The Laboratoire d'Information Quantique at the University of Brussels invites applications for a postdoctoral position. The group is composed of two faculty members, Serge Massar and Stefano Pironio, whose research interests cover both theoretical and experimental aspects of quantum information science.

The succesful applicant will participate in a research network involving leading physics and computer science groups in Europe in order to develop new quantum algorithms and new protocols for quantum communication.

We are currently offering a postdoctoral position and two PhD positions to highly motivated and well-qualified young researchers who intend to enhance their scientific career in the field of Quantum Information Theory and/or Quantum Optics. The positions are associated with the research group of Barbara Kraus at the Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Innsbruck, Austria. The appointed candidates could start at their earliest convenience.

The positions will be funded by the START Award of the Austrian Science Foundation, recently received by the group leader.

Post-doctoral Research Associates in Quantum Computing, Quantum
Information Theory & Foundations

Salary: £27,319-£35,646
Limit of tenure: 2 years
Closing date: 31 August 2010

The Department invites applications for two post-doctoral research
positions to commence on 1st October 2010 or later by agreement.

This is a third edition of the Winter School on Practical Quantum Cryptography taking place in the Swiss Alps in January 2011.

The goal of this Winter School is to introduce, to a general audience of physicists and computer scientists with little or no background in practical quantum cryptography, this exciting topic in a relaxed and stimulating atmosphere. Special emphasis will be put on practical quantum cryptography system design. The emerging applications of this promising technology will also be discussed.

The school is aimed at an audience of advanced undergraduate students, graduate students and junior post-docs. It comprises four lecture series on modern topics of quantum physics, held by international experts of the respective fields.

School of Mathematical Sciences - Division of Applied Mathematics
Research Fellow

Reference : SCI870
Closing Date : 05 August 2010
Salary : £27,319 to £35,646 per annum, depending on skills and experience
This post is available immediately and will be offered on a fixed-term contract for a period of one year

Applications are invited for the above post to work with Dr Ivette Fuentes on an EPSRC funded project on the overlap of quantum information theory and relativity.