📢 Announcing the Quantum Software Alliance, a global network of experts to champion and coordinate the development of quantum software. CQT is proud to be among the 21 founding academic centres

From our lunchtime seminar series: ▶️ Huang Ruo Cheng on "An Agential Perspective on Sequential Quantum Work Extraction with Limited Information": www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3We...

On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we celebrate Hu Mengyao who has received the CQT Alice Postdoctoral Fellowship! 👏 She works on Bell nonlocality in many-body quantum systems in the group of Valerio Scarani. Read our interview with Mengyao: www.cqt.sg/highlight/20...

Now online: ▶️ "Quantum Manipulation with Ultracold Atoms", colloquium by Yu-Ao Chen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiX5... ▶️ "Quantum limits on matter-wave guiding", colloquium by Wolf von Klitzing:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDDahyDKuFw

Congrats @fernandovldrs.bsky.social! 🎉🍾 Advised by @yvonnegao.bsky.social, he successfully defended his thesis on "Dynamical Light-Matter Coupling with Protected Superconducting Oscillators"! He will next head to Canada to take up an industry position in quantum computing. All the best Dr! 🎓

🚨 Job alert 🚨 The group of CQT Fellow Ng Hui Khoon is looking for a Research Fellow! The project focus is on theoretical research into implementing quantum error correction ideas and other noise-suppression techniques in quantum hardware. 📥 Apply here: careers.nus.edu.sg/job/Research...

New work by CQT PhD student Andrew Tanggara and his collaborators look at the role of contextuality in quantum error correction. Our story:

📢 Poster submission for the inaugural Asian Conference on Trapped Ions (ACTI 2026) is now open! ACTI 2026) will be held 20–22 April 2026 at the National University of Singapore campus. For conference details and submission information, please visit: indico.global/e/ACTI2026

🚨 Job alert 🚨 There are open Research Fellow positions in the group of Principal Investigator Rainer Dumke. Find more information here: sites.google.com/view/quantum...

From our lunchtime seminar series: ▶️ Josep Lumbreras Zarapico on "Bandits roaming Hilbert space": www.youtube.com/watch?v=en7x... ▶️ Tanjung Krisnanda on "Quantum metrology using a single bosonic mode in circuit quantum electrodynamics": www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGRq...

🚨 Job alert! 🚨 The group of Principal Investigator @steventouzard.bsky.social is looking for a Research Fellow. The candidate will be part of a well-funded initiative to create quantum networks using Erbium ions in solid-state and integrated photonics. 📥 Apply: careers.nus.edu.sg/job/Research...

Our first colloquium of 2026! We warmly welcome Wolf von Klitzing from the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas to speak on "Quantum limits on matter-wave guiding". The colloquium is on Thursday, 22 January at 4pm. More info: bit.ly/4cbDVs9

Our first successful defence this year! 🎉🎓 Congratulations to Ng Si Qi! 👏 His thesis is titled "High-Performance Silicon Photonic Devices and Integrated System for Quantum Communication". Si Qi's advisor is Alexander Ling and his co-advisors are Charles Lim and Wang Chao.

It's almost time to say goodbye to 2025, celebrated as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, but you can still look forward to quantum updates from us in 2026. Happy holidays!

Our latest news: CQT is among several Singapore research organisations to have entered a five-year Master Research Collaboration Agreement with Keysight. The partnership aims to advance capabilities in the design and control of qubits. buff.ly/41Vyo6o

CQT's Yvonne Gao is named to the #Quantum100! An initiative for the International Year of Quantum, the 100 individuals present a snapshot of quantum careers and community across academia, industry, education, art, culture, journalism and policy. Meet them: buff.ly/ursFkAP

"I like the intellectual curiosity and learning new things. Every second or third paper I write tends to be in a new direction – that is my sneaky way to learn more," says CQT Fellow Antonios Varvitsiotis. www.cqt.sg/highlight/20...

▶️ David Wilkowski on "Neutral atom array quantum processor at CQT" for our lunchtime seminar series: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWBl...

We catch up with CQT Fellow Antonios Varvitsiotis in our latest interview. His group works on optimisation problems that come up in both classical and quantum AI. Some of their recent work focuses on systems of quantum agents. www.cqt.sg/highlight/20...

Under new agreements signed at the French-Singaporean Quantum Symposium 2025, CQT researchers have new opportunities to collaborate with the French quantum companies Pasqal and Quobly. www.cqt.sg/highlight/20...

▶️ Now online: "Superposing coherent states for fun and profit", colloquium by Barry Sanders, University of Calgary. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Jhf...

Researchers at CQT and the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) have sent polarisation-entangled photons from an integrated photonic chip over a record distance of 155 km of deployed fibre. 🔆 Their paper in Newton: www.cell.com/newton/fullt... 🔆 Our story: www.cqt.sg/highlight/20...

The last defence this year 🥳💐 Congratulations to Hu Yanglin for successfully defending his thesis, "Quantum Oblivious Transfer: Bounds and Applications", on how to protect privacy with quantum technologies and how to learn quantum systems efficiently. He was advised by @marcotomamichel.bsky.social

The Alice Postdoctoral Fellowship at CQT will be awarded to a woman doing outstanding research, offering two years' support including a personal research allowance. We are collecting nominations now for the 2026 Fellowship. Find out more www.cqt.sg/alice-prizes/

CQT hosted the international conference Quantum Techniques in Machine Learning (QTML) from 16 to 21 November in Singapore. Over 300 participants met to discuss the theme “AI for Quantum, Quantum for AI”. buff.ly/5wDNtv5

CQT is a supporting institution for the second French-Singaporean Quantum Symposium (FSQS 2025) held in Paris from 25 to 26 November. At FSQS 2025, three agreements were signed, strengthening collaboration between the two countries 🇸🇬🤝🇫🇷 buff.ly/BVAAqAX

Thanks to Science Centre Singapore for the opportunity to share our science this whole year! 🙌 For our last session on 22 Nov, we demonstrated how thermal cameras let us 'see' invisible infrared light, or blackbody radiation. Explaining this spectrum led to the introduction of 'quanta'.

Join us at the🌟ASEAN Quantum Summit🌟 in Johor Bahru, Malaysia starting 10 Dec. Register by 26 Nov to be there! www.myqi.my/asean-quantu...

📢 Our last public talk at a library this year will be at Woodlands Library (Programme Zone 1) on Wednesday, 26 November! Outreach Manager Alexander Hue will tell a 💯-year story of quantum. Save the date! No registration needed. buff.ly/LLH7MBz

Another successful defence from Principal Investigator Murray Barrett's group! 🍾 Zhao Qi defended her thesis on "Ion Trap System for 176Lu+ 3D2 Clock Transition". Congratulations! 👏👏👏

CQT hosted a globe-trotting quantum light source in October for its first and only stop (so far) in Asia. The visit was part of QuanTour, an outreach project supported by the German Physical Society for the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ). buff.ly/CNzMQV9

Under a new strategic partnership, @quantinuum.bsky.social will collaborate with industry end-users in Singapore to co-develop advanced quantum computing applications that address real-world challenges.

🚨 Job alert 🚨 We are looking for an Associate Director (Experimental Infrastructure). The duties of the candidate include managing CQT experimental facilities and leading a team of CQT technical specialists. 📥Find more info and apply here: buff.ly/Q2Pwlkz

First day of #QTML2025 is tutorials. We welcome 300 researchers and industry experts this week for the 9th International Conference on Quantum Techniques in Machine Learning qtml2025.cqt.sg

CQT Principal Investigator Hoi-Kwong Lo moved to Singapore this year and is setting up his group that will work on the theory and experiment of quantum communication and quantum cryptography. buff.ly/FgHxz46

👏👏 Congratulations to PhD student Zhang Zhao! 🥂 He successfully defended his thesis, "An Optical Frequency Standard Using Lutetium Ion". He was advised by Principal Investigator Murray Barrett. Interested in pursuing a PhD at CQT? Find more information here: bit.ly/4jGExZd

🚨 Applications for the 5th Workshop for Quantum Repeaters and Networks (WQRN) have been extended to 30 November! 🚨 CQT is hosting the workshop, which will be held 27 - 29 April in Singapore. More details at: buff.ly/N9hImXB

Time to celebrate! PhD student Qin Qichen defended his thesis "Fast Sideband Cooling and Blade Trap for Multi-ion Clock"! 👏 He was advised by Murray Barrett. "I hope this work helps pave the way toward multi-ion optical clocks and new frontiers in quantum metrology,” says Qichen.

This Thursday, we welcome Yu-Ao Chen from the University of Science and Technology of China to give a colloquium, "Quantum Manipulation with Ultracold Atoms". Happening 4pm at the CQT Level 3 Seminar Room, S15-03-15.

In 2026, Singapore will become the first country outside the United States to host @quantinuum.bsky.social’s Helios system, supporting deeper research collaboration and innovation. www.cqt.sg/highlight/20...

We welcomed Principal Investigator Hoi-Kwong Lo to CQT in October. In this interview he tells us more about his research, and what he enjoys about his work.

CQT Director José Ignacio Latorre was in New York on 5 Nov to attend the launch of @quantinuum.bsky.social’s Helios system. Quantinuum and Singapore’s National Quantum Office announced a strategic partnership at the event. www.quantinuum.com/press-releas...

@quantinuum.bsky.social's collaboration with Singapore’s quantum ecosystem is stepping up to be a strategic partnership! An agreement announced on 5 Nov will see Singapore host Quantinuum’s Helios system, and Quantinuum establish a new R&D and Operations Centre in Singapore. buff.ly/kBS6TTn

PhD student Lu Tiangao successfully defended his thesis "Optical Properties of Quantum Materials", which explored two distinct quantum materials systems, ultracold indium atoms and the semiconductor MnTe. Congrats!👏 Next, he'll join Huawei's 6G quantum cryptography research team. All the best, Dr!

Now online: "High-speed SNSPDs for qubit rate scaling in quantum networks", colloquium by Boris Korzh from the University of Geneva. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGWV...

Want to contribute to a #quantum experiment on the International Space Station? We collaborated in the Space Entanglement and Annealing QUantum Experiment (SEAQUE) which celebrates its first year in space with a game. Player choices decide measurements! 🎮https://quantumsatellite.web.illinois.edu

In our October 'Show Us Your Science' slot at Science Centre Singapore, CQT volunteers together with students from NUS High School presented on ion-trap quantum processors, giving visitors a taste of the process of trapping ions. Our last quantum demo day this year will be on 22 Nov!

Celebrating another successful defence! 🙌🍾 Nie Hanlin's thesis was on "Quantum-Controlled Thermodynamics and Information Processing" and his advisor is CQT's Kwek Leong Chuan. Next, he will join the group of Alexia Auffèves as a Research Fellow, focusing on quantum energetics. Congrats Dr Nie! 🎓

Congratulations to Peter Sidajaya who successfully defended his thesis! 👏👏👏 Peter's thesis is on "Studies in Quantum Foundations" and he was advised by CQT Principal Investigator @valerioscarani.bsky.social. We previously highlighted Peter's work here: www.cqt.sg/highlight/20...

"For a long time, polaritonics focused on classical physics. I was always interested though in how polaritons could process information and in particular, how they can form photonic neural networks," says CQT Fellow Timothy Liew. www.cqt.sg/highlight/20...