When Arianna Crippa and Cenk Tüysüz started their PhD under the supervision
of Dr. Karl Jansen at DESY in Zeuthen,
they were the first students of the Center for Quantum Technology and
Applications (CQTA) working in the area of quantum computing. While Crippa
concentrated on a theoretical model, 2+1-dimensional quantum
electrodynamics (see also DESY news)
Tüysüz worked on quantum machine learning and its applications in high energy physics.
Now, on 27th of February and 6th of March
both defended their PhD with excellent grades starting now as a new generation
of scientists in the field of quantum computing.
Crippa says "Completing a PhD at CQTA has been an incredible experience.
I had the opportunity to meet inspiring people and develop my research skills.
Thanks to CQTA and, in particular to Dr. Jansen, I could achieve this milestone.
Now, I am ready to take the next step in my career" and Tüysüz adds "My time at DESY CQTA
has been an incredible journey of growth. The group provided me with world-class
resources, a collaborative environment, and the freedom to explore challenging ideas.
I am grateful for the support and opportunities that have made this experience truly transformative".
From the work of Crippa and Tüysüz a total of 19 publications and Proceeding contributions
emerged which is very remarkable for a 3 year PhD period. Both also gave many
presentations at international conferences and workshops which led to very inspiring responses
and new project ideas.
"It has been very exciting for me to see, how both students were developing in their PhD time,
growing to
mature and professional researchers in quantum computing", says Jansen and he adds
"for sure they are now quantum ready and will help to bring quantum computing to academia
and industry to apply this new way of computing to real world use cases in the future.
As side projects,
Crippa together with her supervisor Jansen were also active in quantum art, in particular,
in quantum computer music and quantum painting where they published a book chapter
(Published: 2024 by World Scientific, DOI: 10.1142/14025) and an arxiv version
of their work.
