Awards
Damian Steiger and Thomas Häner for external page ProjectQ
Mathieu Munsch for external page Qnami
Lidia del Rio for external page Quantum Journal
The fifth qstarter awards took place on January 22, 2018, at the Villa Hatt in Zurich.
A briskly event featuring Download 11 projects (PDF, 517 KB) and start-up ideas in the competition. Our hounarable industry board represented by Nanosurf, Sensirion, Zurich Instruments, ABB, Nanonis SPECS enjoyed a challenging selection. From the Swiss National Science Foundation, we also welcomed the Program Manager of external page BRIDGE, Dr. Christian Brunner as our guest.
Following concise pitch talks, the inventors discussed intensely their projects with representatives of QSIT’s industry partners during a buffet lunch.
Michael Steinacher for Low Noise / Low Drift - Differential Amplifier
Vijay Jain and Felix Tebbenjohanns for High power laser intensity stabilizer
James Wootton for Quantum error correction: Decodoku
The fourth qstarter awards took place on January 23, 2017, at the Villa Hatt in Zurich.
This year, we welcomed CEO Dr. Urs Matter and Dr. Nikola Pascher from Nanosurf. We are honored to add Nanosurf to our distinct industry board represented by Sensirion, Zurich Instruments, ABB, Nanonis SPECS and IDQuantique. From the Swiss National Science Foundation, we also welcomed Thomas Griessen as our guest.
Following concise pitch talks, the inventors discussed intensely their projects with representatives of QSIT’s industry partners during a buffet lunch.
This year’s jury pointed out the importance of a clear evolution of the project. Also they advised, to develop an early roadmap for the patents in case of a venture. This would insure freedom of operation for the start up. Finally, the jury acknowledged the wide spectrum of topics, covered by the ten projects, from software to hardware reaching out even to the gaming industry.
Roman Süsstrunk for Topological Phononic Wave Guides
Félix Bussières for IMS Thermalization Plates
John Jost for Crystalline Microresonators
The third qstarter awards took place on December 2, 2015, at the Villa Hatt in Zurich.
This year, we welcomed Marc Zbinden from the Swiss National Science Foundation as our guests. Following short pitch talks, the inventors discussed their projects with representatives of QSIT’s industry partners and ETH transfer during a buffet lunch. In addition to last year’s the criteria general impression, novelty, originality, business potential and impact on research, this year’s jury pointed out the importance of collaborations as well as a clearly structured plan of how to move the project forward.
Finally, to celebrate 3 years with a total of 30 submitted projects, each participant was presented with a personal version of qstarter’s Game of inventions. The object of the game is to collect complete sets of four cards each representing a qstarter invention in the Categories Optics, Low Noise Electronics, Cryogenics, Quantum, Electronics platform, Materials, Gadget, and Contributors.
Maksym Yarema for Low Toxicity Quantum Emitters
Christian Scheller for Cryogenic Microwave Filter
Peter Märki for Differential Amplifier 2014
The second qstarter awards took place on September 24, 2014, at the Villa Hatt in Zurich.
Following short pitch talks, the inventors discussed their projects with representatives of QSIT’s industry partners and ETH transfer during a buffet lunch. Thanks to a new mentoring system that we introduced after evaluating feedback from last year’s event, many participants were able to make new connections and receive detailed feedback about their projects. Finally, the industry jury rated the projects according to the critera general impression, novelty, originality, business potential and impact on research.
We thank all participants for their valuable contributions! If you could not win this time, keep up your inventive spirit- there will be another contest in 2015.
Tobias Donner & team for Envico Logging System
Daniel Rüffer & team for Automated e-Beam Contacting
Gregor Jotzu & team for the Polarization Independent Electro Optic Modulator