Research
Our research is focused on the study models for quantum information processing and fundamental aspects of quantum information theory. This includes interdisciplinary work that aims to study the prospect of artificial intelligence in the context of quantum mechanics. If you are interested, you can watch Hans Briegel talk about our research on explainable AI in science on YouTube (presentation delivered at the SFB BeyondC Conference 2022).
Current Topics of Interest
Artificial Intelligence & Learning
Measurement-based Quantum Computation
Quantum Communication and Quantum Networks
Quantum Computation, Quantum Simulation & Entanglement Theory
Behavioural Biology and Quantum Biology
Current Grants
- Explainable AI and the role of agency in science (PI: Hans Briegel); funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) (Wittgenstein Award, WIT9503323)
- Artificial agency and learning in quantum environments (PI: Hans Briegel); funded by the European Union (ERC Advanced Grant, No. 101055129)
- Limits and potential of distributed quantum metrology (PI: Wolfgang Dür); funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) (P36009-N).
- The future of creativity in basic research: Can artificial agents be authors of scientific discoveries? (PI: Hans Briegel; together with PI Thomas Müller, Konstanz University); funded by the German Volkswagen Foundation (Az:97721).
- Quantum- and classical simulation of quantum networks (PI: Wolfgang Dür); funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) (P36010-N). Finanziert von der Europäischen Union - NextGenerationEU.
- Models for quantum computing and learning (PI: Hans Briegel); funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) in the framework of the SFB BeyondC (F7102).
- Projective simulation with optical frequency combs: a continuous-variable approach to graph states (PI: Fulvio Flamini); Erwin Schrödinger Center for Quantum Science & Technology (ESQ Discovery Programme).
- Seeker: The world of quantum technology in a card game (PI: Hendrik Poulsen Nautrup); funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) under the Science Communication Programme WISSKOMM (WKP165).
- We also participate in the FWF Doctoral Programme Atoms, Light, and Molecules (Faculty Member: Hans Briegel), funded by the Austrian Science Fund (DK-ALM).