Overview
The Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program for Quantum Systems Integration was established in 2023 at RWTH Aachen, funded by a generous donation from BMW.
The doctoral school establishes six collaborative PhD projects in the area of quantum computing.
Academic coordinator: Dominique Unruh
| Project | Doctoral student | PIs / Supervisors |
|---|---|---|
| Qubit-aware quantum algorithm development for industrial use cases | Nikolaos Louloudis | Mario Berta, Dominique Unruh |
| Towards Zero-Defect Quantum Programs | Christina Gehnen | Joost-Pieter Katoen, Dominique Unruh |
| Software Engineering of a Quantum Computer Firmware and Hardware Characterization Stack using Agile Methods | Marc Schmidt | Bernhard Rumpe, Hendrik Bluhm |
| Quantum Gaussian Process Emulation for Engineering Applications | Oliver Ahrend | Julia Kowalski, Sebastian Trimpe |
| Compiler Optimization for Shuttling-Based Quantum Computing Architectures | Roy Hermanns | Thomas Noll, Hendrik Bluhm, Markus Müller |
| Solving Inverse Problems with Quantum Physics-Informed Machine Learning | Erio Trong Duong | Norbert Hosters, Matthias Möller |
News
- 2026-03-26: The fourth colloquium of the doctoral school took place, at the RWTH Tech Impact Festival. Nikolaous Louloudis and Erio Trong Duong presented their work.
- 2025-10-15: The third colloquium of the doctoral school took place. Marc Schmidt and Roy Hermanns presented their work.
- 2025-06-30: Publication: Gehnen, Unruh, Katoen, Bayesian Inference in Quantum Programs at ICALP 2025.
- 2025-06-01: The second colloquium of the doctoral school took place. Christina and Oliver presented their work.
- 2024-11-13: Publication: Noll, Gehnen, Hermanns, Quantum Computing: From Weakest Preconditions to Voltage Pulses, in: Principles of Verification: Cycling the Probabilistic Landscape (Festschrift for Joost-Pieter Katoen).