Project acronym: ERA-Pilot QIST

Coordination: ARC Seibersdorf research GmbH, Austria

Project partners:

Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie, Austria Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Austria The Enineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford, UK Slovak Academy of Sciences – Institute of Physics, Slovakia Agentura na podporu vedy a techniky, Slovakia Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland Instituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia, Italy University of Copenhagen, Denmark Science Foundation Ireland, Ireland Max Planck Gesellschaft zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung E.V., Deutschland Stichting voor fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie, The Netherlands Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique, Belgium

ICT Technological Area: 1.14. Quantum Informatics

Sectors of ICT Implementation: 2. Electronics, Information & Communications

Project duration: 24 months

Project start: 01/02/2005

EC funding: 0.85 M EUR

Project aim:
The Project “ERA-Pilot QIST” aims at structuring the rather young scientific area of “Quantum Information Science and Technology (QIST)” within Europe. Topics covered by these key words are for example quantum cryptography, quantum teleportation, quantum computer and their potential industrial applications. As results of the project a map of European activities and excellences will be developed as well as a guideline for strategic decisions and a common vision for the future of QIST in Europe.

Contacts and Website:
http://www.qist-europe.net
Christian.monyk@arcs.ac.at

ARC Seibersdorf research GmbH
Tech Gate Vienna
Mr Christian Monyk
Donaucity-Strasse 1
A-1220 Vienna, Austria
Phone: +43-664-815 78 37