Events

Upcoming Conferences:

Full PQI Event Calendar

PQI regularly holds events for students, postdocs, and faculty members interested in or researching related fields in quantum information science and engineering at Pitt, CMU, and Duquesne University. More information is available below on the types of seminars and conferences PQI supports throughout the academic year. Information on previous events can be found in the events archive. Recorded talks from past events are available on the PQI YouTube Page.

How to Propose Seminars

PQI hosts a wide variety of speakers throughout the academic year. Our Distinguished Seminar Series highlights extraordinary and internationally recognized speakers nominated by PQI members and selected by the PQI Seminar Series Committee. The Collaborative Seminars provide an opportunity for PQI members to host a speaker with potential for collaborative work, while receiving partial support from PQI. The Student & Postdoc Seminar Series allows student & postdoc members to present their recent work to their peers. More information on each series is available below. 

Types of Seminars & Proposal Instructions:

PQI Distinguished Seminars in Quantum Science & Engineering

Who Speakers have significant cross-disciplinary appeal to the wider PQI community Distinguished speakers are nominated by PQI members using this form The PQI Seminar Committee selects speakers to invite; nominators act as hosts When & Where Hosted on the first and third Tuesday of each month at 3pm Seminars are held at the host’s university Speaker Receives Accolades, a PQI Plaque and swag PQI Provides Travel booking and costs Hotel booking and costs Full day of scheduled meetings Breakfast, lunch, and dinner with PQI members Host Responsibilities Acts as faculty point of contact Introduces speaker at seminar Provides a list of faculty that should meet speaker

Stay up to date on our latest distinguished seminar here and check out our most recent seminars in our events archive.

PQI Collaborative Seminars

When & Where: Hosted on the second and fourth weeks of the month Held at the host’s university Speakers can be suggested using this form PQI Provides: Matching funds with a local department or program, at the level of $300 Advertisement to broader community Maintains master schedule Accolades and PQI Swag, the speaker does not receive a PQI plaque Host Responsibilities: Filling the speaker’s schedule by recruiting people to meet with the speaker

Student & Postdoc Seminar Series

The PQI Student & Postdoc Seminar Series Committee holds student seminars at both Pitt and CMU. Student members present their research to other student members throughout the PQI Student Seminar Series. The series is held every Tuesday from 12:30-1:30pm. The schedule and the location of the seminar are available on the PQI calendar. Please reach out to the committee chair, Sayanwita Biswas, to obtain more information.

How to Propose Conferences

In addition to the annual PQI main event, PQI supports faculty hosted conferences at two levels. These conferences occur throughout the academic year as well as over the summer. 

Supported Conference Tiers & Proposal Instructions:

Tier 1: Full Logistics & Planning

PQI Can Provide (and Maintain): Support for the conference at the level of $10k Full logistic coordination of venue, catering, AV/Tech Conference webpage Registration form Nametags for attendees Conference schedule for advertisement Advertisement Registration check-in for the event Contract for hotel room block, approves bookings Agreement for Anthony Travel bookings, approves bookings External vendors as needed Financial reports for expenditures

Tier 2: Organizational Support

PQI Can Provide: Support for the conference at the level of $5k Assistance in communicating with venue, catering, AV/Tech Conference webpage Registration form Nametags for attendees Advertisement List of hotels in the area