QCALL has envisaged various scientific and complementary skill workshops for its network members, and beyond.
QCALL Scientific Schools
School of Quantum Secure Communications (SQSC)
7-11 May 2018, Baiona, Spain
The school covered the following topics: 1) Various QKD protocols ranging from BB84 and entanglement-based QKD through to device-independent, measurement-device-independent, and continuous variable QKD; 2) Sketch of security proofs and the underlying theory for main QKD protocols; 3) Experimental challenges facing the implementation of each system; 4) Beyond-QKD protocols; and 5) Industrial outlook. QCALL welcomed out-of-network participation of a number of external delegates.
School of Quantum Communications Networks (SQCN)
19-22 September 2018, Padova, Italy
The school covered topics on 1) Quantum networking based on trusted nodes; 2) Challenges of integration of quantum and classical networks; 3) Quantum repeaters and quantum memories; 4) Satellite QKD; 5) Future no-memory quantum repeaters; and 6) Multipartite QC schemes. QCALL welcomed out-of-network participation of a number of external delegates. You can learn more about what happened in the blog written by our ESRs here.
QCALL Scientific Workshops
QCALL will organise two scientific meetings, open to all interested researchers, to showcase the QCALL outcomes along with the latest progress in the field.
QCALL Early-Stage Researchers Conference (ESRC)
was held in Addaura Hotel in Mondello, Sicily, 16-19 September 2019.
QCALL Final Symposium on Advances in Quantum Communications
This is an online event to be held from 3 to 5 May 2021. You can register for free until 29 April 2021 by filling out this form. We look forward to your participation in this final event of our network.
QCALL Complementary-Skill Workshops
CS1 on Project Management
Was held in Leeds, 18-19 October 2017
CS2 on Presentation Skills
Was held in Italy, 17-18 September 2018
CS3 on Entrepreneurship
Was held in Mondello, Italy, 19-20 September 2019