Labor für Digitalisierung, OTH Regensburg

The Laboratory for Digitalisation has been working since 2015, the scientific director Prof. Dr. Mauerer since 2005, on a wide variety of issues related to quantum computing, quantum communication and fundamental questions of quantum mechanics, and is doing pioneering work that goes back far before the current technological hype.

Current efforts are aimed at closing the gap between basic research and industrial application by considering issues in their entire technical-scientific breadth. In addition, new topics are investigated for their suitability for quantum speedups, and concrete implementations are accompanied from hardware to quantum software engineering. Scientific reproducibility is another field of activity of the group, which is essential especially for the still highly experimental topic area of quantum computing.

The lab is the central contact point for quantum computing in the Upper Palatinate and Lower Bavaria.

Offers

• Systematic identification and analysis of use cases based on simulation and NISQ machines
• Transfer between basic research and industrial use
• Development of hybrid computing methods
• Competence transfer and training
• Implementation of pilot projects
• Consulting on quantum-issues based on nearly two decades of commercial and academic experience

Quantum Research Topics

• Currently
  • Quantum Reinforcement Learning
  • Customized Quantum Computing & QPU-SW code design
  • Production and manufacturing optimization with quantum methods
  • Quantum accelerators for databases
  • Quantum software engineering & reproducibility
• Earlier topics
  • Quantum programming languages
  • Quantum information theory & Quantum Electrodynamics
  • Quantum Random Generation and Distillation

Teaching

• Lectures and lecture components with content on
  • Quantum Computing
  • Quantum Complexity Theory
  • Quantum Information Theory at undergraduate and graduate levels