Two researchers working on the QRC-4-ESP project, Dr Alexandre Zagoskin (Loughborough University) and Professor Tapio Ala-Nissilä (Aalto University), gave invited talks at Frontiers of Quantum and Mesoscopic Thermodynamics (FQMT’26), held in Prague from 26 July to 1 August 2026. ⚛️ Alexandre Zagoskin presented “Dissipative and nondissipative quantum circuit elements”, exploring the behaviour of circuit elements in the quantum regime and the interplay between dissipation, memo

What does life as a postdoctoral researcher really involve? In this interview (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUVCO3MAII4), Dr Eszter Papp (Eötvös Loránd University) - who combines research in quantum biology with support for the QRC-4-ESP and QUEST projects - discusses the realities of academic research, balancing scientific excellence with growing responsibilities, and why effective science communication is becoming an essential part of a researcher's career. An insightful

🚀 Two recent papers in Chaos journal by Loughborough University researchers highlight exciting advances in both photonic and quantum reservoir computing. 📄 Unwrapping photonic reservoirs: Enhanced expressivity via random Fourier encoding over stretched domains demonstrates that deliberately “over-wrapping” optical phase information beyond its conventional 2π range can improve computational performance. By exploiting nonlinear interference and synthetic frequencies, the auth

Trisha Roy, Aalto University PhD Researcher 1. Could you briefly introduce yourself, your PhD research focus, and how you became involved in this project? I’m a first-year PhD student at Aalto University in the MSP group, working on quantum reservoir computing for time-series prediction. In simple terms, I try to make a quantum circuit predict the future of chaotic systems - and then I study exactly when and why it starts failing. My current focus is on how tunable non-Cliffo

Dr. Wendy Otieno, Loughborough University Postdoc Researcher 1. What first sparked your interest in quantum research, and how did it lead you to join the QRC-4-ESP project? Numerically solving Schrödinger’s equation for quantum systems like particles in finite and infinite potential wells first sparked my interest in quantum research. Through this process, I developed a deep appreciation for the elegant yet challenging mathematical structures that underpin quantum systems.

From 18–22 August 2025, young researchers from across Europe gathered at Aalto University, Finland, for the Summer School on New...

Moein Ivaki, Achilleas Lazarides, and Tapio Ala-Nissila have now released a preprint of their paper "Quantum Reservoir Computing on...