We are pleased to announce the 2026 Les Houches school on Cold Atoms and Ions, on the topic of Measurement and Dissipation in cold atomic systems. The school will take place from October 26 to November 6, 2026.

Please register here: https://cold-atoms-2026.leshouches.science/

This school will gather early graduate students to provide training on ultracold atomic systems. After a series of lectures on general aspects of the field (laser cooling, quantum degenerate gases, cold ions…), it will provide a special emphasis on dissipation and the effect of measurement on quantum systems. Fundamental aspects of open quantum systems will be discussed. In the context of quantum technologies, limits caused by dissipation, mitigation techniques, and methods to harness dissipation as a resource will be highlighted.

EFTS registration is a two-step process with application and approval by moderators.

• Applications start Monday, February 23 at 9:00 CET (Paris time)
• Decision on applications is expected by Monday, March 16

Please save the date now, inform coworkers, colleagues, and friends, and read carefully the Registration page.

The 14th European Frequency and Time Seminar will be in Besancon, France, June 29 to July 3, 2026.
The EFTS is a crash course where you attend lectures and do experiments every day at the lab sessions.

There is a capped number of places, and every year we have more requests than we can accept.

Further details are given below.

European Frequency and Time Seminar

Besancon, France, June 29 to July 3, 2026

The EFTS is an intensive full-week seminar intended to provide education and training with lectures and laboratory sessions. It targets a broad audience: Engineers, Ph.D. Students, Post-doctoral Fellows, Young Scientists, Newcomers, etc.

This seminar is original in the following:

• Broad spectrum of topics related to time and frequency
• Broad target audience, yet keeping high level education
• Balance between academic and applied issues
• True laboratory sessions (as opposite to demos). The attendees are expected to practice on a wide range of instruments made available.

We plan 23 lectures, 7.5 h hands-on labs in small groups, visits at the FEMTO-ST Institute and the Observatory of Besancon, social events, and an Astronomy Session on the “exact time” from stars.

Please look at the preliminary Program.

Awarded by the French Physics Society, the Jean Perrin Prize recognizes particularly successful efforts to popularize science. In 2021, with the support of the French Optical Society, Christophe Daussy, a lecturer and researcher at the LPL, Sorbonne Paris Nord University, relaunched a project that was initially started within the Atouts Sciences association in 2015, for the International Year of Light. It was this educational kit project, called LightBox, that caught the attention of the jury for the Jean Perrin Prize of the French Society of Physics. FIRST-TF is a partner in the LightBox project, contributing to its funding

Quantum Timekeepers 2025: school for MSc students,PhD students & early-career postdocs interested in the fundamentals and latest developments of optical atomic clocks

Sep. 29 – Oct 3, 2025

Casa delle Tecnologie Emergenti
Via San Rocco 1 Matera, Italy

For questions please contact:
quantum.timekeepers@inrim.it

School flyer

Robin Corgier and Bess Fang are pleased to announce a specialized course on Quantum Sensing and Quantum Metrology, designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to both the fundamental principles and practical implementations of quantum-enhanced measurements.

• Dates: May 14 & 21, 2025
• Location: C2N Amphitheater
• Lecturers: Luis Orozco, Bess Fang, Robin Corgier

These lectures are open to Master’s students, PhD candidates, postdoctoral , and researchers.

The course is accredited by the doctoral schools EDOM, PHENIICS, AAIF, PIF, and IPP.

For the detailed program and registration: https://quantum-saclay.fr/course-announcement-quantum-sensing-quantum-metrology

We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for QREV25, the thematic school “From the First to the Second Quantum Revolution – Theory and Applications »,
taking place June 9-12, 2025, in Peyresq (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France, https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peyresq).
The school will feature lectures (in English) by leading experts on recent advances in quantum technologies, quantum optics, quantum information, and quantum metrology.
It will be close in mind to the thematic school organised in 2021 (see https://qrevolutions21.sciencesconf.org/) about similar topics.

The school is open to master students with a good background in quantum physics and PhD students as well. We have enough resources to finance integrally the costs of the stay for several participants.

The website https://qrevolutions25.sciencesconf.org/ provides more details about the school (e.g. the registration process, and, if necessary, the applications for requesting funding and support).

In the meanwhile, do not hesitate to ask questions and/or express your interest at the address thomas.durt@centrale-med.fr

Note that a free bus shuttle will be organised from Marseille with a stop in Nice (train station and airport) to Peyresq back and forth at the beginning and the end of the school.

Les Houches cold atoms school “Quantum metrology: from Optomechanics to tests of fundamental physics”, will take place in Les Houches, France, from Oct 20 to Oct 31, 2025.
The deadline to apply is July 15, 2025. Please pre-register on the website: https://leshouches2025-metrology.quantumoptics.fr/

Course 217 – Future Needs for Metrology: Climate Science, Quantum Technologies and the Digital Transformation

Directors

Martin J.T. Milton – BIPM, Paris (France)
Diederik S. Wiersma – LENS, Sesto Fiorentino FI and INRiM, Torino (Italy)
Cornelia Denz – PTB, Berlin (Germany)
Dolores Del Campo – CEM, Madrid (Spain)

Bad Honnef Physics School on “Frontiers of Quantum Metrology for New Physics Searches”, which will take place from May 11–16, 2025, at the Physikzentrum Bad Honnef, Germany. The application deadline is February 28, 2025.

The program entails a series of lectures delivered by renowned experts in the domains of quantum sensors, precision metrology, and particle physics aimed at students in a wide range of AMO, quantum metrology, and particle physics fields. This school will provide an excellent opportunity for graduate students and early-career researchers to engage with leading experts in the field of quantum metrology and its applications to new physics searches. The scientific program is organized by Marianna Safronova (University of Delaware) and Naceur Gaaloul (University of Hannover).

For further details and application information, please refer to the official event page: https://www.dpg-physik.de/veranstaltungen/2025/quantum_metrology_for_new_physics_searches
Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions to msafrono@udel.edu.