In this episode Chris talks to Gláucia Murta, a postdoc in ML4Q, who won the cluster’s Young Investigator Award. They talk about Gláucia’s passion for fundamental questions, device independence and a great outreach project, the podcast O Q Quantico she just launched in her home country, Brazil.
Listen here to the full podcast episode with Gláucia here or using your podcatcher.
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:07 Why fundamentals of quantum mechanics?
00:05:41 Undergraduate studies in Brazil
00:13:00 Sandwich PhD in Poland and working on non-local games
00:40:16 Talking about device-independent quantum key distribution
00:47:47 Discussing security issues
00:51:25 Between solving safe communication and solving fundamental questions
00:57:00 Living and working in Düsseldorf and in ML4Q
01:02:00 Community engagement
01:08:50 O Q Quantico – a podcast project
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