Vincenzo Savona

Nationality: Swiss, Italian

EPFL SB IPHYS LTPN
PH H1 497 (Bâtiment PH)
Station 3
1015 Lausanne

Expertise

  • Quantum optics
  • Theory and modeling of open quantum systems
  • Design and modeling of photonic devices
Vincenzo Savona studied physics in Pisa at the Scuola Normale Superiore and the University of Pisa, prior to completing his PhD at the EPFL's Institute of Theoretical Physics. Subsequently he did post-doctoral work, first at the EPFL and then in the physics department of the Humboldt University of Berlin. In 2002, he returned to the EPFL to create his own research group, receiving a "professeur boursier" fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation. In 2006, he was appointed tenure-track assistant professor at the EPFL and joined the NCCR for Quantum Photonics. In 2010 he was appointed associate professor. Currently he directs the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics of Nanosystems.

PUBLICATIONS

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Awards

Marie Curie fellowship

0

SNSF Professorship

Swiss National Science Foundation

2002

Teaching & PhD

PhD Students

Laurent Michaud, Sara Isabel Alves Dos Santos, Filippo Ferrari, Leo Paul Blicher Goutte, Julian Sebastian Schuhmacher, Lorenzo Fioroni, Jeanne Henriette Bourgeois, Conrad Joseph Haupt, Maryam Rahimi

Past EPFL PhD Students

Gaetano Parascandolo, Davide Sarchi, Guillaume Jean Tarel, Luca Fontanesi, Joseph Saliba, Momchil Minkov, Alexandra Nagy, Kilian Robert Seibold, Su Yeon Chang, David Schlegel, Luca Gravina

Past EPFL PhD Students as codirector

Rico Rueedi

Courses

Analytical mechanics (for SPH)

PHYS-202

This course offers an introduction to analytical mechanics. It introduces the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalisms, emphasizing their ability to simplify the description of constrained systems, symmetries, and conservation laws. Numerous examples of applications are presented.

Quantum computing

PHYS-541

This course introduces quantum computing, starting with quantum mechanics and information theory. It covers the quantum circuit model, universal gates, foundational quantum algorithms, noise, quantum error correction, NISQ quantum algorithms, and an overview of recent progress.