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2022 Institute & Initiative Doctoral Program campaign

Campaign designed to award doctoral contracts for the QICS

Published on 4/01/2022 - Mis à jour le 18/05/2022

2022 campaign results

On May the 17th, le QICS auditioned 4 candidates to award two doctoral programs related to quantum information. Members of the jury was:

Maria Chamarro - Présidente du jury 
Carole Diederichs 
Frédéric Grosshans 
Habib Mehrez 
Benoît Valiron 

Name of candidates Project title PhD Directors Laboratory Rank
Gautier Creutzer Simulation quantique avec des atomes de Rydberg circulaires en pinces optiques Michel Brune et Clément Sayrin LKB 1st ex aequo
Sriram Gopalakrishnan The algebra of the MinRank problem in post-quantum cryptography: Gröbner bases, complexity, and implementations Ludovic Perret, Vincent Neiger et Éric Schost LIP6 1st ex aequo
Peter Namdar CV quantum networks at telecommunication wavelengths Valentina Parigi LKB 3rd
Santiago Scheiner Secure Network of Quantum Sensors Damian Markham et Eleni Diamanti LIP6 4th

 

Context

Within the framework of the Institutes and Initiatives of the Sorbonne University Alliance (ASU), a campaign to award doctoral contracts financed by the French Excellence Initiative (Idex) will be launched on January the 14th. The QICS will award two doctoral programs related to quantum information, from both the physics and computer science point of view.
It includes:

  • Quantum computing (including simulation) and communications;
  • Hardware, software and foundational aspects;
  • Broad impact of quantum information (postquantum cryptography, machine learning, humanities, economical implications, etc.).

Per project, QICS financed 3 years and 10K€ environment

Recruitment campaign process

Step 1:
A call for doctoral research projects is launched among researchers and lecturers at the Alliance Sorbonne-University (To be eligible, the project leader should be the PhD supervisor and member of a laboratory affiliated to the ASU).

If you want to submit your project, please make sure your project is in line with the selection criteria. Below are all documents to apply with complete calendar an process

2022-Submission-Form

Deadline:  February 21st 2022

Step 2:
The doctoral research projects validated by the doctoral schools are submitted to a committee of researchers and teacher-researchers chaired by the Directors of the Institute.
Deadline:  March 18th  2022

Step 3:
- The projects preselected by this committee are published on the Sorbonne University website (doctoral section)  and on the QICS and doctoral schools’ websites.

2022 projects are:

  1. Secure Network of Quantum Sensors

  2. The algebra of the MinRank problem in post-quantum cryptography: Gröbner bases, complexity, and implementations

  3. Simulation quantique avec des atomes de Rydberg circulaires en pinces optiques

  4. Continuous-variable quantum networks at telecommunication wavelengths


- Students first send their applications to the project leaders. They will then be auditioned by a jury.
- Project leaders send the candidate application they support filling this online form (French only)

Deadline:  April 26th  2022

Next steps:
Audition: from May the 16th to the 27th
Selected candidates will be awarded a doctoral contract after the interview.
Announcement:  June 3rd  2022

Program details and documents

If you want to get more information regarding the complete steps and process, below are the complete program and documents to apply: