On Oct 15th, 12:00-13:00, Dr Mirella Koleva, CEO at Quantopticon, and Dr Gaby Slavcheva, CSO at Quantopticon, will give a webinar within our webinar-serie "Female Role Models".
This webinar is a part of the QSIP's equality work and we hope that this presentation can encourage younger females to pursue a career with in Quantum Technology.
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Title: Developing the World’s First Dedicated Software Suite for Quantum Photonics Modelling and Simulation
Abstract
Quantopticon is developing the world's first virtual prototyping software platform which accurately predicts and optimises the quantum performance of quantum-photonic devices and circuits. Called Quantillion, this quantum electrodynamics platform fundamentally transforms the design workflow for key components, such as quantum light emitters, optical/microwave qubits, quantum memories, quantum repeater nodes and others. By enabling engineers and researchers to validate device architectures virtually “right first time”, Quantillion dramatically reduces both the cost and development time traditionally associated with iterative hardware prototyping. In this talk, we will describe our streamlined approach which accelerates the broader digital transition within the quantum technology sector, and how it facilitates the creation of integrable, scalable components suitable for a wide range of high-impact applications – from ultra-secure communication networks to next-generation position, navigation and timing systems.
Bio
Dr Mirella Koleva is CEO and Co-founder of Quantopticon. She received her PhD in Photonics from Imperial College London in 2014. From there she went on to hold positions as postdoctoral research scientist in optics at University of Oxford, then in King’s College London – until 2019 when she left academia and focused full-time on growing her company. Mirella is a recipient of the 2020 David Walsh Award for Outstanding Teamwork and Leadership and in 2021 won the title ‘Most Influential CEO – London, UK’. She is a serial pitch competition winner, notably having clinched second place at the annual SPIE Startup Challenge in San Francisco in 2022 and, more recently, the TechRise Emerging Tech competition in Chicago in 2025.
Dr Gaby Slavcheva is Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Quantopticon. She is an international leader in the theory and modelling of light-matter interactions in quantum-photonic structures. She has published several books and over 130 articles in top journals, mostly as first author. Over the course of her career, Gaby has been awarded prestigious fellowships and associate professorships in several institutions of international renown – including École Normale Supérieure and Imperial College London. She pioneered Quantillion's groundbreaking algorithm which seamlessly sews together the theories of electromagnetism and quantum mechanics.
