What Are Our Requirements?

The Doctoral Candidates must be:

  • Having a Master’s degree that gives them the right to pursue a doctorate formally.
  • Not having received a Ph.D. degree.
  • Adherence to MSCA Mobility Rule: Must not have lived or done their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the recruiting beneficiary for over 12 months in the last 36 months before the recruitment date.
  • The ability to collaborate, attend conferences and training events, and take part in academic and non-academic secondments abroad.

For further information on eligibility criteria and on Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Networks, please visit: https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/doctoral-networks

Who is QUESTING For?

Questing is for you if you:

  • Hold a Master’s degree in Physics, Computer Science, Electrical/Telecommunications Engineering, Mathematics, or related field.
  • Have not completed a PhD during the recruitment process.
  • Are adherent to the MSCA mobility rule.
  • Are equipped with strong analysis, research, and programming (Python, C++, and MATLAB) skills
  • Are willing to participate in challenging interdisciplinary research.

What is Offered?

  • A contract lasting 36 or 48 months (depends on host) will be offered with the EU MSCA grant.
  • Attractive gross salary that can cover living allowance plus mobility allowance (if applicable).
  • Joint supervision from elite academic and industrial partners (intersectoral placements).
  • A thorough training plan will be available: technical schools education, transferable skills, Open Science, and career development.

What Are Our Topics?

Our Topics are:

  1. Capacity bounds of realistic co-existing classical-quantum networks (SETU, Ireland)
  2. Distributed decision making for complex quantum networks (SETU, Ireland)
  3. SDN control planes for quantum systems (TCD, Ireland)
  4. Influence of topology in designing & operation of distributed quantum networks (Host: TCD, Ireland)
  5. Quantum annealing and quantum-inspired heuristics for wireless optimization problems (UCY, Cyprus)
  6. Quantum-assisted machine learning for decision making in wireless communication systems (UCY, Cyprus)
  7. Co-design of Network-Aware Quantum compiler for Distributed Quantum computing (UNINA, Italy)
  8. Quantum Internet Protocol Stack Design and Use-case Identification (UNINA, Italy)
  9. Novel applications of quantum networks beyond QKD (TU Delft, Netherlands)
  10. Novel methods for quality improvement of remote entanglement (TU Delft, Netherlands)
  11. Improving the efficiency of secret key rate in post-processing of QKD link (VSB, Czechia)
  12. Design of QKD encryptors for emerging networking technologies (UNSA, Bosnia & Herzegovina)
  13. Analysis and implementation of advanced quantum networking protocols (SU, France)
  14. Trade-offs in quantum resources required for distributed architectures (SU, France)
  15. Nature-Inspired Optimization Strategies for Quantum Network Routing (UESSEX, United Kingdom)

How To Apply?

Applications must be submitted directly to the respective host institutions. For detailed descriptions of each project, specific application deadlines, and submission guidelines, please refer to the host institutions.