Program

Program of the School:

DAY 1 (22 JUNE 2026):

  • 08:00 – 09:00: Welcome and Introduction
  • 09:00 – 12:30 (11:00 – 11:30 coffee break): First Lecture: “Quantum Thermodynamics and Full counting statistics for open quantum systems”; Lecturer: Gabriel Landi (3 hours)
  • 12:30 – 14:00: Lunch
  • 14:00 – 15:00: Lecture “Quantum Thermodynamics and Full counting statistics for open quantum systems”; Lecturer: Gabriel Landi (1 hours)
  • 15:00 – 17:30 (16:00 – 16:30 coffee break): Lecture: “Quantum thermodynamics under continuous monitoring: quantum trajectories (part 1)”; Lecturer: Gonzalo Manzano (2 hours)
  • 17:30 – 18:00: Flash talks by students (10 + 2 minutes each)

DAY 2 (23 JUNE 2026):

  • 09:00 – 11:00 Lecture: “Quantum thermodynamics under continuous monitoring: quantum trajectories (part 2).”; Lecturer: Gonzalo Manzano (2 hour)
  • 11:00 – 11:30 coffee break
  • Flash talks by students (10 + 2 minutes each)
    12:30 – 14:00: Lunch
  • 14:00 – 16:00 Lecture: “Tensor Network techniques for quantum (thermo-)dynamics: part 1 – Theory”; Lecturer: Stephen Clark (2 hours)
  • 16:00 – 16:30: Coffee break
  • 16:30 – 18:30: Poster Session + Flash Talks by students (10 + 2 minutes each)

     

DAY 3 (24 JUNE 2026):

  • 09:00 – 12:30 (11:00 – 11:30 coffee break), Lecture: “Tensor Network techniques for quantum (thermo-)dynamics: part 2 – Code Writing”; Lecturer: Stephen Clark (3 hours)
  • 12:30 – 14:00: Lunch
  • 14:30 – 18:00 Social activity (e.g. hiking to Mt. Boletto and/or Faro Voltiano)
  • 20:00 Social Dinner

DAY 4 (25 JUNE 2026):

  • 09:00 – 12:30 (11:00 – 11:30 coffee break): Lecture: “Quantum information-metric approach to Thermodynamics: optimal control and Thermodynamic Uncertainty Relations”; Lecturer: Martì Perarnau-Llobet (3 hours)
  • 12:30 – 14:00: Lunch
  • 14:00 – 16:00: Lecture: “Machine Learning for Quantum Systems and Quantum Thermodynamics. Part 1: Theory”; Lecturer: Paolo Erdman (2 hours)
  • 16:00 – 16:30 coffee break
  • 16:30 – 17:30: Flash talks by students (10 + 2 minutes each)
     

DAY 5 (26 JUNE 2026):

  • 09:00 – 12:30 (11:00 – 11:30 coffee break): “Machine Learning for Quantum Systems and Quantum Thermodynamics. Part 2: Code Writing”; Lecturer: Paolo Erdman (3 hours)
  • 12:30 – 14:00: Lunch
  • 14:00 – 15:00: Lecture: “Maxwell’s demon and Landauer’s erasure for open quantum systems”; Lecturer: Martì Perarnau-Llobet (1 hours)
  • 15:00 – 15:30: Coffee break
  • 15:30 – 16:30 Perspectives panel (discussions with the lecturers, mediated by the organising committee, concerning research, academia, industry and career paths)
  • 16:30 – 17:00: Concluding remarks