Large grant awarded to Quantum Application Lab
Quantum Application Lab has received the generous support of Quantum Delta NL to develop several projects within the next few years. QAL has been granted 600k euros to co-finance five new projects in the next years.
First Quantum Delta NL Award for Stacey Jeffery and Julia Cramer
The first ever Quantum Delta NL Award was won by Stacey Jeffery (CWI and QuSoft) and Julia Cramer (Leiden University) for founding and developing WIQD – Women In Quantum Development.
Large NWA grant for research into the social impact of quantum secure cryptography
16 May 2022, source UvA The arrival of quantum computers will have major societal consequences, especially in the field of cybersecurity. A new consortium led by Sebastian De Haro of the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation, the Institute of Physics of the University of Amsterdam and QuSoft has received a grant of over 900,000 […]
Quantum Delta NL awarded 228 Million Euro for second phase of its programme to Accelerate Quantum Technology
Great news reaches us on World Quantum Day: The National Growth Fund Committee green-lit Phase 2 of our seven year programme! €228 million will be unlocked for scaling up our current activities, further realising campus development across the Netherlands and launching a €15 million Seed Fund. On 9 April 2021, the following press release was […]
Stacey Jeffery wins ERC starting grant for quantum algorithms on quantum computers with limited memories
Stacey Jeffery, senior researcher at QuSoft and part of CWI’s Algorithms and Complexity Group in Amsterdam, is awarded an ERC Starting Grant of 1.5 million euro for research on Algorithms, Security and Complexity for Quantum Computers (ASC-Q). The grant helps ambitious younger researchers launch their own projects, form their teams and pursue their best ideas. […]
Qusoft researcher & CWI phd student Jordi Weggemans wins Lorentz graduation prize
CWI PhD student Jordi Weggemans has won the Lorentz Graduation Prize for Theoretical Physics 2021 for his master thesis on a new quantum algorithm. The prize is awarded by the Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen (KHMW). He was awarded the prize online on Monday 29 November 2021. The jury praised Weggemans for his exceptional and very accessible thesis and […]
Tremendous Boost for Quantum Research in the Amsterdam Ecosystem
Quantum Delta NL, the public-private foundation that was launched in 2020 with the mandate to coordinate and execute the Netherland’s National Agenda for Quantum Technology (NAQT), has been awarded €615 million from the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy to power the advancement of quantum technology. This gives a tremendous boost to quantum […]
Quantum Delta NL awarded 615 million euro from Netherlands’ National Growth Fund to accelerate quantum technology
Funds will be used to train 2,000 researchers and engineers to scale 100 start-ups and to host three corporate R&D labs in the Netherlands by 2027. Monday, April 12, 2021 (Delft, Netherlands): Quantum Delta NL, the public-private foundation, which launched in 2020 with the mandate to coordinate and execute the Netherland’s National Agenda for Quantum […]
Michael Walter wins KNAW Early Career Award
Twelve young researchers, three from each of the four academic fields of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), received an KNAW Early Career Award. The prize is intended for researchers in the Netherlands who are at the start of their careers and who have innovative, original research ideas. The KNAW Early Career Award will […]
Harry Buhrman installed as a new member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Today, together with seventeen other researchers, Harry Burhman was installed as a new member of the The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). Academy members, leading researchers from across all disciplines, are selected for their scientific and scholarly achievements and are appointed for life. Buhrman is a pioneer in the promising field of […]
