Project description DEENESFRITPL Simulating physical systems with quantum complex networks Complex networks are ubiquitous in our world. From cellular networks in biology to intricate web networks in technology, physical systems group in structures that are neither regular nor simple. Replicating complex networks in a scalable quantum platform could reveal more about the intrinsic quantum nature of our world and aid the efficient exploitation of quantum complex structures in future technologies. The EU-funded COQCOoN project plans to reproduce complex quantum network topologies in quantum optical platforms to query the quantum properties of natural processes, such as energy transport and synchronisation, and investigate how nature-inspired efficient strategies can be transferred to quantum technologies. It will also experiment with network topologies that could make quantum communication and information protocols resilient against internal failures and environmental changes. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective At different scales, from molecular systems to technological infrastructures, physical systems group in structures which are neither simply regular or random, but can be represented by networks with complex shape. Proteins in metabolic structures and the World Wide Web, for example, share the same kind of statistical distribution of connections of their constituents. In addition, the individual elements of natural samples, like atoms or electrons, are quantum objects. Hence replicating complex networks in a scalable quantum platform is a formidable opportunity to learn more about the intrinsic quantumness of real world and for the efficient exploitation of quantum-complex structures in future technologies. Future trusted large-scale communications and efficient big data handling, in fact, will depend on at least one of the two aspects -quantum or complex- of scalable systems, or on an appropriate combination of the two.In COQCOoN I will tackle both the quantum and the complex structure of physical systems. I will implement large quantum complex networks via multimode quantum systems based on both temporal and frequency modes of parametric processes pumped by pulsed lasers. Quantum correlations between amplitude and phase continuous variables will be arranged in complex topologies and delocalized single and multiple photon excitations will be distributed in the network. I aim at:-Learn from nature: I will reproduce complex topologies in the quantum network to query the quantum properties of natural processes, like energy transport and synchronization, and investigate how nature-inspired efficient strategies can be transferred in quantum technologies. -Control large quantum architectures: I will experiment network topologies that make quantum communication and information protocols resilient against internal failures and environmental changes. I will setup distant multi-party quantum communications and quantum simulation in complex networks. Fields of science natural sciencesphysical sciencesquantum physicsnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdata sciencebig datanatural sciencesmathematicspure mathematicstopologynatural sciencesphysical sciencesopticslaser physicspulsed lasersnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesinternetworld wide web Keywords complex networks quantum simulation quantum communication continuous variables Programme(s) H2020-EU.1.1. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme Topic(s) ERC-2018-COG - ERC Consolidator Grant Call for proposal ERC-2018-COG See other projects for this call Funding Scheme ERC-COG - Consolidator Grant Host institution SORBONNE UNIVERSITE Net EU contribution € 1 967 687,50 Address 21 RUE DE L'ECOLE DE MEDECINE 75006 Paris France See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 1 990 000,00 Beneficiaries (2) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all SORBONNE UNIVERSITE France Net EU contribution € 1 967 687,50 Address 21 RUE DE L'ECOLE DE MEDECINE 75006 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 1 990 000,00 Third-party Legal entity other than a subcontractor which is affiliated or legally linked to a participant. The entity carries out work under the conditions laid down in the Grant Agreement, supplies goods or provides services for the action, but did not sign the Grant Agreement. A third party abides by the rules applicable to its related participant under the Grant Agreement with regard to eligibility of costs and control of expenditure. CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS France Net EU contribution € 22 312,50 Address RUE MICHEL ANGE 3 75794 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 22 312,50