Course Program

Please find below the Course Timetable and the Course Program Details.

NOTE: All the time slots are in Central European Time (CET)

Course Program Details

MONDAY – December 9, 2024
QUANTUM ELECTROMAGNETICS (QEM): INTRODUCTION AND PRINCIPLES

09:00 – 09:30: Welcome and Course Presentation [ N. ANSELMI ]
09:30 – 10:30: Introduction to Quantum Electromagnetics – Part I [ T. ROTH ]
10:30 – 11:00: Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30: Introduction to Quantum Electromagnetics – Part II [ T. ROTH ]
12:30 – 14:00: Lunch
14:00 – 15:30: Non-classical State of Light: From Theory to Engineering [ L. E. GARCÍA MUÑOZ ]
15:30 – 16:00: Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:30: Software Class: Representing the Non Classical State of Light [ L. E. GARCÍA MUÑOZ/I. C. AMAT ]

TUESDAY – December 10, 2024
QEM: MODELING THE REAL WORLD AT NANOSCALE

09:00 – 10:30: Atomistic-scale Modeling of Light Matter Interactions: Density Functional Theory [ A. BOAG ]
10:30 – 11:00: Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30: Characterising Wave Scattering in Complex Environments by Quantum Chaos [ G. GRADONI ]
12:30 – 14:00: Lunch
14:00 – 15:30: Quantum Description of EM Scattering in Characteristic Mode Basis [ A. BOAG ]
15:30 – 16:00: Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:30: Computational Quantum Electromagnetics: Basic Concepts and Emerging Trends [ T. ROTH ]

WEDNESDAY – December 11, 2024
QUANTUM COMPUTING METHODOLOGIES FOR EM ENGINEERING

09:00 – 10:30: Quantum Computing: From Qubits to Quantum Algorithms [ P. ROCCA ]
10:30 – 11:00: Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30: Quantum Annealing: Theory and Examples [ G. GRADONI ]
12:30 – 14:00: Lunch
14:00 – 15:30: SW Class: Emulating Quantum Computers through the QISKIT Platform – Part I [ N. ANSELMI ]
15:30 – 16:00: Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:30: SW Class: Emulating Quantum Computers through the QISKIT Platform – Part II [ N. ANSELMI ]

20:00 – 23:00: SOCIAL DINNER

THURSDAY – December 12, 2024
QEM: ADVANCED ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS

09:00 – 10:30: Quantum Radar [ L. E. GARCÍA MUÑOZ ]
10:30 – 11:00: Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30: Quantum Imaging: Correlation-Enhanced Microscopy [ O. KFIR ]
12:30 – 14:00: Lunch
14:00 – 17:30: SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

FRIDAY – December 13, 2024
QEM: LATEST ADVANCEMENTS & FUTURE TRENDS

09:00 – 10:30:  Software Class: Quantum Radar Emulation [ L. E. GARCÍA MUÑOZ/I. C. AMAT ]
10:30 – 11:00:  Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:30:  Multiphysics Modeling Methods for Superconducting Quantum Circuit Control and Readout Systems [ T. ROTH  ]
11:30 – 12:00: Echo and Dynamical Decoupling of Qubits [ O. KFIR ]
12:00 – 12:30: Quantum-Assisted Optimisation of Large Electromagnetic Systems: Noise and Scaling Bounds [ G. GRADONI ]
12:30 – 13:00: Concluding Remarks [ A. BOAG/P. ROCCA ]
13:00 – 14:30: Lunch
14:30 – 16:30: Final Exam/Test (*)

(*) The final test will be carried out online and it will be possible to make it within 2 weeks after the conclusion of the course (i.e., Friday December 27, 2024).