We are pleased to announce the first edition of «La Ricotta Summer School: The Quantum in the Haystack«, to be held from June 29th to July 10th, 2026 in As Barreiras (Castro Caldelas, Spain). The schools meant to be the first one in a series and is designed to gather graduate students as well as early-stage postdocs in an informal atmosphere. This year the focus will be on theoretical aspects of quantum information theory, ranging from fundamental aspects to specialized topics, e.g. circuits, entanglement, non-equilibrium quantum systems, quantum computing, higher order operations, quantum correlations, quantum networks, Bell non-locality, many-body quantum chaos, and tensor networks. The school is structured as four sets of blackboard lectures, complemented by discussion sessions. This year, we are honored to host the following lecturers:

Álvaro Martín Alhambra (IFT UAM/CSIC): 
Quantum algorithms for physics: quantum simulations and open systems.

Jessica Bavaresco (CNRS & Sorbonne University): 
Higher-order quantum transformations: from quantum circuit design to indefinite causal order.

Pavel Kos (University of Ljubljana): 
Solvable quantum circuits: correlations, chaos, and information scrambling.

Luca Tagliacozzo (IFF CSIC): 
Tensor network for highly entangled state

The school venue is a traditional Galician farmhouse that has recently been refurbished, located in the Ribeira Sacra—a stunning natural wine region along the Sil and Mao river canyons. There will be no registration fee, and food/accommodation—in the form of tents—will be provided for all participants. Registration will open today January 19 and close March 6.

More information is available on the school’s webpage: https://indico.global/event/16456/