Center for Quantum Science and Engineering
Shaping the Quantum World
Highlights
What is quantum?
Discover how the phenomena predicted by the laws of quantum mechanics can be harnessed to bring radical changes in many areas of technology and society
Research at QSE
Explore our research pillars in the areas of quantum hardware and software
Education at QSE
Find out what the QSE Center has to offer for training the future leaders in quantum science and technology.
News
Running quantum software on a classical computer
Two physicists, from EPFL and Columbia University, have introduced an approach for simulating the quantum approximate optimization algorithm using a traditional computer. Instead of running the algorithm on advanced quantum processors, the new approach uses a classical machine-learning algorithm that closely mimics the behavior of near-term quantum computers.
Light meets superconducting circuits
EPFL researchers have developed a light-based approach to read out superconducting circuits, overcoming the scaling-up limitations of quantum computing systems.
Quantum computing: Cold chips can control qubits
A cryogenic controller chip opens the door to solving the ‘wiring bottleneck’ and subsequently to realize a fully integrated, scalable quantum computer. A research from QuTech in the Netherlands, from Intel Corp and from EPFL professor Edoardo Charbon.