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PQI Distinguished Seminar - Liang Jiang
PQI hosts Professor Liang Jiang from the University of Chicago on October 7, 2025 at 3pm in 321 Allen Hall for his Distinguished Seminar, “Co-Designed Quantum Error Correction.”
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2025 Q-PHORIA: Quantum Pennsylvania Ohio Regional Annual Conference
Applications to attend the 2025 Q-PHORIA event are now open! Q-PHORIA will be October 23 & 24, 2025 at the Cohon University Center on Carnegie Mellon University's campus!
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QuILLS 2025: Quantum Intelligence, Learning and Security
The Second IEEE Workshop, QuILLS 2025, will be November 11-14, 2025 in Pittsburgh, PA!
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Fall 2025 Fellowships
Congratulations to our Fall 2025 PQI Fellows: Mahmoud Ibrahim, Ann Marie Paterno, Sayanwita Biswas, Elizabeth Shiby, and Xin Jin!
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Highlights

PQI is comprised of 140+ faculty and 190+ students across three Pittsburgh universities who conduct research in a variety of areas within quantum science and technology.

PQI members are leading research in the fields of quantum sensing, quantum communications, quantum computing, and quantum fundamentals.

PQI hosts a variety of quantum events throughout the year, including public lectures, seminars, and an annual signature event.
Feature Faculty Member

PQI member and professor Susan Fullerton uses ions to control charge transport in two-dimensional materials for high performance electronics.
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News

Pitt Faculty Featured in Global Quantum Training Program
Two Pitt engineering faculty members, Dr. Juan José Mendoza Arenas and Dr. Hessam Babaee, spoke at the 2025 Womanium & WISER Quantum Program, a global training initiative with over 3,600 participants.
Pitt Engineers Develop Algorithm to Secure Satellites in Low Earth Orbit
Pitt engineers Mai Abdelhakim and Robert Cunningham, with PhD students Quincy Bayer and Robert Esswein, developed TAU (Trust via Asynchronous Updates) to secure satellites in low Earth orbit.