Photonic Quantum Systems Group (PhoQuS) Led by Prof. Saikat Guha at the University of Maryland, College Park

Group Updates and Events

This page covers general updates for the group, announcments for new research projects, and other relevent updates from the group.

2025

Saikat Guha Elevated to IEEE Fellow
Saikat Guha Elevated to IEEE Fellow

Clark Distinguished Chair Professor Saikat Guha has been named to the IEEE Fellow Class of 2025 for bridging information theory and physics to design quantum-enhanced photonic sensing, communications, and networking systems. Guha is appointed to the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and leads the University of Maryland Photonic Quantum Systems Group (PhoQuS).

2024

CQN Winter School
CQN Winter School

The Center For Quantum Networks has announced the 2025 Winter School covering essential topics in the field of quantum information, optics, and networking. Learn more and register here.

New Course Offering - Information in a Photon
New Course Offering - Information in a Photon

Professor Saikat Guha will be teaching a new course at UMD for the Spring 2025 semester. This course will be open to both graduate and undergraduate students, and will be ideal for ECE students who would like to get a feel for why quantum treatment of light in the contexts of information processing (digital communications, sensing, imaging, etc.) offers fundamentally more powerful insights, and the design of systems with better performance than what is possible otherwise. No prior background in quantum mechanics, optics or information theory is necessary, but students who have a strong background in probability and linear algebra will find it the easiest to navigate the material.

Special Seminar - Isaac Harris
Special Seminar - Isaac Harris

The PhoQuS group is hosting a CQN-QUICS-JQI Special Seminar by Isaac Harris on November 19 from 2-3PM in the Atlantic Building ATL 3100A. It will also be accessible from Zoom meeting 942 6788 6806, passcode “quantum”.

PhoQuS Group & CQN at Quantum World Congress 2024
PhoQuS Group & CQN at Quantum World Congress 2024

The PhoQuS group will be represented by members at the UMD Quantum Startup Foundry booth at the Quantum World Congress from 9/9-9/11. Saikat Guha will also present on 9/10 in the session Architecting the Quantum Internet.

New Group Website
New Group Website

The PhoQuS group is happy to announce our first semester as a team at the University of Maryland as a part of the Clark School of Engineering. We are launching this new group website to share information with the UMD community in beyond; covering our group research, projects, and general updates. Stay tuned over the coming months for more news about new funded projects and events.