The 29th International Conference on Atomic Physics (ICAP29) Summer School will be held at the Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology (APM) in Wuhan, China, from June 10 to 13, 2026. The registration deadline is May 25, 2026.
This summer school aims to systematically introduce students to several frontier and active research areas in contemporary atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) physics, covering both experimental and theoretical topics including:
Ultracold atoms
Cavity QED systems
Lattice models and impurity problems
Quantum field theory
Precision measurements
Quantum information
Integrable models
The school is designed for graduate students and early-career researchers in related fields. Participation is limited to 100 attendees, and early registration is strongly recommended.
Summer School Program Handbook
Antoine Browaeys is a Senior Staff Scientist at CNRS, working in the Charles Fabry laboratory at the Institut d'Optique. His research focuses on experiments manipulating individual cold atoms and small, dense atomic clouds. Part of his work led to the creation of the Pasqal company, where he serves as co-founder and scientific adviser. He was awarded the Aimé Cotton Prize (2007) and the Silver Medal of CNRS (2021), and elected member of the French Academy of Sciences (December 2023).
Holger Müller is a Professor of Physics at UC Berkeley. His research advances AMO physics to probe nature with the highest sensitivity, with pioneering work in atom interferometry — using atomic waves for precision measurements of gravity, fundamental constants, and quantum physics tests. His group contributes to NASA’s space-based atomic physics initiatives and explores novel laser applications in cryo-electron microscopy for high-resolution biological imaging.
Director of the Institute for Experimental Physics at the University of Innsbruck. His research spans fundamentals of quantum science and applications to quantum technologies, including: quantum gases and fluids, many-body quantum physics, non-equilibrium phenomena, quantum simulation, quantum computation, ultracold molecules, dipolar quantum gases, and quantum state control. Awarded the Rudolf Kaiser Prize (2010), ERC Consolidator Grant (2011), prestigious Wittgenstein Award (2017), and ERC Advanced Grant (2018).
Chair Professor at the College of Engineering Physics, Shenzhen Technology University. A leading researcher in quantum metrology, entanglement theory, and quantum parameter estimation. Made pioneering contributions to quantum phase estimation, characterization of many-body entanglement, and ultimate measurement precision via Fisher information. Current work includes nonlinear and distributed interferometers, quantum sensing networks, and dynamics of coherent matter waves — advancing the quantum precision measurement field.
Dr. Vasilyev explores how quantum mechanics enables unprecedented precision measurement. At the intersection of quantum optics, quantum metrology, and quantum networks, he develops theoretical methods using entanglement, optimal measurements, and programmable quantum devices to surpass classical limits. Central themes include variational and information-theoretic approaches to design optimal quantum sensors — adaptive systems that learn how to prepare probes and perform measurements to extract maximal information — explored with trapped ions and atomic ensembles.
Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study, Tsinghua University, and Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). Research focuses on quantum matter in cold atom and condensed matter systems, including nonequilibrium dynamics, atom-array-based quantum computation, and quantum many-body physics. Predicted new quantum phases and phenomena — such as the stripe phase — later verified experimentally. Selected as APS Fellow (2022) for contributions to cold atom physics including spin-orbit coupled BEC, orbital Feshbach resonance, and scale invariant hydrodynamics.
