We are pleased to announce the Symposium for the Tenure-Track Assistant Professorship in Theoretical Quantum Computing, which will take place from Tuesday, 13 January to Friday, 16 January 2026, at the University of Basel, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Spiegelgasse 1, Seminar Room 00.003 (ground floor).

Please find the detailed program below.

We invite all interested researchers and students to attend.

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Symposium Professorship in Theoretical Quantum Computing

Tuesday, 13 January 2026 (online)

16:00 – 16:40 Dr. Yuxin Wang, University of Maryland

Harnessing open quantum dynamics for quantum technologies

Thursday, 15 January 2026 (Seminar Room 00.003, Ground Floor)

08:55 Welcome Address

09:00 – 09:40 Dr. Kishor Bharti, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore

Bridging Error Correction, Algorithms, and Certification for Next-Generation

Quantum Devices

09:45 – 10:25 Dr. Linnea Grans-Samuelsson, University of Oxford

Fault-tolerant co-design beyond the CNOT

10:25 – 10:50 Coffee Break

10:50 – 11:30 Dr. Libor Caha, Technische Universität München

Quantum Computing Theory for the Real World: Quantum Advantage, Algorithms, and

Error Correction

11:35 – 12:15 Dr. Samuel J. Garrat, Princeton University

Complexity of quantum matter

Friday, 16 January 2026 (Seminar Room 00.003, Ground Floor)

09:00 – 09:40 Dr. Christophe Piveteau, Inra, Paris

Quasiprobabilistic methods in quantum computing

09:45 – 10:25 Dr. Georgios Styliaris, Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics Munich

From Entanglement to Quantum Algorithms: State Preparation in Quantum Devices

10:25 – 10:50 Coffee Break

10:50 – 11:30 Prof. Dr. Felix Huber, University of Gdańsk

Quantum error correction - from theory to experiment

11:35 – 12:15 Prof. Dr. Mario Berta, RWTH Aachen

Quantum algorithm design for many-body simulation