
Case descriptions for these cases will be published soon.
Cluster 6 - Smart and Quantum Technologies

Digital Services for Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Industry
Join the Atos JIP project to explore digital transformation in the Small Modular Reactor (SMR) market. Gain hands-on experience with Atos' innovative digital solutions, enhance your research and analytical skills, and contribute to clean energy advancements. Collaborate with industry experts and make a real impact on the future of energy.


QIST
Quantum dots:a viable way to large scale quantum computing?
This is project is about finding out if quantum dots are a viable way to large scale quantum computing. Not only from the qubit fidelity side, but also the electronics required & available cooling power.


Automize Engineering checks to support the energy transition
The Dutch electricity grid is rapidly developing and in need of major expansion. In the challenge to build a future-proof grid and solve grid congestion, Stedin is looking for ways to accelerate labor-intensive manual checks by scarce engineers. Your challenge: use AI and image recognition to speed up this process.


Climate disinformation detector
The climate crisis is the biggest security risk of the century, yet online disinformation farms have drenched the topic with false information, which slows down mitigation. How can the public be protected against billion dollar disinformation campaigns? Let's start with a web crawler & disinformation detector :)


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Imaging of Two-Level Systems in Quantum Chips
The performance of quantum computers is limited by decoherence, which originates from the qubit-environment interaction. Various defects in the environment can be viewed as two-level systems, which constitute an important source of decoherence. The project aims to review what systems constitute relevant two-level systems, how to detect them using SQUID-AFM, and what performance can be expected of such detection schemes.


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Quantum Nodes Interconnection
Interconnection between quantum nodes both on ground and in space is of importance for quantum communication developments. TNO works on a bi-directional entanglement distribution channel between two ground stations mediated by free-space optics. The project entails preparations of field tests: hardware operation, software development, free-space loss modelling, key extraction and calculation, environmental impact analysis, and design of a robust encaging.


AI-driven maintenance duration and labour demand prediction
KLM Engineering & Maintenance maintains a Fleet of over 150 aircraft. Pilots, ground crews, or outbound stations report all sorts of issues on these aircraft. These observations are partly structured, and partly free text fields. KLM wants to harness our extensive historical data together with various ML/DL techniques to cluster these unique faults. The goal; A more accurate maintenance schedule.


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Data Center on Starlab
Investigate potential needs and objectives in data storage, analysis, and transformation in human spaceflight. Design a comprehensive business case to exploit data center assets in orbit, addressing market opportunities, cost benefits, and competitive advantages. Investigate and develop a solution that is compatible with requirements and environmental conditions in orbit


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Cryogenic Materials Analysis for Quantum Computing Devices
Charge carrier spins used in quantum computing calculations are housed within semiconductor devices near dielectrics, interfaces, and metallic materials, which can contain noise-producing defects of their own. Devising and testing experimental schemes to identify and characterize such defects constitute the end-goal of the proposed project.


