PhD

The “Vienna Doctoral Program on Complex Quantum Systems (CoQuS)" is a graduate program funded by the FWF, and jointly hosted and supported by the University of Vienna and the Vienna University of Technology, Austria.

The CoQuS Program announces new openings for highly qualified doctoral/graduate students in experimental and theoretical quantum physics, with a strong emphasis on
• Fundamental tests of physics
• Quantum information concepts and implementations
• Matter wave interferometry: foundations and applications
• Quantum technology on the nanoscale
• Quantum physics in

Up to 3 PhD positions will be awarded within the School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast. The Quantum Technology group at Queen's (Gabriele De Chiara and Mauro Paternostro) have put forward a project for students interested in working on quantum information processing, quantum statistical mechanics and quantum many-body systems.

The studentships will cover fees and maintenance for UK residents (fees only for EU citizens). IMPORTANT: the positions will have to be filled by 1st of January 2012 at latest!!

Please, check the websites

Quantum Information Processing is an emerging science. Although it is often characterized as dealing with information processing or computation, its remit covers essentially any physical process in the universe. The supervisors currently work on a diverse range of topics, from quantum technology such as methods to improve the storage and readout of ordinary information on CDs or DVDs, to foundational questions in physics, such as better understanding black holes.

PhD-Positions and PostDoc-Positions available for: Photonic Quantum Computation and Quantum Simulation

EPSRC funded PhD studentship in Quantum Cryptography (York)

Application deadline: 31 August 2011
Expected starting date: 1 October 2011.

Institution: Non-standard Computation (NSC) group
Department of Computer Science, University of York, UK

Topic of the project:
Security analysis of continuous variable QKD protocols.
More details are available at:

http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~pirs/CVQKD_PhD/PhD_Vacancy.htm

INTRODUCTION

The Scuola Normale Superiore (SNS) of Pisa is accepting applications for 27 PhD positions in the Faculty of Sciences for the 2011/2012 academic year.
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The positions are articulated as follows

* 6 positions in Physics
* 4 positions in Condensed Matter Physics
* 5 positions in Mathematics
* 3 positions in Mathematics for Industrial Technologies or for Finance
* 4 positions in Molecular Biophysics
* 4 positions in Chemistry
* 1 position in Neurobiology

PhD position at the National University of Ireland, Galway: Mathematical analysis of the properties of Quantum Random Walks. Please go to http://www.nuigalway.ie/about-us/news-and-events/hardiman-scholarships/ for application details, and http://www.maths.nuigalway.ie/~gettrick/ for details on the research area.

PhD Position Available
Supervisors: Dr Daniel Oi and Dr Shashank Virmani
Computational Non-linear & Quantum Optics Group
Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde

PhD Positions in Many-Body Theory of Ultra-cold Atoms

Center for Optical Quantum Technologies, University of Hamburg, Germany

We offer three PhD positions, available immediately, at the newly created Center for Optical Quantum Technologies (ZOQ). In a vibrant, communicative environment, we study a wide range of quantum phenomena, from technological aspects of ultra-cold atom systems to fundamental questions of many-body theory. We use both analytical approaches, e.g. field-theoretic descriptions, as well as numerical methods, such as simulations.