2025 Arnold Sommerfeld School

The Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics at the LMU in Munich will host a school on “Quantum Computing -- Status and Prospects” in the period October 6-10, 2025.

The school is primarily aimed at PhD and advanced master students, but more senior researchers are very welcome to apply as well. It will give an overview over the status and prospects of the field of quantum computing, including both introductory and more advanced topics and covering theoretical as well as experimental aspects. Topics include: quantum algorithms, quantum complexity, quantum error correction, quantum information, quantum networks, quantum simulations, applications to quantum chemistry, topological quantum computing and the following experimental platforms: atoms, photons, superconducting qubits and trapped ions.

Speakers

• Carlo Beenakker (U. Leiden): Topological quantum computing with Majorana fermions [Video, Slides]
• Barbara Kraus (TUM): Quantum algorithms [Videos]
• Markus Müller (RWTH Aachen): Quantum error correction [Videos]
• Tracy Northup (U. Innsbruck): (1) A quantum computer based on trapped ions: status and prospects (2) Quantum networks: theoretical foundations, practical implementations [Video1, Video2]
• David Perez-Garcia (U. Complutense Madrid): Detecting, quantifying and interpreting entanglement: (1) the bipartite case, (2) the multipartite case [Videos]
• Hannes Pichler (U. Innsbruck): Quantum Simulations (theory)
• Philipp Preiss (MPQ): Experimental Quantum Simulation with Neutral Atoms [Video]
• Mark Saffman (U. Wisconsin): Quantum Computing with Atomic Qubit Arrays [Video]
• Christian Schilling (LMU): Applications of quantum computing for quantum chemistry [Video, Slides]
• Christine Silberhorn (U. Paderborn): Scaling photonic systems for quantum information processing [Video]
• Andreas Wallraff (ETH Zürich): Quantum Error Correction with Superconducting Circuits [Video, Slides]
• Michael Wolf (TUM): Quantum complexity

Organizers

Michael Haack, Ignacio Cirac and Johannes Zeiher

Program and titles

Book of abstracts for poster session

Application

There is no fee but you will have to arrange your trip and accommodation yourself. You can find a list of hostels and hotels close to the ASC here. Note that the school takes place during the week of a trade fair in Munich and, thus, hotel prices might be higher than usual. Please also check airbnb or similar platforms.

Poster

Venue

Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics
Lecture Hall: B051
Theresienstr. 37
80333 München

This is downtown Munich and it is reachable by underground (take line U3 or U6 to stop Universität or line U2 to stop Theresienstraße) and by tram (take line 27 to stop Pinakotheken).