Miles Padgett
Science Co-Director, QuSIT Hub; Professor, University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow · QuSIT
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QuantIC - The UK Quantum Technology Hub in Quantum Imaging
The phase 2 national hub for quantum imaging, led by the University of Glasgow. Its grant ran from December 2019 to May 2025.
Project data last updated 11 October 2026
About this project
QuantIC was the quantum imaging hub of the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme. Phase 2 began in December 2019, led by the University of Glasgow with Bristol, Edinburgh, Exeter, Heriot-Watt, Imperial, Strathclyde and Southampton. Professor Steve Beaumont was director at the 2019 announcement, and Professor Miles Padgett is principal investigator on the grant.
The hub worked on new kinds of cameras and imaging, such as single-photon and quantum-enhanced imaging. Its work continues in the QuSIT hub.
Who leads it
Lead organisation
University of Glasgow
University · Glasgow
Lead of the QEPNT quantum navigation and timing hub, former lead of the QuantIC imaging hub, and home of the Centre for Quantum Technology.
Partners (11)
University of Bristol
University · Bristol
University of Edinburgh
University · Edinburgh
University of Exeter
University · Exeter
Heriot-Watt University
University · Edinburgh
Imperial College London
University · London
University of Strathclyde
University · Glasgow
University of Southampton
University · Southampton
NPL
Research organisation · Teddington
Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics
Research organisation · Glasgow
Chase Research Cryogenics
Company · Sheffield
M Squared Lasers
Company · Glasgow
Funders
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Funder · Swindon
UK Research and Innovation
Funder · Swindon
In the news
Quantum Zeitgeist articles naming the lead organisation or partners. They may not be about this project.
A recap of the Quantum Software Lab’s Quantum Fringe in Edinburgh, read on Quantum Zeitgeist
The Quantum Software Lab (QSL) at the University of Edinburgh has become a globally recognized hub for creating software solutions, and with its strategic partnership with the UK’s National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC), now has more than 70 researchers. In three years, the QSL is poised to lead a
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University of Edinburgh’s Quantum Fringe festival builds on 1,000 attendees, read on Quantum Zeitgeist
Quantum Fringe Festival 2026, a two-month programme of events, explores the latest developments in quantum computing and its real-world applications. Building on last year’s event, which brought together around 1,000 attendees across 16 events, the festival running from May to July 2026, continues t
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University of Edinburgh team builds secure quantum network protocols, read on Quantum Zeitgeist
Authentication is a fundamental building block of secure quantum networks, essential for quantum cryptographic protocols and often debated as a key limitation of quantum key distribution in security standards. Researchers at School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, introduced a new authentica
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Vlatko Vedral, The Oxford Physicist Who Put a Number on Entanglement, read on Quantum Zeitgeist
Vlatko Vedral is Professor of Quantum Information Science at the University of Oxford, a Serbian-born physicist who has spent three decades asking what entanglement is and what it can do. Entanglement is the link that lets two particles share one quantum state. As a PhD student in London he helped f
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