Salamanca-Warwick International Partnership Symposium
Wednesday, May 27th 2026 to Friday, May 29th, 2026
Departments of Computer Science & Physics, University of Warwick
Organisers: Matthias Caro, Alberto Rodriguez, R.A. Römer and Waseem HM
Background and Purpose
The University of Warwick and the Universidad de Salamanca are engaging in a collaborative initiative to strengthen international research in quantum science and technology. Rooted in decades of combined expertise, this emerging partnership brings together Warwick’s interdisciplinary Warwick Quantum community and Salamanca’s leading groups in nanotechnology, low‑temperature physics, and quantum systems theory.
As part of the Warwick–Salamanca International Partnership Fund project, this dedicated meeting will bring together researchers from both institutions to:
- Re‑establish and broaden collaborative links between Warwick and Salamanca physicists
- Identify shared research goals at the interface of quantum materials, quantum information, and quantum device engineering
- Promote early‑career researcher exchanges, including short research visits for PhD students and postdoctoral scholars
- Map out future funding opportunities, including EPSRC Overseas Travel Grants and potential European collaborations
Why Salamanca? Why Warwick?
Salamanca hosts world‑leading facilities in nanotechnology and low‑temperature research, including advanced clean‑room infrastructure and a unique cryogen‑free magnetotransport laboratory. Warwick brings complementary strengths in quantum theory, quantum devices, machine learning, and a vibrant interdisciplinary community through the Warwick Quantum initiative, a faculty‑level research centre. Together, these capabilities create a natural foundation for a long‑term research alliance.
Programme
| Time | Activity/Title | Speaker/Room |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 27th May 2026 [Warwick Quantum Day] | ||
| 09:30-10:00 | Registration | |
| 10:00-10:15 | Welcome | organizers |
| 10:15-11:00 | Cloning is as Hard as Learning for Stabilizer States | Nikhil Bansal, Computer Science |
| 11:00-11:30 | Tea, coffee and biscuits | just outside room R0.12 |
| 11:30-12:15 | Combinatorial representation of quantum XY model | Grega Saksida, Mathematics |
| 12:15-13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30-14:15 | Property Testing of Quantum Objects | Hirak Ghosh, Physics |
| 14:15-15:00 | Space-time duality approach to quantum dynamics | Colin Rylands, U Coventry |
| 15:00-15:30 | Tea, coffee and cake | just outside room R0.12 |
| 15:30-16:15 | Thermoelectricity in Molecular Quantum Devices | Erfan Norouzi Farahani, Engineering |
| 16:15-17:00 | Multifractality and dynamics at the Anderson transition: From finite dimension to infinite dimension | Weitao Chen, Physics |
| Speed Talks | ||
| 17:00-17:10 | Entanglement rerouting of Tensor Network State | Natalie McHugh, Computer Science |
| 17:10-17:20 | Entanglement capacity of complex networks from quantum walks | Pravy Prerana, U Coventry |
| 17:20-17:30 | "tba" | Uddhav Sen, U Coventry |
| 17:30-17:40 | Towards quantum enhanced spectroscopy | Subhasish Guha, Physics |
| 17:40-17:50 | "tba" | ??? |
| 18:30- | Dinner | |
Thursday 28th May 2026 [Salamanca - Warwick Symposium Day 1, Quantum Transport and Materials] |
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| Topic | ||
| 09:00-09:30 | Registration | |
| 09:30-10:15 | Stochastic resetting in discrete-time quantum dynamics | Sascha Wald, U Coventry |
| 10:15-11:00 | How to seed ergodic dynamics of interacting bosons under conditions of many-body quantum chaos | Alberto Rodriguez (S) |
| 11:00-11:30 | Tea, coffee and biscuits | just outside room R0.12 |
| 11:30-12:15 | Single crystal growth of quantum materials | Brinda Kuthanazhi (W) |
| 12:15-13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30-14:15 | Advanced nanolithography and straintronics in 2D materials | Enrique Diez (S) |
| 14:15-15:00 | Trajectory-based methods for ultrafast quantum dynamics | Lidice Cruz (W) |
| 15:00-15:30 | Tea, coffee and cake | just outside room R0.12 |
| 15:30-16:15 | Aspects of Many-Body Quantum Chaos | Amos Chan (W) |
| 16:15-17:00 | Signatures of a gravitational quantum vacuum on the dynamics of massive particles | Sharmila Balamurugan (W) |
| 18:30- | Dinner | |
Friday 29th May 2026 [Warwick - Salamanca Day 2, Quantum Information and Computing] |
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| 09:00-09:45 | Quantum Advantage in Mobile-agent Games: Theoretical Results and Simulations using Quantum Computers | Jorge Quintanilla, U Kent |
| 09:45-10:30 | Superconducting Qubits and Beyond | Manuel Pino (S) |
| 11:00-11:30 | Tea, coffee and biscuits | just outside room R0.12 |
| 11:30-12:15 | Quantum Computing Meets Computational Learning Theory | Matthias Caro (W) |
| 12:15-13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30-14:15 | Hydrodynamic transport and Zak oscillations in graphene antidot superlattices | Mario Amado (S) |
| 14:15-15:00 | Quantum Computation & Simulation | Animesh Datta (W) |
| 15:00-15:30 | Tea, coffee and cake | just outside room R0.12 |
| 15:30- | Joint funding discussion | all |
| 18:00- | Dinner (probably off-site at Varsity and via self-pay) | |
Participants
Participation is by invitation only. Please contact R.Roemer@warwick.ac.uk if you think this activity looks as if it would be of interest to you. Normally, we would be happy to accept self-invitations, but will not be able to pay for any expenses in this case.
Registration will start at 9:30 on 27th May 2026, at the University of Warwick, with the first talk at 9:30 am (see above schedule). Note that the university is located on the outskirts of Coventry and not in Warwick. See http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/about/visiting/ for travel details and http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/about/visiting/maps/ for maps of the central campus. In case you come by car, parking is available for delegates at car park 15.
| 27 | Name | Affiliation | Department | Status | Dates@Warwick |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Maria Amado | Salamanca | Physics | registered | 27 - 30 May |
| 15 | Geetha Balakrishnan | Warwick | Physics | registered | 27 May |
| 20 | Sharmila Balamurugan | Warwick | Physics | registered | 27 - 29 May |
| 30 | Nikhil Bansal | Warwick | Computer Science | registered | 27 - 29 May |
| 40 | Matthias Caro | Warwick | Computer Science | registered | 27 - 29 May |
| 50 | Amos Chan | Warwick | Physics | registered | 27 - 29 May |
| 60 | Weitao Chen | Warwick | Physics | registered | 27 - 29 May |
| 70 | Lidice Cruz Rodriguez | Warwick | Chemistry | registered | 27 - 29 May |
| 80 | Animesh Datta | Warwick | Physics | registered | 27 - 29 May |
| 90 | Enrique Diez | Salamanca | Nanotechnology | registered | 27 - 28 May |
| 100 | Erfan Norouzi Farahani | Warwick | Engineering | registered | 27 - 29 May |
| 110 | Manual Pino Garcia | Salamanca | Nanotechnology | registered | 27 - 30 May |
| 115 | Hirak Ghosh | Warwick | Physics | registered | 27 - 29 May |
| 117 | Liv Hammer | Coventry | Fluid and Complex Systems | registered | 27 - 29 May |
| 120 | Subhasish Guha | Warwick | Physics | registered | 27 - 29 May |
| 130 | Brinda Kuthanazhi | Warwick | Physics | registered | 27 - 29 May |
| 140 | Katarzyna Macieszczak | Warwick | Physics | registered | 27 on-site, 28-29 when possible |
| 150 | Jorge Quintanilla | Kent | Quantum Applications Research Centre | registered | 28 - 29 May |
| 160 | Pravy Prerana | Coventry | Fluid and Complex Systems | registered | 27 - 29 May |
| 170 | Alberto Rodriguez | Salamanca | Physics | registered | 27 - 30 May |
| 180 | Rudo Roemer | Warwick | Physics | registered | 27 - 30 May |
| 185 | Colin Rylands | Coventry | Fluid and Complex Systems | registered | 27 - 28 May |
| 190 | Grega Saksida | Warwick | Mathematics | registered | 27 - 29 May |
| 200 | Uddhav Sen | Coventry | Fluid and Complex Systems | registered | 27 - 29 May |
| 210 | Syl Shaw | Warwick | Physics | registered | 27 - 29 May |
| 220 | Sascha Wald | Coventry | Fluid and Complex Systems | 27 - 29 May | |
| 230 | Waseem HM | Warwick | WMG | 27 - 29 May |
Venue and Accommodation
All talks will be held in room R0.12 of the Ramphal building. See here for a map of Warwick's central campus.
For invited delegates from Salamanca, we will book on-campus accommodation. We will be able to pay for 2 nights from Warwick funds. If you will fly from overseas, please buy flight tickets yourself and we will reimburse the cost. (Please keep your itinerary, boarding cards and tickets and show them to us during the meeting.)
The workshop will start with the registration at the University of Warwick. Note that the university is located on the outskirts of Coventry and not in Warwick. See http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/about/visiting/ for travel details and http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/about/visiting/maps/ for maps on the central campus. In case you come by car, parking is available for delegates at car park 15.
In case you are self-invited, please call a hotel directly and arrange your stay.
Contact
Prof. Rudolf A Römer
Physics Department
University of Warwick
Coventry CV4 7AL
United Kingdom
e-mail: physicsadmin at warwick dot ac dot uk
Phone: +44 (0)24 76574328
Fax: +44 (0)24 76150897