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qtlabs
Quantum Technology Laboratories GmbH (qtlabs) is a leading player in European & ESA satellited-based quantum communication technology. With over 20 years of pioneering experience, including contributions to Nobel Prize-winning research, qtlabs develops cutting-edge technology for satellite-based quantum communication systems.
qtlabs is looking forward to the workshop on Quantum Information Networks for Secure Quantum Computing in Vienna as a central event for pushing the development of satellite-mediated world-wide quantum communication and quantum information networks. Working towards this ambitious goal requires the interplay of many different stakeholders ranging from research institutions, over innovative startups and companies, to large system integrators, service providers and agencies. The workshop on Quantum Information Networks for Secure Quantum Computing provides the ideal platform for qtlabs to engage with its partners and costumers working in this context and especially also inviting partner beyond the space community.
AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
The AIT Austrian Institute of Technology is Austria’s largest non-university research institute. With its seven Centers, AIT regards itself as a highly specialised research and development partner for industry.
Based on the resulting groundbreaking research work of Nobel laureate Professor Anton Zeilinger, the AIT focused very early on the industrialization of scientific findings in the field of quantum communication in the AIT Center for Digital Safety & Security. As a result, Austria's largest application-oriented research institution is now internationally recognized as a specialist in terrestrial and satellite-based quantum cryptography. The AIT is a driving player and coordinator of major European research projects, such as the highly competitive European "Quantum Flagship" programme, which aims to develop quantum technologies for the mass market. This is not least because the miniaturization of the technology is an essential prerequisite for broad industrial applicability, which is why this development step has been a central focus of the work of AIT quantum researchers until recently. Now that this milestone has also been reached, field tests are now being carried out on an ongoing basis - on the way to establishing a quantum communication network throughout Europe - with various European players from business, industry and the public sector as part of the European EuroQCI (European Quantum Communication Infrastructure) initiative.
In this context, the AIT is coordinating the QCI-CAT project, which is funded by the EU and by the national "Fonds Zukunft Österreich", and which is advancing the development of a quantum communication infrastructure for high-security government applications in the EU and implementing concrete applications in Austria. Furthermore, the AIT is the lead partner in the PETRUS project led by Deutsche Telekom, in which the development of the EU-wide high-security communication infrastructure EuroQCI is coordinated. Here, a European cyber shield based on a quantum communication infrastructure, consisting of terrestrial and satellite-based solutions, is to be established over the next ten years. These EU initiatives with the strong support of Austrian know-how and technologies are an important contribution to sustainably ensuring EU data sovereignty in a global context.
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