Research Group Meetings on Quantum Technologies

October 30, 2026

São Paulo, Brazil

Instituto Principia, Rua Pamplona 145
Auditório Boulevard (Centro de Ciências)

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Quantum technologies are emerging as a new frontier of science and engineering, with potential applications in various fields such as communication, computation, metrology, and sensing. The development of quantum technologies requires the convergence of leading experiments and theoretical research, as well as the collaboration and exchange of ideas among different communities and regions.

ICTP-SAIFR is promoting one-day meetings (to be run every 2 months) of the São Paulo community working in the related areas of quantum technologies, quantum information, and quantum computing. The idea is to have a light schedule, with a couple of talks and plenty of time for discussion. The main purpose is to explore the synergies between different groups and between experimental and theoretical researchers.

Main organizer:

  • Gustavo Wiederhecker (Unicamp)

Co-organizers: 

  • Marcos Cesar de Oliveira (Unicamp) & Dario Rosa (ICTP-SAIFR/IFT-UNESP)  – Quantum Processing
  • Sergio Muniz (IFSC-USP) & Raul Celistrino (UFSCar) – Quantum Sensing
  • Barbara Amaral (USP) & Marcelo Martinelli (USP)  – Quantum Communications
  • Rodrigo Capaz (UFRJ) & Gustavo Wiederhecker (Unicamp) – Critical Infrastructure for building Quantum Devices
  • Eduardo Miranda (Unicamp) & Victor Quito (IFSC-USP)  – Emergent Quantum Phenomena in Condensed Matter Physics

 

If you wish to present a poster, please register using the provided link. All presentations are pre-approved; however, the organizers may contact you via email if they require additional information or adjustments to your work. If you do not wish to present a poster, you are still welcome to participate in the meeting without registration.

Announcement:

Register HERE

If you want to receive mailings about the meetings, click HERE.

 

 

Meeting at October 30

Opportunities in quantum tech in Brazil and Europe

 

Main organizer: Júlia Rosa (GIZ Brasil)

Key objectives:

  • Connect the European private sector specializing in quantum technologies with the Brazilian innovation ecosystem, establishing strategic links with cutting-edge research centers and local companies.
  • Discuss partnership opportunities between European companies and the Brazilian ecosystem, with an emphasis on testing and co-development of quantum computing products, data sharing, and commercial and investment opportunities.

Participating European companies:

  • Quantum Scouts (Denmark)
  • IQM (Finland)
  • Planqc (Germany)
  • Quix Quantum (Netherlands)
  • Scalinq (Sweden)

Register HERE (opening soon)

Previous Meetings

February 19, 2026

  • Hermann Freire (UFG) – Altermagnets, pair-density waves and the superconducting diode effect – Video
  • Krissia de Zawadski (IFSC-USP) – VQE approach to optimize a $N$-qubit heat engine fuelled by entanglement
  • Willian Natori (Unicamp) – Fractionalization in Fractal Dimensions: Chiral Kitaev Spin Liquids and Majorana Metals on a Sierpinski Gasket – Video
  • Dario Rosa (IFT) – Krylov and Chords Somewhere Over the Rainbow – Video
  • Walber Hugo de Brito (IFUSP-USP) – Orbital Selective Electronic Correlations and Topological Superconductivity of Iron Chalcogenide: a DMFT perspective – Video
  • Gabriela Lemos (UFRJ) – Neurofísica e a Iniciativa Ciência Pioneira – Video

Participant list: Here

November 28, 2025

Organizers:

  • Rodrigo Capaz (UFRJ)
  • Gustavo Wiederhecker (Unicamp)

Invited Speakers:

  • Gustavo Wiederhecker (Unicamp): Intro – Video
  • Rodrigo Capaz (UFRJ): Microfab – Video
  • Felix Hernandez (USP): Cryogenics – Video
  • Newton Frateschi (Unicamp): Device testbed – Video
  • Eduardo Mobilon (CPQD): Cybersecurity in the Quantum Domaisn and the CPQD Testbed – Video
  • Paulo Nussenzveig (USP): Quantum networks – Role of Institutions – Video
  • Marcelo Nalim (Unesp – Instituto de Química): FAPESP EMU Program – Video
  • Cecilia Silva (MackGraphe), Edison Puig (ITA), Claudemir Coral (Instituto de Pesquisas ELDORADO), Thiago Alegre (Unicamp): Round table 1 – Discussion on Fab and Testbed – Video
  • Felix Hernandez (USP), Odilon Couto (Unicamp), Francisco Rouxinol (Unicamp): Round table 2 – Discussion on Cryogenics – Video

 

April 23, 2025

Organizers:

  • Barbara Amaral (USP)
  • Marcelo Martinelli (USP)

 

Invited Speakers:

  • Rafael Chaves Souto Araújo (IIF/UFRN): Beyond Thought Experiments: Turning Quantum Foundations into Quantum Technology
  • Valeria Loureiro da Silva (Senai/Cimatec/BA): QuIIN – Estimulando a Inovação em Tecnologias Quânticas /QuIIN – Fostering Innovation in Quantum Technologies
  • Antônio Zelaquett Khoury (IF/UFF): Rio Quantum Network: a metropolitan quantum communication network in Rio de Janeiro
  • Filippo Ghiglieno (UFSCAR): Recentes avanços na implementação da rede de comunicação quântica em São Carlos
  • Daniel Felinto Pires Barbosa (DF/UFPE): Perspectivas para implantação de uma internet quântica em Recife
  • Rafael Ferreira Pinto do Rego Barros (IFUSP): QneSP – distributing entanglement across the state of São Paulo

 

Videos: 

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Participant list: Here

February 20, 2025

Organizers:

  • Raul Celistrino (UFSCar)
  • Sergio Muniz (IFSC-USP)

Invited Speakers:

  • Daniel Varela Magalhães (USP): Quantum sensing with atoms
  • Carmem Maia Gilardoni (CBPF):  Quantum sensing with defects in solids
  • José Inácio da Costa Filho (Harvard Medical School):  Quantum-inspired super-resolution microscopy

Invited panelists (round-table):

  • João Paulo Sinnecker (CBPF) – Superconducting devices
  • Luís Gustavo Marcassa (USP) – Quantum sensors with Rydberg atoms
  • Philippe Courteille (USP) – Matter-wave gravimetry
  • Thiago Alegre (Unicamp): Optomechanical devices
  • Hans M. Florez (UFABC): Atomic vapor-cell magnetometers

Videos: 

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Participant list: Here

Photos: Here

December 3, 2024

Organizers:

  • Marcos Cesar de Oliveira (Unicamp)
  • Dario Rosa (ICTP-SAIFR & IFT-Unesp)

Invited Speakers:

 

Videos: 

  2024-12-03

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Posters:

  • Eduardo Sell Gonçalves (Instituto de Física “Gleb Wataghin”, UNICAMP): Tunable Degenerate Optical Parametric Oscillation in Photonic Molecules
  • Gustavo Moreto (Unicamp): Fabrication and Characterization of a Superconducting Qubit
  • José Rodrigo Blanco Peleteiro (Unicamp): Towards Direct Entangled Generation on Thin Film Lithium Niobate
  • Maria Carolina Volpato (Unicamp): Estimating the electrical energy cost of performing arbitrary state preparation using qubits and qudits in integrated photonic circuits
  • Gregory Alexandre Ferreira (UNICAMP): Towards Deterministic Single Photon Sources in a Photonic Chip via Temporal Multiplexin
  • Lucas Alexandre Marques Rattighieri (Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”): A Hybrid Classical-Quantum Approach for Detecting Abrupt Changes in Meteorological Time Series
  • Guilherme Eduardo Lopes Pexe (Unesp): Using a Feedback-Based Quantum Algorithm to Analyze the Critical Properties of the ANNNI Model Without Classical Optimization
  • Poliana Ferreira (Unicamp): Machine Learning for Synthesis and Optimization of Operations in Quantum Computing 

Abstracts: Here

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Research Group Meetings on Quantum Technologies

Additional Information

 

Poster presentation: Participants who are presenting a poster MUST BRING A PRINTED BANNER . The banner size should be at most 1 m (width) x 1,5 m (length). We do not accept A4 or A3 paper.