<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><b data-mce-style="caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12px;" style="font-family: helvetica;" class="">2nd Quantum Computing Workshop<br class=""><br class=""></b><span data-mce-style="caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12px; float: none; display: inline !important;" style="font-family: helvetica; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">Date: January, 17th, 14h00 to 18h00</span><br data-mce-style="caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12px;" style="font-family: helvetica;" class=""><span data-mce-style="caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12px; float: none; display: inline !important;" style="font-family: helvetica; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">Place: Room A5.4, Dept de Eng Informatica (DEI), Polo 2, UC </span><br data-mce-style="caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12px;" style="font-family: helvetica;" class=""><span data-mce-style="caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; 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cursor: pointer; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" style="color: rgb(0, 90, 149); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12px;" class="">https://dei.uc.pt/vc/workshops</a></span><div data-mce-style="caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12px;" style="font-family: helvetica;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> </span><div class="">Program:</div><div class=""><br class="">14h00 - Opening - Filipe Araújo (Sub-diretor DEI-UC), João Ramalho (Vice-rector UC), Miguel Fonseca (Coimbra Municipality), José Ataíde (IBM/SOFTINSA)<br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">14h30 - Session 1, Chair Jorge Lobo (UC)<br class="">- Navigating the Potential of Quantum Computing beyond NISQ - Koen Bertels (University of Ghent, Belgium)<br class="">- The Potential of Quantum AI: Extending a Quantum Reinforcement Learning Exploration Policy and Towards Trustworthy AI - Filipe Santos (UC)<br class="">- A new light on a family of hybrid algorithms - Miguel Murça (IST) </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">16h00 - Coffee break<br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">16h30 - Session 2, Chair Helena Alberto (UC)<br class=""><div class="">- Quantum Computing in the Utility Era - Bruno Januário (IBM Quantum Embassador) and Gines Heras (Computational Scientist and Architect, IBM Quantum)</div><div class="">- Resource Efficiency in Quantum Computation - Sagar Pratapsi (IT)</div></div><div class="">- Quantum Keys Ready for Deployment: A Practical QKD Prototype Based on Photonic Integrated Circuits - Maria Ana Pereira (University of Geneva, Switzerland)<br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">18h00 - Next steps and closing remarks - Nuno Mendonça (Pro-rector UC), Bruno Januário (IBM), Helena Alberto (UC), Edmundo Monteiro (UC)<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></body></html>