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Centre for Quantum Technologies
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We are the Centre for Quantum Technologies in Singapore, with teams at three universities and at Singapore's mission-driven research agency. Visit our home on the web at www.cqt.sg
It's almost time to say goodbye to 2025, celebrated as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, but you can still look forward to quantum updates from us in 2026. Happy holidays!
December 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Our latest news: CQT is among several Singapore research organisations to have entered a five-year Master Research Collaboration Agreement with Keysight. The partnership aims to advance capabilities in the design and control of qubits. buff.ly/41Vyo6o
December 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
CQT's Yvonne Gao is named to the #Quantum100! An initiative for the International Year of Quantum, the 100 individuals present a snapshot of quantum careers and community across academia, industry, education, art, culture, journalism and policy. Meet them: buff.ly/ursFkAP
December 20, 2025 at 3:34 AM
"I like the intellectual curiosity and learning new things. Every second or third paper I write tends to be in a new direction – that is my sneaky way to learn more," says CQT Fellow Antonios Varvitsiotis.
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Meet a CQTian: Antonios Varvitsiotis - CQT - Centre for Quantum Technologies
CQT Fellow Antonios is working on classical and quantum optimisation problems
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December 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
▶️ David Wilkowski on "Neutral atom array quantum processor at CQT" for our lunchtime seminar series: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWBl...
December 7, 2025 at 3:16 AM
We catch up with CQT Fellow Antonios Varvitsiotis in our latest interview. His group works on optimisation problems that come up in both classical and quantum AI. Some of their recent work focuses on systems of quantum agents.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Under new agreements signed at the French-Singaporean Quantum Symposium 2025, CQT researchers have new opportunities to collaborate with the French quantum companies Pasqal and Quobly.
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France-Singapore quantum collaboration strengthened by new partnerships - CQT - Centre for Quantum Technologies
Singapore researchers to collaborate with Pasqal, Quobly and France’s Centre national de la recherche scientifique
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December 4, 2025 at 1:24 AM
▶️ Now online: "Superposing coherent states for fun and profit", colloquium by Barry Sanders, University of Calgary.
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December 3, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Researchers at CQT and the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) have sent polarisation-entangled photons from an integrated photonic chip over a record distance of 155 km of deployed fibre.
🔆 Their paper in Newton: www.cell.com/newton/fullt...
🔆 Our story: www.cqt.sg/highlight/20...
December 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The last defence this year 🥳💐 Congratulations to Hu Yanglin for successfully defending his thesis, "Quantum Oblivious Transfer: Bounds and Applications", on how to protect privacy with quantum technologies and how to learn quantum systems efficiently. He was advised by @marcotomamichel.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The Alice Postdoctoral Fellowship at CQT will be awarded to a woman doing outstanding research, offering two years' support including a personal research allowance. We are collecting nominations now for the 2026 Fellowship. Find out more www.cqt.sg/alice-prizes/
December 2, 2025 at 1:36 AM
CQT hosted the international conference Quantum Techniques in Machine Learning (QTML) from 16 to 21 November in Singapore. Over 300 participants met to discuss the theme “AI for Quantum, Quantum for AI”. buff.ly/5wDNtv5
December 1, 2025 at 1:29 AM
CQT is a supporting institution for the second French-Singaporean Quantum Symposium (FSQS 2025) held in Paris from 25 to 26 November. At FSQS 2025, three agreements were signed, strengthening collaboration between the two countries 🇸🇬🤝🇫🇷
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November 26, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Thanks to Science Centre Singapore for the opportunity to share our science this whole year! 🙌 For our last session on 22 Nov, we demonstrated how thermal cameras let us 'see' invisible infrared light, or blackbody radiation. Explaining this spectrum led to the introduction of 'quanta'.
November 24, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Join us at the🌟ASEAN Quantum Summit🌟 in Johor Bahru, Malaysia starting 10 Dec. Register by 26 Nov to be there! www.myqi.my/asean-quantu...
November 21, 2025 at 1:43 AM
📢 Our last public talk at a library this year will be at Woodlands Library (Programme Zone 1) on Wednesday, 26 November! Outreach Manager Alexander Hue will tell a 💯-year story of quantum. Save the date! No registration needed.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Another successful defence from Principal Investigator Murray Barrett's group! 🍾 Zhao Qi defended her thesis on "Ion Trap System for 176Lu+ 3D2 Clock Transition". Congratulations! 👏👏👏
November 19, 2025 at 7:02 AM
CQT hosted a globe-trotting quantum light source in October for its first and only stop (so far) in Asia. The visit was part of QuanTour, an outreach project supported by the German Physical Society for the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ).
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November 19, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Under a new strategic partnership, @quantinuum.bsky.social will collaborate with industry end-users in Singapore to co-develop advanced quantum computing applications that address real-world challenges.
Singapore’s National Quantum Office and Quantinuum forge strategic partnership - CQT - Centre for Quantum Technologies
The new collaboration positions Singapore as a leading global hub for quantum computing 
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November 18, 2025 at 1:36 AM
🚨 Job alert 🚨

We are looking for an Associate Director (Experimental Infrastructure). The duties of the candidate include managing CQT experimental facilities and leading a team of CQT technical specialists.

📥Find more info and apply here: buff.ly/Q2Pwlkz
November 17, 2025 at 1:29 AM
First day of #QTML2025 is tutorials. We welcome 300 researchers and industry experts this week for the 9th International Conference on Quantum Techniques in Machine Learning qtml2025.cqt.sg
November 16, 2025 at 9:45 AM
CQT Principal Investigator Hoi-Kwong Lo moved to Singapore this year and is setting up his group that will work on the theory and experiment of quantum communication and quantum cryptography. buff.ly/FgHxz46
November 14, 2025 at 9:15 AM
👏👏 Congratulations to PhD student Zhang Zhao! 🥂 He successfully defended his thesis, "An Optical Frequency Standard Using Lutetium Ion". He was advised by Principal Investigator Murray Barrett.

Interested in pursuing a PhD at CQT? Find more information here: bit.ly/4jGExZd
November 13, 2025 at 9:54 AM
🚨 Applications for the 5th Workshop for Quantum Repeaters and Networks (WQRN) have been extended to 30 November! 🚨 CQT is hosting the workshop, which will be held 27 - 29 April in Singapore. More details at: buff.ly/N9hImXB
November 12, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Time to celebrate! PhD student Qin Qichen defended his thesis "Fast Sideband Cooling and Blade Trap for Multi-ion Clock"! 👏 He was advised by Murray Barrett. "I hope this work helps pave the way toward multi-ion optical clocks and new frontiers in quantum metrology,” says Qichen.
November 11, 2025 at 8:27 AM