Focused Sessions

Scientists and industry innovators are welcome to present their work in the Focused Session entitled “Sensors for quantum computing and cryogenic applications”. This session highlights the rapidly growing intersection between advanced sensor technologies, ultra‑low‑temperature operation, and next‑generation quantum systems.

As quantum computing, superconducting electronics, and deep‑space instrumentation progress, the demand for sensors capable of operating reliably at cryogenic temperatures has never been greater. This session provides a platform to showcase breakthroughs in device physics, materials, integration strategies, and readout techniques that enable sensing in the millikelvin-to‑liquid‑helium regime.
 

Tactile sensing is undergoing a technological revolution, poised to endow machines with a compliant, information-rich sense of touch. Recent innovations in materials science and fabrication have yielded a diverse landscape of soft and conformable sensor technologies. However, the inherent physical complexities of these materials, such as viscoelastic creep, mechanical hysteresis, and large-strain deformation, make their electromechanical behaviors highly non-linear. Consequently, the lack of widely adopted, cross-platform benchmarking protocols has severely fragmented the field, making it difficult to properly compare different sensing approaches.