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Stefanie Barz

Stefanie Barz is a German physicist and Professor of Quantum Information and Technology at the University of Stuttgart working in the field of photonic quantum technology.[1]

Stefanie Barz
Alma materUniversity of Vienna
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Known forPhotonic quantum technology
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Stuttgart
University of Oxford
University of Vienna
ThesisPhotonic Quantum Computing
Doctoral advisorAnton Zeilinger

Early life and education

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Barz studied at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, with a stay at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology within the Erasmus Programme.[2] She earned her PhD from the University of Vienna under the supervision of Anton Zeilinger, working on various aspects of photonic quantum computing, including 'blind' quantum computing using entangled photons, where the sender knows the initial state of entanglement while companies in control of data processing do not, making it impossible for them to decode the information without destroying it.[3][4][5][6] For her dissertation she was awarded the Laudimaxima Prize of the University of Vienna,[2][7] and her work has been featured in New Scientist and covered by the BBC and NBC.[5][8] In 2013 Barz was awarded the Maria Schaumayer Prize[9] and the Loschmidt Prize.[10]

From 2014 to 2017, Barz was a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow as well as a Millard and Lee Alexander Fellow in the Christ Church College at the University of Oxford. She worked with Ian Walmsley on three-photon interference,[11][12][13] during which project she created integrated photon sources, fibre components and waveguide circuits.[14]

Research and career

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Barz was appointed full professor at the University of Stuttgart in 2017.[15] The research focus of her group is on the study of single photons and quantum states of light, covering both fundamental quantum physics and aspects of integrated photonic technology, with the ultimate goal of applying fundamental advances in quantum computing, quantum communication, and quantum networking.[10][16][17] In 2018 she was awarded a multi-million-Euro grant to work on quantum technologies using silicon-based photonics[18] and since 2022 she leads the PhotonQ project,[19] which aims to realize a photonic quantum processor.

Since 2022, Barz is Director of the Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology (IQST), the joint quantum centre of the Universities of Stuttgart, Ulm, and the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research.[20] She also serves on the Strategic Advisory Board of QuantERA, a network of quantum technology researchers,[21] on the executive board of the CZS Center QPhoton,[22] and the advisory board of QuantumBW, an innovation initiative bundling quantum technology expertise in Baden-Württemberg.[23]

Awards and honours

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References

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  1. ^ "Barz Group, Research, Quantum Information & Technology". Retrieved 2024-09-13.
  2. ^ a b "Die Quantencomputer- Programmiererin - derStandard.at". DER STANDARD (in Austrian German). Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  3. ^ "Quantencomputer: Zwei Schritte zum Ziel - science.ORF.at". sciencev2.orf.at. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  4. ^ Chirgwin, Richard (1 Oct 2013). "Quantum computing gets recursive". www.theregister.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  5. ^ a b "A quantum leap is in the works for secure cloud computing". NBC News. 20 January 2012. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  6. ^ Walther, Philip; Zeilinger, Anton; Fitzsimons, Joseph F.; Broadbent, Anne; Kashefi, Elham; Barz, Stefanie (2012-01-20). "Demonstration of Blind Quantum Computing". Science. 335 (6066): 303–308. arXiv:1110.1381. Bibcode:2012Sci...335..303B. doi:10.1126/science.1214707. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 22267806. S2CID 24363424.
  7. ^ a b "Stefanie Barz received the LAUDIMAXIMA prize 2011". www.iqoqi-vienna.at. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  8. ^ Mullins, Justin. "First secure quantum computer is blind to its own bits". www.newscientist.com. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  9. ^ a b "Maria Schaumayer Prize awarded". walther.quantum.at. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  10. ^ a b c "Loschmidt Prize awarded". walther.quantum.at. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  11. ^ "Three-photon interference measured at long last". Physics World. 2017-04-17. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  12. ^ Sewell, Robert (2017-04-10). "Viewpoint: Photonic Hat Trick". Physics. 10: 38. doi:10.1103/Physics.10.38.
  13. ^ Menssen, Adrian J.; Jones, Alex E.; Metcalf, Benjamin J.; Tichy, Malte C.; Barz, Stefanie; Kolthammer, W. Steven; Walmsley, Ian A. (2017-04-10). "Distinguishability and Many-Particle Interference". Physical Review Letters. 118 (15): 153603. arXiv:1609.09804. Bibcode:2017PhRvL.118o3603M. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.153603. hdl:10044/1/48719. PMID 28452506. S2CID 206289658.
  14. ^ "CORDIS | European Commission". cordis.europa.eu. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  15. ^ Castelvecchi, Davide, Nature. "Here's What the Quantum Internet Has in Store". Scientific American. Retrieved 2019-09-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ "Quantum Networks & Quantum Clouds", Stefanie Barz - SummerSOC 2019, 5 July 2019, retrieved 2019-09-01
  17. ^ "New at the University: Prof. Stefanie Barz | University of Stuttgart". www.uni-stuttgart.de. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  18. ^ "3.6 million euros for new quantum-technology project at the University of Stuttgart". www.innovations-report.com. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  19. ^ "PhotonQ". Retrieved 2024-10-06.
  20. ^ "Prof. Stefanie Barz on the Board of IQST". Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  21. ^ "Strategic Advisory Board". www.quantera.eu. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  22. ^ "People: Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung Center for Quantum Photonics". Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  23. ^ "Quantum BW". Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  24. ^ "Honorarprofessur der TU Wien für Stefanie Barz". 25 January 2024. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
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