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ML4Q&A with Steven Koester – listen to our first external guest from the Global Quantum Leap program!
We are excited to have our first external guest on the show. Steven Koester, Professor of Nanotechnology in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Minnesota, is joining us mainly as the Director of the Global Quantum Leap...
Frank Wilhelm-Mauch @ Highlights der Physik in Kiel
Frank Wilhelm-Mauch hält Vortrag bei den Highlights der Physik in Kiel Am 26. September war ML4Q Mitglied, Prof. Frank Wilhelm-Mauch, zu Gast bei den Highlights der Physik in Kiel. In seinem Vortrag sprach er über mögliche Anwendungen von Quantencomputern,...
Michael Buchhold co-authors a Nature Physics paper on a Hubbard exciton fluid in Mott insulators
Michael Buchhold co-authors a Nature Physics paper on a Hubbard exciton fluid in Mott insulators A Hubbard exciton fluid in a photo-doped antiferromagnetic Mott insulator is the title of a paper arising from a cooperation between ML4Q member, Michael Buchhold...
Postdoc Appreciation Week
It's Postdoc Appreciation Week! This week the global scientific community celebrates the Postdoc Appreciation Week (PAW) which was started in 2009 in the US by the National Postdoctoral Association to recognize the significant contributions postdocs and...
Postdoc Appreciation Week – meet Guo-Yi
It's Postdoc Appreciation Week! This week the global scientific community celebrates the Postdoc Appreciation Week (PAW) which was started in 2009 in the US by the National Postdoctoral Association to recognize the significant contributions postdocs and...
Postdoc Appreciation Week – Meet Renu
It's Postdoc Appreciation Week! This week the global scientific community celebrates the Postdoc Appreciation Week (PAW) which was started in 2009 in the US by the National Postdoctoral Association to recognize the significant contributions postdocs and...
Postdoc Appreciation Week – meet Andrea
It's Postdoc Appreciation Week! This week the global scientific community celebrates the Postdoc Appreciation Week (PAW) which was started in 2009 in the US by the National Postdoctoral Association to recognize the significant contributions postdocs and...
Postdoc Appreciation Week – Meet Arnau
It's Postdoc Appreciation Week! This week the global scientific community celebrates the Postdoc Appreciation Week (PAW) which was started in 2009 in the US by the National Postdoctoral Association to recognize the significant contributions postdocs and...
Postdoc Appreciation Week – Meet Kristof
It's Postdoc Appreciation Week! This week the global scientific community celebrates the Postdoc Appreciation Week (PAW) which was started in 2009 in the US by the National Postdoctoral Association to recognize the significant contributions postdocs and...
Postdoc Appreciation Week – Meet Daniel
It's Postdoc Appreciation Week! This week the global scientific community celebrates the Postdoc Appreciation Week (PAW) which was started in 2009 in the US by the National Postdoctoral Association to recognize the significant contributions postdocs and...
Annual Report 2022 now online
The Annual Report 2022 is now online! One of the central topics in this report is the midterm evaluation the cluster underwent in 2022 in order to ensure optimal project alignment and progress. This evaluation provided a valuable opportunity to assess the program’s...
Today on arXiv: Joint work by the Trebst group together with IBM Quantum on Nishimori transition
Today on arXiv: Joint work by the Trebst group together with IBM Quantum on Nishimori transition In collaboration with IBM Quantum, recent work by Guo-Yi Zhu and Simon Trebst appeared today on the preprint server arXiv. The paper entitled Realizing the...
Topological states of light and matter in systems with trivial band structures
Topological states of light and matter in systems with trivial band structures Topological states of light and matter don't always require complicated lattice band structures. In their joint work, ML4Q members Julian Schmitt and Stefan Linkden were able to...
Conference key agreement in a quantum network
ML4Q associated member and Independence Grant Fellow, Frederico Grasselli (Bruss group, HHU Düsseldorf) co-authored a paper which was published a few days ago in npj Quantum Information. The publication is a collaboration with Alexander Pickston, Joseph Ho,...
Annika Kurzmann appointed ML4Q Professor at the University of Cologne
Annika Kurzmann appointed ML4Q Professor at the University of Cologne Annika Kurzmann was appointed by the University of Cologne to start her ML4Q professorship as of August 1st. She will join the Institute of Physics II and will focus in her research on...
Hans Kroha co-authors a Nature Physics article on quantum phase transitions
Hans Kroha co-authors a Nature Physics article on quantum phase transitions [according to the press release of the University of Bonn] Many substances change their properties when they are cooled below a certain critical temperature. Such a phase...
Soapbox Science challenges rain in Düsseldorf
Soapbox Science challenges rain in Düsseldorf On August 5th, eleven female scientists gathered at Schadowplatz in Düsseldorf to engage the public with their scientific work using the attractive soapbox science format. Standing on soapboxes and employing simple...
Preprint from Ando group recommended in the Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics
Preprint from Ando group recommended in the Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics The preprint entitled "Induced superconducting correlations in the quantum anomalous hall insulator" by Anjana Uday et al. was recommended for discussion in the Journal Club for...
Erwann Bocquillon speaks on ML4Q&A
One central milestone in the cluster's mission is the attraction of excellent young talents in the highly dynamic field of quantum computing. This was achieved in the last few years by the establishment of several professorships at all cluster sites. Newly...
Technologie jenseits der Vorstellungskraft – ein Beitrag des Kölner Universitätsmagazin
Robert Hahn im Gespräch für das Kölner Universitätsmagazin mit Prof. David Gross und Prof. Alexander Altland über die Rolle universitärer Forschung bei aktuellen Entwicklungen im Forschungsfeld des Quantencomputing. Auf das Bild klicken, um zum Artikel weitergeleitet...
ML4Q young scientists gathered in Eitorf from all sites for a summer retreat
ML4Q young scientists gathered in Eitorf from all sites for a summer retreat Eighty young ML4Q scientists spent two days in Eitorf in early July for a summer retreat. PhD students, postdocs, masters students, and undergraduate interns from different ML4Q...
Klaus Mølmer intensifies collaborations with the Institute of Applied Physics at the University of Bonn
Klaus Mølmer intensifies collaborations with the Institute of Applied Physics at the University of Bonn [based on the press release of the University of Bonn] Prof. Dr. Klaus Mølmer from the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen has been awarded the...
Mini course on quantum computing for school pupils in Cologne
Glimpses from our JuniorUni eventMini course on quantum computing for school pupils in Cologne A three-day mini course targeting students from grades 8 to 10 (EF) recently took place at the University of Cologne. The course was led by ML4Q member, Alex Altland,...
Showcasing my research at science slams
Explaining a research topic to the general, non-scientific public is not something that appears in the daily work of a PhD student. However, science communication is an important building block in trying to transfer scientific progress to society. Science slams try to...
Fostering curiosity: High school students dive into quantum computing with JuniorUni
Glimpses from our JuniorUni eventFostering curiosity: High school students dive into quantum computing with JuniorUni Two lecture sessions took twelve high school students through a learning journey into the world of quantum computing in the physics department at the...
Science meets spirits: Pint of Science thrives in Cologne’s pubs
For three lively evenings, the vibrant city of Cologne played host to the annual Pint of Science event in three cozy local pubs. There, over 200 science fans gathered to engage with enthusiastic researchers from various scientific disciplines, exchanging ideas and...
Dieter Meschede joins the NRW Academy
The North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts welcomed 14 new members at its annual ceremony, including ML4Q member, Prof. Dr. Dieter Meschede from the University of Bonn. The new members are acknowledged for their exceptional research work...
New work on quantum dynamics of regularized superconducting circuits
New work on quantum dynamics of regularized superconducting circuits Building a universal quantum computer is a challenging task because physical quantum bits, or qubits, are imperfect. The pursuit of novel qubit designs, which strive for tailored...
Insightful conversation with David DiVincenzo in ML4Q&A’s latest episode – tune in now!
In our latest episode, we are thrilled to talk to David DiVincenzo, Director of the Institute of Theoretical Nanoelectronics at Forschungszentrum Jülich & co-founder of the Institute for Quantum Information which is a joint institute of RWTH Aachen and the...
David DiVincenzo elected to US National Academy of Sciences
ML4Q proudly announces that David DiVincenzo, esteemed member of our cluster, has been elected as a distinguished member of the United States National Academy of Sciences. DiVincenzo's contributions to the field of quantum computing have earned him this prestigious...