PQI regularly holds events for students, postdocs, and faculty members interested in or researching related fields in quantum information science and engineering at Pitt, CMU, and Duquesne University. More information is available below on the types of seminars and conferences PQI supports throughout the academic year. Information on previous events can be found in the events archive. Recorded talks from past events are available on the PQI YouTube Page.
Seminars
PQI hosts a wide variety of speakers throughout the academic year. Our Distinguished Seminar Series highlights extraordinary and internationally recognized speakers nominated by PQI members and selected by the PQI Seminar Series Committee. The Collaborative Seminars provide an opportunity for PQI members to host a speaker with potential for collaborative work, while receiving partial support from PQI. The Student & Postdoc Seminar Series allows student & postdoc members to present their recent work to their peers. More information on each series is available below.
Types of Seminars & Proposal Instructions:
- PQI Distinguished Seminars in Quantum Science & Engineering
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Who
- Speakers have significant cross-disciplinary appeal to the wider PQI community
- Distinguished speakers are nominated by PQI members using this form
- The PQI Seminar Committee selects speakers to invite; nominators act as hosts
When & Where
- Hosted on the first and third Tuesday of each month at 3pm
- Seminars are held at the host’s university
Speaker Receives
- Accolades, a PQI Plaque and swag
PQI Provides
- Travel booking and costs
- Hotel booking and costs
- Full day of scheduled meetings
- Breakfast, lunch, and dinner with PQI members
Host Responsibilities
- Acts as faculty point of contact
- Introduces speaker at seminar
- Provides a list of faculty that should meet speaker
Stay up to date on our latest distinguished seminar here and check out our most recent seminars in our events archive.
- PQI Collaborative Seminars
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When & Where:
- Hosted on the second and fourth weeks of the month
- Held at the host’s university
- Speakers can be suggested using this form
PQI Provides:
- Matching funds with a local department or program, at the level of $300
- Advertisement to broader community
- Maintains master schedule
- Accolades and PQI Swag, the speaker does not receive a PQI plaque
Host Responsibilities:
- Filling the speaker’s schedule by recruiting people to meet with the speaker
- Student & Postdoc Seminar Series
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The PQI Student & Postdoc Seminar Series Committee holds student seminars at both Pitt and CMU. Student members present their research to other student members throughout the PQI Student Seminar Series. The series is held every Tuesday from 12:30-1:30pm. The schedule and the location of the seminar are available on the PQI calendar. Please reach out to the committee chair, Sayanwita Biswas, to obtain more information.
Conferences
In addition to the annual PQI main event, PQI supports faculty hosted conferences at two levels. These conferences occur throughout the academic year as well as over the summer.
Supported Conference Tiers & Proposal Instructions:
- Tier 1: Full Logistics & Planning
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PQI Can Provide (and Maintain):
- Support for the conference at the level of $10k
- Full logistic coordination of venue, catering, AV/Tech
- Conference webpage
- Registration form
- Nametags for attendees
- Conference schedule for advertisement
- Advertisement
- Registration check-in for the event
- Contract for hotel room block, approves bookings
- Agreement for Anthony Travel bookings, approves bookings
- External vendors as needed
- Financial reports for expenditures
- Tier 2: Organizational Support
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PQI Can Provide:
- Support for the conference at the level of $5k
- Assistance in communicating with venue, catering, AV/Tech
- Conference webpage
- Registration form
- Nametags for attendees
- Advertisement
- List of hotels in the area