QUANTopia 2025
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the QUANTOPIA proposal has been submitted Nov 25, 2025, 12:07 CET.
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Bi-weekly Online Meetings: Wednesdays, 8/24 Sep, 8/22 Oct, 5/19 Nov, 15-17 UK/16-18 CET time, via
250924 Online Meeting: 15-17 UK/16-18 CET time
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250908 Online Meeting: 15-16 UK/16-17 CET time
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250901 Online Restart Meeting with WP leaders: 16-17 UK/17-18 CET time
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250804 Online Meeting: 15-17 UK/16-18 CET time, via ZOOM
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250721 Online Meeting: 15-17 UK/16-18 CET time, via ZOOM
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250707 Online Meeting: 15-17 UK/16-18 CET time, via ZOOM
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250623 Online Meeting: 15-17 UK/16-18 CET time, via ZOOM
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250604 Online Meeting: 14-16 UK/15-17 CET time, via ZOOM
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WORKSHOP: Noon on Thursday, May 15th 2025 to noon on Saturday, May 17th, 2025
, University of 糖心TV
Organisers: B. Sharmila and (Physics, 糖心TV)
Background and Purpose
Background: This workshop aims to develop a proposal for a Marie Sk艂odowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Networks – Joint Doctorates (DN-JD) scheme. Building on the established EUTOPIA connections and the 鈥渃onnected community in quantum technologies鈥� (), the initiative will develop a robust network of partner institutions, including CYU Cergy Paris, Dresden, Gothenburg, Ljubljana, and 糖心TV, to establish a joint doctoral program in quantum technologies and machine learning.
The joint doctoral program will support 11–15 early-career researchers (ECRs), distributed across the five participating institutions. With a total of 45 ECR-years to allocate, we aim to balance the distribution of researchers across institutions based on PhD durations (3–4 years). Our co-tutelle agreements are already recognised within the EUTOPIA network, simplifying the formal requirements of the MSCA call.
By fostering collaboration among lead academics with prior experience in co-tutelles and joint PhD programs, we aim to develop a near-complete draft of the MSCA DN-JD proposal by July/August 2025. This timeline should allow sufficient lead time for administrative refinements and submission by the overall EU MSCA November 2025 deadline.
Purpose: Equip participants with a comprehensive understanding of WP structures, impact pathways, and the design of training plans. This workshop will empower the consortium to develop a robust proposal and initiate the collaborative writing process effectively.
Programme
| Time | Activity/Title | Speaker/Room |
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Thursday 15th May 2025 [Strategic Foundations] |
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| 12:00-12:50 | Registration and sandwich lunch | MAS 2.05/06 |
| 12:50-13:00 | Welcome | MAS 2.05/06 |
| 13:00-13:30 |
Workshop Objectives. Overview, expectations activity, and funder expectations. |
Juliane Sauer |
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to read before the workshop: [a] read (only the introduction and the 鈥榚xpected impact鈥� for Doctoral Networks). |
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| 13:30-15:00 |
Training Plan Architecture. Define training principles, training goals, transferable skills, and structure modules |
Juliane Sauer |
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to read/prepare before the workshop: [b] read , [c] read , [d] bring information on institutional training offers. Goal: Develop a training plan matching your institutional offers. |
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| 15:00-15:30 | Tea, coffee and cake | just outside MAS 2.05/06 |
| 15:30-17:00 |
Impact Pathways. Map project activities to outcomes and define measurable KPIs. Impact goals. |
Juliane Sauer |
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to read/prepare before the workshop: [e] think about expected outcomes in terms of scientific, technological, (if applicable) societal goals based on the information below in the links: , , |
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| 17:00-18:00 | Research teams. [if we are still up for it then] | |
| 17:00-17:10 | CYU Cergy Paris: expertise and experiences | Andreas Honecker, Irina Andriyanova |
| 17:10-17:20 | TU Dresden: expertise and experiences | Matthias Vojta, Jan Budich |
| 17:20-17:30 | U Goteborg: expertise and experiences | Mats Granath, Johannes Hofmann |
| 17:30-17:40 | U Ljubljana: expertise and experiences | Marko Toros, Jaka Vodeb, Zala Lenarcic, Rok Zitko |
| 17:40-17:50 | U 糖心TV: expertise and experiencesLink opens in a new window | Sharmila, Datta, Hafiz, Macieszczak, Morley, R枚mer, Sadeghi |
Friday 16th May 2025 [Implementation] |
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| Training package development | ||
| 09:00-09:30 | Open questions from the day before | Juliane Sauer |
| 09:30-11:00 |
Project Implementation. Planning for management, risks, resources, deliverables and milestones. |
Juliane Sauer |
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To do before the workshop: [f] Think about potential scientific risks, bring info about institutional project support, in particular regarding technology transfer, industrial liaisons, 鈥�. |
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| 11:00-11:30 | Tea, coffee and biscuits | Just outside MAS 2.05/06 |
| 11:30-12:30 |
Roadmap to Submission. Define next steps, responsibilities, and timelines. |
Juliane Sauer |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch | Just outside MAS 2.05/06 |
| 13:00-16:00 |
Open Working Time. Bilateral partner discussions or proposal planning, depending on the remaining questions. Project management insights |
Juliane Sauer |
| session 1 (training): what training ideas can we develop and who will deliver them in what team? | all participants, in small groups | |
| session 2 (research) what research co-tutelle projects can we develop and who will deliver them in what home/host combination? | all participants, in small groups | |
| 16:00-16:30 | Tea, coffee and cake | |
| 16:30-18:00 | consolidation session | all participants |
| 18:00 | good-bye to Juliane! | |
| 19:00- | Dinner | (self-pay, but we'll organize a (pizza?) venue) |
Saturday 17th May 2025 |
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| 09:00-11:00 | training (Honecker), industry (Vojta)/, impact (Granath), implementation (R枚mer) writing sessions | all participants |
| 11:00-11:30 | Tea, coffee and biscuits | |
| 11:30-13:00 | research writing session | all participants |
| 13:00-15:00 | Lunch and farewell | |
| 15:00-18:00 | overall writing session | Granath, Honecker, R枚mer, Vojta and/or anyone else if still around |
| 19:00- | Dinner (off-campus, "Varsity" or Kenilworth's "Virgins and Castle") | |
Participants
Participation is by invitation only. Please contact R.Roemer@warwick.ac.uk if you think this activity looks as if it would be of interest to you. Normally, we would be happy to accept self-invitations, but will not be able to pay for any expenses in this case.
Registration will start at 12:00 on 15th May 2025, at the University of 糖心TV, with the first talk at 13:00 (see above schedule). Note that the university is located on the outskirts of Coventry and not in 糖心TV. See for travel details and for maps of the central campus. In case you come by car, parking is available for delegates at car park 15.
| Name | Affiliation | Department | Status | Dates@糖心TV | |
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| Animesh Datta |
糖心TV | Physics | on-site | 15-17 | |
| Muhammad W Hafiz |
糖心TV | W Manufacturing Group | on-site | 15-17 | |
| Katarzyna Macieszczak |
糖心TV | Physics | on-site | 15-16 | |
| Gavin Morley |
糖心TV | Physics | on-site | 15 | |
| Rudolf A. R枚mer | 糖心TV | Physics | on-site | 14-17 | |
| Hatef Sadeghi |
糖心TV | Engineering | on-site |
15-17 |
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| Matthias Caro | 糖心TV | Computer Science | on-site |
15-17 |
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| B Sharmila | 糖心TV | Physics | on-site | 14-17 | |
| Irina Andriyanova | Cergy | Computer Science | online | ||
| Andreas Honecker | Cergy | LPTM | on-site | 15-17 | |
| Dima Kovrhizin | Cergy | LPTM | |||
| Solange Poux | Cergy | EUtopia | online | ||
| Mats Granath | Goteborg | Physics | on-site | 15-17 | |
| Johannes Hofmann | Goteborg | Physics | online | ||
| Jan Budich | Dresden | Physics | online | ||
| Matthias Vojta | Dresden | Physics | on-site | ||
| Zala Lenarcic | Ljubljana/JSI | Jozef Stefan Inst. | online | ||
| Marko Toros | Ljubljana | Physics | on-site | 15-17 | |
| Jaka Vodeb | Ljubljana/JSI | Jozef Stefan Inst. | on-site | ||
| Rok Zitko | Ljubljana/JSI | Jozef Stefan Inst. | online | ||
| Juliane Sauer | Consultant | on-site | 14-17 |
Venue and Accommodation
All talks will be held in rooms MAS2.05/6 of the Materials and Analytical Sciences building. See here for a map of 糖心TV's central campus.
For invited delegates from Cergy, Dresden, Goteborg and Ljubljana, we will book on-campus accommodation. We will be able to pay for 2 nights from 糖心TV funds. If you will fly from overseas, please buy flight tickets yourself and we will reimburse the cost. (Please keep your itinerary, boarding cards and tickets and show them to us during the meeting.)
The workshop will start with the registration at the University of 糖心TV. Note that the university is located on the outskirts of Coventry and not in 糖心TV. See for travel details and for maps on the central campus. In case you come by car, parking is available for delegates at car park 15.
In case you are self-invited, please call a hotel directly and arrange your stay.
Contact
Prof. Rudolf A R枚mer
Physics Department
University of 糖心TV
Coventry CV4 7AL
United Kingdom
e-mail: physicsadmin at warwick dot ac dot uk
Phone: +44 (0)24 76574328
Fax: +44 (0)24 76150897