QubitAF 2026 Meeting
Collège de France, Salle 2 - 11 Place Marcelin Berthelot, 75005 Paris.
Paris (France)
23-24 Mar 2026
Welcome
The annual 2026 meeting of the PEPR-q QubitAF project will take place on March 23-24, 2026 at Collège de France, Salle 2, 11 Place Marcelin Berthelot, 75005 Paris.
Program
Monday, March 23rd
| 10:30 – 10:50 | General introduction |
| 10:50 – 11:00 |
Thierry Lahaye Rydberg arrays at IOGS: an update |
| 11:00 – 11:25 |
Lukas Klein A New-Generation Rydberg Atom Quantum Simulator |
| 11:25 – 11:45 | ☕ Coffee break |
| 11:45 – 11:55 |
Michel Brune Circular Rydberg states for quantum simulation |
| 11:55 – 12:20 |
Gautier Creutzer Observation of spin exchange between laser-trapped circular Rydberg atoms |
| 12:20 – 12:45 |
Mathis Pepin Singlet-triplet oscillations of trapped circular strontium atoms |
| 12:45 – 14:15 | Lunch break |
| 14:15 – 15:15 |
Denis Vion Review of RobustSuperQ superconducting qubits |
| 15:15 – 15:25 |
David Clément Helium quantum simulator: critical correlations in Bose gases and laser-cooled Fermi gases |
| 15:25 – 15:50 |
Henri Coquinot Producing a metastable Helium-3 Fermi sea – Toward probing Fermi-Hubbard in momentum space |
| 15:50 – 16:10 | ☕ Coffee break |
| 16:10 – 16:20 |
Louis-Paul Henry Survey of the activities on applications at Pasqal |
| 16:20 – 16:45 |
Mauro D'Arcangelo Quantum Markov chain Monte Carlo with programmable quantum simulators |
| 16:45 – 17:10 |
Guillaume Villaret Certifying a 300‑Qubit Rydberg QPU for Quantitative Quantum Simulation of a Real Material |
| 17:10 – 18:40 | Poster session |
| 20:00 | Meeting dinner |
Tuesday, March 24th
| 09:15 – 09:35 |
Anna Minguzzi Spectral function of strongly interacting quantum mixtures |
| 09:35 – 09:45 |
Igor Ferrier-Barbut Light-matter interaction in free-space two-level atom ensembles |
| 09:45 – 10:10 |
Giulio Biagioni Collective light scattering in arrays of single dysprosium atoms |
| 10:10 – 10:40 | ☕ Coffee break |
| 10:40 – 11:40 |
Antoine Georges Analog Quantum Simulators and Classical Many-Body Methods: A Productive Race |
| 11:40 – 11:50 |
Tommaso Roscilde Survey of the activities at the ENS of Lyon |
| 11:50 – 12:15 |
Filippo Caleca Valence-bond solid and Luttinger liquids with dipolar atoms on triangular ladders |
| 12:15 – 12:30 | Group picture |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00 – 15:00 |
Guido Pupillo Overview on aQCess |
| 15:00 – 15:20 | ☕ Coffee break |
| 15:20 – 16:00 | Discussion on future plans and strategies |
| 16:00 | End meeting |
