School and workshop on ultrafast electronics meets quantum thermodynamics at the ICTP
This school & workshop, held on 21 Sep - 9 Oct 2026 at ICTP Trieste in Italy connects two fast-growing quantum technology fields: ultrafast single-electron physics and quantum thermodynamics, bringing students, early-career researchers, and experts together to foster cross-disciplinary dialogue and new collaborations.
The drive for faster, more precise, and energy-efficient quantum devices is pushing technology into a regime where individual quantum entities—single electrons, photons, and the like—take center stage. Ultrafast Single-Electron Electronics enables the generation, control, and detection of individual charges with extreme temporal precision, while Quantum Thermodynamics provides the framework to understand their stability, efficiency, and fundamental limits. How do thermodynamic laws apply at the single-particle level? The school combines lectures, tutorials and journal clubs to build foundations in both fields, while the workshop highlights recent advances. The program also promotes strong participation from developing countries, in line with ICTP’s mission of global scientific exchange.
Over the two-week school and workshop, 12 lecturers and over 20 invited speakers will address topics such as:
Single-particle excitations with integer and non-integer charge
Solid state qubits and quantum algorithms
Quantum materials
Quantum thermodynamics
Ultrafast quantum nanoelectronics
The deadline to apply is 1 June 2026 for applicants needing visa support, 15 June 2026 for all other applicants
Applicants are encouraged to submit an abstract for a poster presentation. During the application, please make sure to use our templates to format your abstract. Templates are available below for download. Since the school and workshop and the Joint ICTP-WE Heraeus College on Advances in Topological Quantum Matter (smr 4242) will take place consecutively, applications for both events are welcome. Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee.
For more information, please consult the event webpage.
