Nordic Quantum Autumn School 2025 - Schedule
Note
Date: November 3-7, 2025
Location: RISE KTH at “Innoversum” room
Organizers: ENCCS, NCC Denmark, NCC Lithuania
Overview
The Nordic Quantum Autumn School 2025 is a 5-day intensive program covering quantum computing fundamentals, variational quantum algorithms, and hands-on experience with quantum hardware and simulators.
Daily Schedule
Monday, November 3rd
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 9:00-9:30 | Arrival and Coffee |
| 9:00-10:00 | Welcome & Introduction to QAS2025 Thor Wikfeldt (ENCCS/RISE, SE) |
| 10:00-10:40 | Introduction to the European Hybrid classical/quantum HPC+AI+QC ecosystem. LUMI-Q Quantum Flagship Mikael Johansson (CSC, FI) |
| 10:40-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00-12:00 | Overview of the HPC/QC software stack, from ready-made Q-libraries for common tasks to circuit level assembly and hardware-level coding Miroslav Dobsicek (Chalmers Next Labs, SE) |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00-14:00 | Quantum gates and circuits Giulia Ferrini (MC2, Chalmers/WACQT, SE) |
| 14:00-15:00 | Quantum gates, circuits and algorithms Giulia Ferrini, Laura Garcia Alvarez (MC2, Chalmers/WACQT, SE) |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee Break |
| 15:30-16:30 | Quantum Information Theory introduction, building quantum algorithm, QFT, ... Stefano Markidis (KTH, SE) |
| 16:30-17:30 | Quantum error mitigation (QEM) applied to simulation of physical systems Göran Wendin (RISE, SE) |
| 18:00-20:00 | Reception, mingling |
Tuesday, November 4th
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 9:00-10:00 | Introduction to variational quantum algorithms: QAOA Franz Fuchs (SINTEF, UiO, NO) |
| 10:00-10:40 | In-depth description of variational quantum algorithms: QAOA Franz Fuchs (SINTEF, NO) |
| 10:40-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00-12:00 | Integrating quantum processing units with supercomputers Speaker |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00-14:00 | Getting started with algorithm development on actual quantum hardware using IQM Resonance Stefan Seegerer (IQM) |
| 14:00-15:00 | Developing quantum algorithms with qrisp, the next generation of quantum algorithm development Stefan Seegerer (IQM) |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee Break |
| 15:30-16:30 | Interactive tutorial: experiments with quantum gates, circuits and algorithms (qiskit simulation) Tutorial, simulation (Laura) |
| 16:30-17:30 | Interactive tutorial: Execution of simple examples on optimization with QAOA (simulation) Hands-on (Franz) |
Wednesday, November 5th
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 9:00-10:00 | Introduction to variational quantum algorithms: VQE and beyond (QPE, ..., SQD) Juan (ENCCS, RISE, SE) |
| 10:00-10:40 | VQE applied to use cases for quantum chemistry/drug discovery: in-depth description of specific use case Panagiotis Barkoutsos (IonQ) |
| 10:40-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00-12:00 | High Ground State Overlap via Quantum Embedding Methods Matthias Christandl (København U, DK) |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00-14:00 | Controlling a quantum computer using pulses Stefan Seegerer (IQM) |
| 14:00-15:00 | Interactive tutorial on the devices (LUMI-Q/IQM devices) Stefan Seegerer (IQM) |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee Break |
| 15:30-16:30 | Interactive tutorial: Execution of simple quantum chemistry examples using VQE on simulation vs. LUMI-Q/IQM Hands-on (IQM team/Panos) |
| 16:30-17:30 | Buffé dinner |
Thursday, November 6th
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 9:00-10:00 | Introduction to Trapped-ion Panagiotis Barkoutsos (IonQ) |
| 10:00-10:40 | Atomistic simulations on quantum accelerated supercomputing Karim (ENCCS/RISE, SE) |
| 10:40-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00-12:00 | Accelerated Quantum Supercomputing using NVIDIA CUDA-Q Esperanza Cuenca-Gómez |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00-14:00 | Quantum error-correction (QEC) Mats Granath (Göteborg University) |
| 14:00-15:00 | Quantum monte carlo and quantum finance Björn Löfdahl (SEB) |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee Break |
| 15:30-16:30 | Interactive tutorial: Quantum finance, Classical Monte Carlo on a QC, Quantum Amplitude Estimation (QAE) Björn Löfdahl & team |
| 16:30-17:30 | Quantum Reservoir computing Ruben Pariente Bassa (SINTEF, NO) |
| 17:30-18:00 | PechaKucha presentations and posters |
| 18:00-20:00 | Buffé dinner |
Friday, November 7th
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 9:00-10:00 | Quantum Neural Networks (lecture) Stefano Markidis (KTH, SE) |
| 10:00-10:40 | Hands-on QNNs using pennylane/classification (tutorial) Stefano Markidis (KTH, SE) |
| 10:40-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00-12:00 | Interactive tutorial: Quantum error-correction (QEC) hands-on Mats Granath team (Göteborg University) |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00-14:00 | Towards 2045: Do we still talk about Quantum superiority? Panel discussion |
| 14:00-15:00 | Closing - The end |
This schedule is subject to change. Please check for updates regularly.