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Crossroads of Ideas hosted prof. Aws Albargouthi, prof. Matthew Otten and Dr. Katerina Moloni for the Quantum Frontiers fire chat discussion.

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Quantum science might sound like it belongs in the lab or a science fiction novel, but its impact is already woven into our daily lives—from the technology in our phones to the future of computing and medicine. The Wisconsin Quantum Institute’s Aws Albarghouthi (Computer Science) and Matthew Otten (Physics) participated in a moderated discussion with Katerina Moloni, exploring the fascinating science of the quantum world and why understanding it matters for all of us. Watch it here.

Find out more and and explore other events at Crossroads of Ideas.

UW–Madison builds on partnerships at Chicago Quantum Summit

The eighth-annual Chicago Quantum Summit was held Nov. 3-4, 2025 convening more than 500 top industry, government, and academic leaders from around the world for dialogue aimed at shaping the future of quantum technology. Held in downtown Chicago, at the center of the globally recognized Illinois-Wisconsin-Indiana quantum hub, the two-day event highlighted breakthrough research, commercialization […]

Read the full article at: https://research.wisc.edu/uncategorized/2025/11/06/uw-madison-builds-on-partnerships-at-chicago-quantum-summit/

Congratulations to everyone that participated in the WQI Hackathon this year!

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The hackathon focused on 3 key themes with specific open challenges in each theme:

  1. Quantum Benchmarking graphs: Quantum computing research papers will be shared and the task will be to create the Quantum Benchmarking graphs of different interesting applications of quantum computing.
  2. Open problems on open-source software tools: A quick overview of open-source software tools (namely, pyLIQTR, Bench-Q, pyZX, and Azure) will be presented along with some open interesting tasks that the participants could try to tackle during the hackathon.
  3. Understanding quantum computing open-source software tools: Simpler tasks will be discussed on the aforementioned tools and participants can focus on utilizing the notebooks available in the libraries to further understand how the tools work, while in parallel explore some interesting problems.

Professor Matthew Otten and researcher Katerina Gratsea opened up the event with their presentations on

  • Quantum Computing and Applications
  • Achieving Utility-Scale Applications through Full Stack Co-Design of Fault Tolerant Quantum Computers with the aim to emphasize the importance of QRE

Approximately 30 graduate and undergraduate students participated in the event. They formed teams to tackle a specific challenge and presented their results at the end of the hackathon.

UW-Madison students and postdocs showcased their work during the Chicago Quantum Summit

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Faculty, staff and students from our university participated in the annual Chicago Quantum Summit, one of the world’s key forums for exploring the full spectrum of quantum economy needs.

Congratulations to Omar Nagib and Minjeong Kim for winning 1st and 2nd prize at the first ever WQI best student paper competition!

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The Wisconsin Quantum Institute selected four graduate student finalists who presented their work during a special colloquium today.

A 1st place prize ($1000) and a 2nd place prize ($500) were awarded to Omar Nagib and Minjeong Kim for their work on:

Omar Nagib – Efficient preparation of entangled states in cavity QED with Grover’s algorithm

Minjeong Kim – Broadband Light Extraction from Near-Surface NV Centers Using Crystalline-Silicon Antennas

The competition for AY25-26 will reopen during the Spring of 2026.

Congratulations to all presenters for their great work!