by Marian Barsoum | Sep 6, 2021 | 2021, Interviews
Following his participation in a plenary session on Quantum Computing at the Alpbach Technology Symposium, Tommaso Calarco was interviewed by the Austrian Der Standard on the potential of Quantum Computing and how it can affect developments in Artificial Intelligence...
by Marian Barsoum | Sep 2, 2021 | 2021, Prizes
Congratulations to Alexander Altland for winning the Albertus Magnus Teaching Award for the Department of Physics at the Universtity of Cologne in the winter semester 20/21. The award is given each semester by the students of the individual departments to lecturers...
by Marian Barsoum | Sep 2, 2021 | 2021
On September 1, 2021, the first episode of the podcast of Germany’s Clusters of Excellence was released: “Exzellent erklärt (excellenty explained) – cutting-edge research for all”. The podcast on current scientific topics reflects the research...
by Marian Barsoum | Aug 31, 2021 | 2021, Interviews
Frank Wilhelm-Mauch was invited to speak about quantum computers in the Resonator podcast, the research podcast of the Helmholtz Association. In a two-hour-chat with Holger Klein, Frank talks about the principle of quantum computing, the quantum supremacy...
by Marian Barsoum | Aug 28, 2021 | 2021, Events
It was a long debate whether to stick with the online format or try to meet in person. We are glad we took the risk for the latter. The many lunch and coffee breaks, discussion groups, poster sessions, outdoor networking activities, Git and coding workshops and of...
by Marian Barsoum | Aug 27, 2021 | 2021, Prizes
Congratulations to Pascal Cerfontaine for winning the Quantum Futur Award 2021 (BMBF)! His pitch on August 26 convinced the jury to award him the first prize for best PhD project which is endowed with 6.000 Euro. His PhD thesis is entitled: “High-Fidelity...
