Quantum Information Theory
Prof. Dr. Antonio Acín
antonio.acin@icfo.euActivities
The main research objective of the group is to understand how quantum laws can be exploited to design novel protocols for information processing and communication, with an emphasis on quantum cryptography.
The research effort goes from very abstract questions, such as security proofs of cryptographic protocols or characterising correlations beyond quantum physics, to proposals for the implementation of quantum information protocols and collaborations with experimental groups. The group activities also cover research questions in other fields, such as quantum thermodynamics, quantum foundations, quantum optics and many-body physics.
The group has opportunities for outstanding PhD students and postdocs. For more information, please contact Prof. Antonio Acín directly. Information on application procedures can be found on the ICFO jobs website.
Group Research Interests
Collaborations
- Leandro Aolia, Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro
- Remigiusz Augusiak, Center for Theoretical Physics, Warsaw
- Ariel Bendersky, University of Buenos Aires
- Nadja Kolb Bernardes, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
- Nicolas Brunner, University of Geneva
- Rafael Chaves, IIP Natal
- J. Ignacio Cirac, Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik
- Nicolas Gisin, University of Geneva
- Christian Gogolin, Covestro Deustchland
- Matthew Hoban, Goldsmiths, University of London
- Jan Kolodynski, University of Warsaw
- Gustavo Lima, Universidad de Concepcion
- Lluis Masanes, University College London
- Miguel Navascués, Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, Vienna
- Stefano Pironio, Université Libre de Bruxelles
- Ana Belen Sainz, University of Gdansk
- Valerio Scarani, Centre for Quantum Technologies, Singapore
- Paul Skrzypczyk, University of Bristol
- Jordi Tura, University of Leiden
- Elie Wolfe, Perimeter Institut
Publications Highlights
Funding
- ERC AdG CERQUTE
- AXA Chair in Quantum Information Science
- EU projects CiviQ and QRANGE
- Government of Spain (FIS2020-TRANQI, Retos Quspin and Severo Ochoa CEX2019-000910-S)
- Generalitat de Catalunya (SGR 1381, QuantumCAT and CERCA Programme)
- Fundacio Cellex
- Fundacio Mir-Puig