KNAW Early Career Award for John van de Wetering
QuSoft is pleased to announce that John van de Wetering, assistant professor at the University of Amsterdam, has received a KNAW Early Career Award from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
AI for Math Fund grants 1M to Krystal Guo and Ross Kang
We are excited to announce that Krystal Guo (KdVI, QuSoft) and Ross Kang (KdVI) are principal investigators in a newly awarded grant of 1M USD from the AI for Math Fund. Two other UvA researchers, Jean-Sébastien Caux (IoP, QuSoft) and Jeroen Zuiddam (KdVI, QuSoft), are advisory co-investigators. The AI for Math Fund is administered by the American nonprofit foundation Renaissance Philanthropy in partnership […]
QuSoft Welcomes Barbara Terhal as 2026 Turing Chair
QuSoft is delighted to announce that Professor Barbara Terhal has been appointed as the 2026 Turing Chair. A leading researcher in quantum error correction and quantum information, Professor Terhal will be visiting Amsterdam throughout October 2026. Her appointment as Turing Chair promises to bring a range of academic activities, discussions, and collaborations, enriching the QuSoft […]
ERC Starting Grant for research on quantum error correction
Jonas Helsen, a researcher in CWI’s Algorithms & Complexity group, has been awarded a prestigious €1.5 million European grant.
Stefano Polla Appointed Assistant Professor at QuSoft to Advance Quantum Algorithms for Chemistry
QuSoft is pleased to highlight the appointment of Dr. Stefano Polla, who officially joined our community on 1 April 2026 as an Assistant Professor across the Van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS) and the Informatics Institute (IvI) at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). In his role as a senior researcher, Stefano is establishing […]
Freek Witteveen selected for QDNL’s Top Talent Initiative
QuSoft is pleased to announce Freek Witteveen, a senior researcher at QuSoft and CWI, as a recipient of QDNL funding and mentorship through QDNL Top Talent Initiative (TTI).
Quantum Physics and Logic 2026: Scientific Highlights
The 23rd International Conference on Quantum Physics and Logic (QPL 2026) brought nearly 200 quantum researchers, computer scientists, and mathematicians to the University of Amsterdam, Roeterseiland campus between August 15th and 21st, 2026. This year’s gathering marked the largest QPL conference in its 23 years history, spanning seven days of workshops, a job fair, and […]
When theory meets hardware: Takeaways from QSim 2026
Last week, Amsterdam welcomed the global quantum community for QSim 2026, the premier international conference on quantum simulation.
23rd International Conference on Quantum Physics and Logic – QPL 2026
QuSoft and the University of Amsterdam are hosting the 23rd International Conference on Quantum Physics and Logic (QPL 2026) in Amsterdam this summer.
MIP^co = coRE , a stunning fundamental result grants Junqiao Lin the STOC best student paper prize
While calculating complexity may seem like pure math, there is a deep connection between computers and the physics that governs their resources: time and memory. Complexity theory, indeed, is not just pure math but the study of math constrained by reality. If you change the rules of reality, you change the boundaries of what is […]
