The QI team is an interdisciplinary research group covering computer science, theoretical physics and experimental quantum optics. We are based in LIP6, Sorbonne Université, in central Paris, and are founding members of interdisciplinary centres the Quantum Information Centre Sorbonne and the Paris Centre for Quantum Technologies. We are involved in many regional, national and international initiatives in quantum information, including several EU flagship projects. We strive to promote equality, diversity, inclusion and tolerance.
Various positions are available in all areas of quantum information. You can find the list of the members of the team with their scientific interests here, and positions are listed below.
The QI team has an open call for its Quantum Information Fellowship.
We are looking for exceptional, independent young researchers in topics which are linked to the activities of the group (see here for details).
The fellowship is for three years, and comes with some funding for travel and computer needs.
The call is now open, and rolling (without deadline). Candidates are asked to send / have sent the following to damian.markham@lip6.fr.
For more information about the QI team, please see here. Please feel free to contact us with questions to damian.markham@lip6.fr.
In addition, the QI team is looking for post docs in several directions. Please see the themes and contact points below.
(Contact: Eleni Diamanti)
We are opening an experimental post-doc position in the context of national and European collaborative projects. The guiding line of the experiments in our quantum photonics laboratory is the demonstration of a practical quantum advantage in terms of security and efficiency for advanced communication, cryptographic and computing tasks, in the context of realistic quantum networks. We are also interested in developing and implementing robust certification and verification methods for quantum devices and systems.
The position is initially for 12 months, renewable for up to 24 months, with a flexible start date.
The deadline for applications is 30/09/2023.
(Contacts: Damian Markham, Eleni Diamanti)
Two theoretical post-docs in quantum information networks, in the context of the European Flagship project Quantum Internet Alliance (QIA). The QIA is a large international consortium of over 45 partners across Europe from academia and industry with the focused mission of developing the future quantum internet. This position concerns the development of protocols for applications for quantum networks, such as networks of sensors, distributed and delegated quantum computation, anonymous communication e.t.c. working with collaborators across the spectrum from those building the devices themselves, to developing the software stack, to working with industry on real world use cases. The successful candidate will be expected to manage their own research, contribute to the working life of the team, and they will also have the opportunity to help supervise students and teach.
The position is initially for 12 months, renewable for up to 24 months, with a flexible start date.
The deadline for applications is 31/08/2023.
(Contacts: Damian Markham, Eleni Diamanti)
Theoretical post-doc in quantum information networks, in the context of a national collaborative project developing device independent quantum key distribution DIQKD. The goal is to develop device independent QKD for future quantum networks, to explore solutions to attaining long distance, integration into broader quantum networks, and approaches using continuous variable technologies. The successful candidate will be expected to manage their own research, contribute to the working life of the team, and they will also have the opportunity to help supervise students and teach.
The position is initially for 12 months, renewable for up to 24 months, with a flexible start date.
The deadline for applications is 31/08/2023.
(Contacts: Damian Markham, Eleni Diamanti)
Looking for two theoretical post-docs in quantum information networks, in the context of a national collaborative project developing quantum computation infrastructure HQI. The goal is to work closely with collaborators to explore connecting quantum processors, from two different perspectives:
The successful candidate will be expected to manage their own research, contribute to the working life of the team, and they will also have the opportunity to help supervise students and teach.
The position is initially for 12 months, renewable for up to 24 months, with a flexible start date.
The deadline for applications is 31/08/2023.
(Contacts: Damian Markham, Frédéric Grosshans)
The Quantum Information (QI) team in LIP6, Sorbonne Université, is looking for a theoretical post-doc in continuous variable quantum information, in the context of an EU flagship project CLUSTEC. The goal is to work closely with experimental and theoretical collaborators across Europe to explore applications of continuous variable cluster states for computational and quantum information tasks. The successful candidate will be expected to manage their own research, contribute to the working life of the team, and they will also have the opportunity to help supervise students and teach.
The position is initially for 12 months, renewable for up to 36 months, with a flexible start date.
The deadline for applications is 31/08/2023
(Contacts: Alex Bredariol-Grilo, Elham Kashefi, Damian Markham, Frédéric Grosshans, Eleni Diamanti)
The advantage of quantum resources to develop cryptographic tasks is well-known since the beginning of the quantum information field. Our goal is to continue to find new functionalities that are enabled by quantum resources, and push the proposed protocols towards realistic settings and hopefully up to their implementation.
(Contacts: Frédéric Grosshans, Elham Kashefi, Damian Markham)
Our goal is to develop and implement Hybrid Quantum Computing applications on photonic sampling machines to obtain maximum benefit from architectures which do not yet enable universal quantum computation as well as going closer to universal photonic quantum computing.
(Contacts: Alex Bredariol-Grilo and Elham Kashefi)
With the development of quantum devices, it becomes fundamental to develop protocols that allow us to test and certify that the proposed hardware works accordingly with the theoretical model. We aim to find new protocols in different scenarios (e.g. cryptographic, multi-server, analog) to achieve verification and benchmarking of quantum devices.
(Contacts: Alex Bredariol-Grilo and Elham Kashefi)
Our goal is to find out new computational problems which can be solved efficiently by quantum computers, especially focusing on near-term quantum devices. Moreover, we are also interested in showing the hardness of problems and studying more theoretical questions on quantum complexity classes and their relations with classical counterparts.
(Contacts: Damian Markham, Frédéric Grosshans)
Uniquely quantum behaviour is at the heart of any possible advantage in quantum technologies. We wish to explore the characterisation of these behaviours, their quantification and how they can be exploited for quantum information, across communication, computation and sensing.
(Contacts: Damian Markham, Elham Kashefi, Frédéric Grosshans)
Connecting quantum devices offers advantages in security, computation and sensing. We will look at networks of quantum devices of different sizes, topologies and applications, looking at additional advantages coming from networking, security and efficiency questions as well as the routing of quantum information across such networks. Applications include networks of quantum sensors, QKD networks, delegation of quantum computing and more.
A number of PhD positions are available in all areas of quantum information research. Applications should preferably be received by March 31st (for a starting date of September 1st).
Internships for undergraduate, Master and PhD students are available for periods up to three months. Applications must be received at least four months before the start of the internship.
For Master positions, applicants should apply directly to the related programs.
Information about the Sorbonne Université masters program can be found here.
Information about all quantum information masters programs in the Paris region can be seen here.