QOpen | COST Action CA24109

Working Groups

Working Groups

Working Group 1

Dissipative Dynamics in Quantum Systems

Focuses on understanding thermalization, prethermalization, and the emergence of classical behavior in dissipative quantum many-body systems. It also investigates symmetries and “slow variables” in open system dynamics.

Leaders

  • Katja KLOBAS
    The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, B15 2TT Birmingham 
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  • Alberto BIELLA
    Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Sommarive 14, Università degli Studi di Trento - Dipartimento di Fisica, 38123 Trento 
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Working Group 2

Emerging States and Phases of Dissipative Quantum Matter

WG2 investigates novel quantum states and phase transitions that arise under non-equilibrium conditions. It explores how environmental coupling and external driving can induce, stabilize, or destabilize correlated quantum phases, aiming to classify and characterize dissipative quantum matter.

Leaders

  • Andrea DE LUCA
    CNRS, 3 Rue Michel-Ange, 75016 Paris 
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  • Lucas SÁ
    The Chancellor Masters And Scholars Of The University Of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, CB3 0US Cambridge 
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Working Group 3

Characterization and Control of Open Quantum Platforms

Promotes the development of tools to characterize and control NISQ circuits. A key goal is to design “dissipation-design” algorithms that turn noise into an advantage for quantum computing tasks.

Leaders

  • Sergiy DENYSOV
    Oslo Metropolitan University, Postboks 4 St Olavs Plass, 0130 Oslo 
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  • Nadir SAMOS SAENZ DE BURUAGA
    Associacao Do Instituto Superior Tecnico Para A Investigacao E Desenvolvimento, Avenida António José de Almeida 12, 1000-043 Lisboa 
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Working Group 4

Methods for Modelling Open Quantum Systems

Connects European centers developing analytical and numerical approaches (such as tensor networks and neural networks) to model higher-dimensional and non-Markovian quantum systems.

Leaders

  • Brendon LOVETT
    University of St Andrews, School of Physics and Astronomy, KY16 9SS St Andrews 
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  • Alexander SCHNELL
    TU Berlin, Hardenbergstr. 36, Sekr. EW 7-1, 10623 Berlin 
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