RESEARCH

We study models for quantum information processing and fundamental aspects of quantum information theory. One focus of our research is the theory of measurement-based quantum computation, which has resulted in a new and more thorough understanding of many-body entanglement as resource, and applications in quantum communication, quantum error correction, and quantum algorithms. Another focus lies on the application and development of machine learning in basic science and on the study of physical models for learning. Some of our work is highly interdisciplinary and addresses questions in different fields including quantum physics, robotics, behavioural biology, and the philosophy of action.

AI and Science

Quantum Computation

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News & Activities

New preprint: The Work Capacity of Channels with Memory: Maximum Extractable Work in Percept-Action Loops
In this work, we present a framework to investigate the thermodynamics of agents, showing that an agent must forget aspects of its past experience in order to be thermodynamically efficient.

Gorka Muñoz-Gil receives the Best Poster award at the AI4Quantum conference
He received this award for his poster "Quantum circuit synthesis with diffusion models", at the AI4Quantum confenrence organized by the Novo Nordisk Foundation in Copenhagen.

New preprint: Learning to reset in target search problems
In this work we introduce a reinforcement learning framework for optimizing stochastic search processes via adaptive resetting, uncovering interpretable strategies that surpass existing benchmarks.

Prof. Briegel receives the Schrödinger Award from the ÖAW
Hans Briegel has received this important prize in recognition for his "research achievements in the field of quantum information and quantum computing (QIC) [...] and the development of physical models for autonomous and learning agents."

FFG grant awarded to our group
Lukas Fiderer and Hendrik Poulsen Nautrup from our group, together with M. Ringbauer and P. Schindler (UIBK), N. Friis (TU Vienna), and R. Küng (JKU Linz) won an FFG Grant "Protecting Quantum Information through high-dimensional Encoding''.