Our research is organised in nine consortia. Together they cover every layer of a quantum computer – plus education and entrepreneurship.
Hardware
SQQC – Superconducting Qubit Quantum Computer
Materials, fabrication and processor design for superconducting qubits, including new qubit types beyond the transmon, high-fidelity control and readout, and integration into an HPC environment.
TAQC – Trapped Atom Quantum Computer
A platform combining scalable optical-lattice registers with fast Rydberg gates in neutral strontium atoms, plus alternative qubit concepts, quantum-enhanced metrology and analogue quantum computing.
HAT – Hardware Adapted Theory
Numerical modelling and characterisation of hardware, hardware-adapted quantum control and error-correction protocols to get the best out of all three platforms.
Firmware and software
SHARE – Scalable Hardware & Systems Engineering
Scalable devices and systems: manufacturing technology, control electronics, real-time signal processing and pulse generation.
Q-DESSI – Quantum Development Environment, System Software & Integration
The Munich Quantum Software Stack: programming and runtime environments, system software, and the integration of quantum systems into high-performance computing.
THEQUCO – Theoretical Quantum Computing
Concepts for digital and analogue quantum computing, new algorithms, verification and benchmarking, and strategies to mitigate and correct errors.
Applications, education and transfer
QACI – Quantum Algorithms for Application, Cloud & Industry
Algorithms for industrial use cases, an open-source ecosystem of application libraries, and user support with easy access to hardware and simulators.
QST-EB – Quantum Science & Technology Education in Bavaria
Education for the next generation of researchers and users, from master’s students to doctoral candidates, and outreach to the public.
QTPE – Quantum Technology Park & Entrepreneurship
A Quantum Technology Park and a Quantum Entrepreneurship Centre that connect state-of-the-art research infrastructure with a pipeline for start-ups.