2025 Arnold Sommerfeld School

The Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics at the LMU in Munich will host a school on “Quantum Computing -- Status and Prospects” in the period October 6-10, 2025.

The school is primarily aimed at PhD and advanced master students, but more senior researchers are very welcome to apply as well. It will give an overview over the status and prospects of the field of quantum computing, including both introductory and more advanced topics and covering theoretical as well as experimental aspects. Topics include: quantum algorithms, quantum complexity, quantum error correction, quantum information, quantum networks, quantum simulations, applications to quantum chemistry, topological quantum computing and the following experimental platforms: atoms, photons, superconducting qubits and trapped ions.

Speakers

• Carlo Beenakker (U. Leiden)
• Barbara Kraus (TUM)
• Markus Müller (RWTH Aachen)
• Tracy Northup (U. Innsbruck)
• David Perez (U. Complutense Madrid)
• Hannes Pichler (U. Innsbruck)
• Philipp Preiss (MPQ)
• Mark Saffman (U. Wisconsin)
• Christian Schilling (LMU)
• Christine Silberhorn (U. Paderborn)
• Andreas Wallraff (ETH Zürich)
• Michael Wolf (TUM)

Organizers

Michael Haack, Ignacio Cirac and Johannes Zeiher

Application

Please apply before August 4, 2025. In case of high demand we might have to limit the number of participants. After you apply we will try to get back to you within 3 weeks. There is no fee but you will have to arrange your trip and accommodation yourself. You can find a list of hostels and hotels close to the ASC here. Note that the school takes place during the week of a trade fair in Munich and, thus, hotel prices might be higher than usual. Please also check airbnb or similar platforms. The lectures will begin on Monday at 9am and end on Friday around 12.30pm (but there might still be a lab tour on Friday afternoon).

Poster

Venue

Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics
Theresienstr. 37
80333 München

Lecture hall: B052

This is downtown Munich and it is reachable by underground (take line U3 or U6 to stop Universität or line U2 to stop Theresienstraße) and by tram (take line 27 to stop Pinakotheken).