Organised by Singapore’s Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT), the hackamonth is an innovative approach to hackathons: a month-long, collaborative experience where participants work on quantum computing for meaningful problems. Typical hackathons are short and competitive, ending with prizes. With our hackamonth, we want to have real scientific impact.
We are delighted to invite you to join us for a special Scientific Conference celebrating 10 years of QuSoft. This anniversary event brings together leading thinkers, researchers, and innovators in the field of quantum software to reflect on past achievements and look ahead to the breakthroughs that will shape the next decade. We look forward to welcoming you for a day of inspiring talks, scientific exchange, and community celebration.
The Quantum Quest is an international online course introducing students to the mathematical foundations of quantum computing. With approximately 56 active participants on our Discord server, this year’s cohort represents a wide range of countries. Several Dutch secondary schools have also incorporated the program into their mathematics curriculum, resulting in a balanced mix of Dutch and international students.
Op 25 september vond de vakbijeenkomst Quantum Quest voor VWO-docenten plaats aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam. Medewerkers van het Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica en van de UvA informeerden de aanwezige docenten wiskunde, natuurkunde en informatica over het vakgebied quantumcomputing. Lynn Engelberts (CWI) legde de belangrijkste begrippen uit de quantummechanica uit: superpositie, interferentie en verstrengeling.
Quantum Quest is a five-week web class for high school students, organized by the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and QuSoft. This is the fifth edition, which will last from October 27 to December 15, 2025. In Quantum Quest, you will explore what makes quantum computers so special, solve tricky puzzles in a team and learn the mathematics of real quantum algorithms. The Quantum Quest is a math course for motivated high school students, or early university (STEM) students.
On September 1, 2025, a familiar QuSoft face came to the office in Amsterdam, this time as a senior researcher. Freek Witteveen joined CWI as a permanent researcher, affiliated with the Research Center for Quantum Software through the research collaboration. His appointment marks a new cycle for a young scientist who first joined QuSoft as a PhD student and went on to gain recognition in quantum information theory and many-body physics both in the Netherlands and abroad.
Source: QuSoft
Als onderdeel van het UNESCO International Year of Quantum (IYQ25) is QuTech toegewijd aan het verhogen van het publieke bewustzijn over het belang van de quantumwetenschap en haar toepassingen. We richten ons met name op de jongere generatie om hun ideeën, hoop en zorgen over de toekomst te verkennen. In de hoop een unieke gelegenheid voor dialoog te creëren, openen we de QUANTUTOPIA oproep voor creatief schrijven.
Source: QuTech
Stephanie Wehner, Director of the European Quantum Internet Alliance and Professor at QuTech (TU Delft), has been honoured with the Körber European Science Prize, one of Europe’s most prestigious scientific awards.
The AI system AlphaTensor-Quantum can make quantum computing more efficient. By optimizing quantum circuits, it makes calculations more efficient to save resources and accelerate discoveries.
Originally published on the University of Amsterdam’s Informatics Institute website
The call, funded through QSC, aims to support research at the intersection of theory and experiments on one of the four research lines of the Quantum Software Consortium. A proposal could for example fund a short postdoc or continuation of a research project by a PhD student who is nearing the end of their contract. Preference will be given to proposals which include research performed at more than one of the three nodes and to proposals involving experiment-theory collaboration.
Organised by Singapore’s Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT), the hackamonth is an innovative approach to hackathons: a month-long, collaborative experience where participants work on quantum computing for meaningful problems. Typical hackathons are short and competitive, ending with prizes. With our hackamonth, we want to have real scientific impact.
We are delighted to invite you to join us for a special Scientific Conference celebrating 10 years of QuSoft. This anniversary event brings together leading thinkers, researchers, and innovators in the field of quantum software to reflect on past achievements and look ahead to the breakthroughs that will shape the next decade. We look forward to welcoming you for a day of inspiring talks, scientific exchange, and community celebration.
The Quantum Quest is an international online course introducing students to the mathematical foundations of quantum computing. With approximately 56 active participants on our Discord server, this year’s cohort represents a wide range of countries. Several Dutch secondary schools have also incorporated the program into their mathematics curriculum, resulting in a balanced mix of Dutch and international students.
Op 25 september vond de vakbijeenkomst Quantum Quest voor VWO-docenten plaats aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam. Medewerkers van het Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica en van de UvA informeerden de aanwezige docenten wiskunde, natuurkunde en informatica over het vakgebied quantumcomputing. Lynn Engelberts (CWI) legde de belangrijkste begrippen uit de quantummechanica uit: superpositie, interferentie en verstrengeling.
Quantum Quest is a five-week web class for high school students, organized by the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and QuSoft. This is the fifth edition, which will last from October 27 to December 15, 2025. In Quantum Quest, you will explore what makes quantum computers so special, solve tricky puzzles in a team and learn the mathematics of real quantum algorithms. The Quantum Quest is a math course for motivated high school students, or early university (STEM) students.
On September 1, 2025, a familiar QuSoft face came to the office in Amsterdam, this time as a senior researcher. Freek Witteveen joined CWI as a permanent researcher, affiliated with the Research Center for Quantum Software through the research collaboration. His appointment marks a new cycle for a young scientist who first joined QuSoft as a PhD student and went on to gain recognition in quantum information theory and many-body physics both in the Netherlands and abroad.
Source: QuSoft
Als onderdeel van het UNESCO International Year of Quantum (IYQ25) is QuTech toegewijd aan het verhogen van het publieke bewustzijn over het belang van de quantumwetenschap en haar toepassingen. We richten ons met name op de jongere generatie om hun ideeën, hoop en zorgen over de toekomst te verkennen. In de hoop een unieke gelegenheid voor dialoog te creëren, openen we de QUANTUTOPIA oproep voor creatief schrijven.
Source: QuTech
Stephanie Wehner, Director of the European Quantum Internet Alliance and Professor at QuTech (TU Delft), has been honoured with the Körber European Science Prize, one of Europe’s most prestigious scientific awards.
The AI system AlphaTensor-Quantum can make quantum computing more efficient. By optimizing quantum circuits, it makes calculations more efficient to save resources and accelerate discoveries.
Originally published on the University of Amsterdam’s Informatics Institute website
The call, funded through QSC, aims to support research at the intersection of theory and experiments on one of the four research lines of the Quantum Software Consortium. A proposal could for example fund a short postdoc or continuation of a research project by a PhD student who is nearing the end of their contract. Preference will be given to proposals which include research performed at more than one of the three nodes and to proposals involving experiment-theory collaboration.
Can humans perceive single photons? How can we make quantum computers more stable? Wolfgang Löffler (LION) and Evert van Nieuwenburg (LION) from Leiden University have received funding for their research projects within the Dutch Research Agenda (NWA).
Wereldwijd is een race aan de gang om een stabiele quantumcomputer te maken. Wanneer het ons lukt om echt werkende quantumcomputers te bouwen, dan zijn sommige encryptie-algoritmes niet meer veilig, bijvoorbeeld de versleuteling van je bankgegevens. Daarom moeten we ons nu al voorbereiden op de komst van quantumcomputers.
Bron: Vierkant voor Wiskunde
Quantum computing is an exciting field of research, according to researcher Stacey Jeffery (CWI, UvA and QuSoft). In May 2024 she also became professor by special appointment of quantum information at the University of Amsterdam. Here, she describes her research and her ambition to attract more women to the field.
Source: I/O Magazine, October 2024 (p.16-17) and CWI
De quantumcomputers die in ontwikkeling zijn kun je niet simpelweg aansluiten op het huidige internet. Daar is een ander netwerk voor nodig, een quantuminternet. Tussen Delft en Den Haag was het korte tijd actief.
Bron: Dorine Schenk NRC, Gepubliceerd op 29 januari 2025
De quantumcomputer gaat de wereld veranderen, zegt onderzoeker Marcel Levi in de 'WNL Academie'. Mogelijk zijn onze wachtwoorden straks nutteloos. "Heel veel wetenschappers denken al na: hoe gaan we straks om met de beveiliging?" Nederland is één van de koplopers op het gebied van quantumtechnologie.
Source: WNL Academie
A suitcase covered with stickers from various universities, containing a quantum light source. Since April 2024, this suitcase has been visiting scientists in Europe researching single photons: the smallest possible quantity of light. The suitcase, also called ‘Q-torch’, travels from lab to lab like an Olympic flame, announcing the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology 2025.
Source: C. Huygelen
Enthusiastically, I arrived in Leiden on April 2nd, 2024, which marked the beginning of my internship which lasted four months at the Leiden Institute of Physics (LION) under the Supervisision of Dr. Wolfgang Löffler in collaboration with Dr. Petr Steindl.
Googles nieuwe quantumchip Willow is de eerste die beter wordt naarmate hij in omvang toeneemt. De techgigant zet hiermee een cruciale stap op weg naar de quantumcomputer.
On Friday the 15th of November, the 12th QSC General Assembly was held in Leiden at the unique Scheltema venue. The Scheltema building, which served as a blanket factory in the 19th century, provided an industrial atmosphere for what proved to be an interesting day of talks and collaboration between the different QSC branches.