Article author: Lucia Kobzová, Ján Trangel
31 Jan. 2023 – Interview “Na Slovensku sa začína doba kvantová“, Mário Ziman (IP SAS). Správy SAV, autor: Katarína Gáliková
31 Jan. 2023 – Interview “Základom vysoko bezpečného internetu má byť neprelomiteľná kvantová komunikačná sieť“, Djeylan Aktas (IP SAS). Trend
31 Jan. 2023 – skQCI Kick-off meeting, Press conference, QUTE Pavilion, Bratislava, Slovakia.
31 Jan. 2023 – Interview “Viete, ako to vyzerá v laboratóriu kvantovej komunikácie?“, Djeylan Aktas (IP SAS). Veda na dosah, CVTI SR, Article author: Andrea Fedorovičová
31 Jan. 2023 – EuroQCI Kick-off meeting, online