Welcome to Ehsan Ebrahimi for a short visit at QuSoft
Ehsan Ebrahimi, a Research Scientist at the University of Luxembourg is currently visiting QuSoft from Thursday, September 19, to Friday, September 27, 2024, hosted by Dr. Léo Colisson. “Ehsan Ebrahimi is currently a Research Scientist in the Computer Science Department at the University of Luxembourg. Before joining the University of Luxembourg in February 2020, he […]
John van de Wetering receives the Veni grant
The Dutch Science Council (NWO) has awarded Veni grants of up to 320,000 euro per project to 20 promising UvA and Amsterdam UMC researchers. One of the recipients of the Veni is QuSoft researcher John van de Wetering, who won the grant on his project A diagrammatic toolbox for quantum circuit simulation.
QuSoft Welcomes Matthias Christandl as 2024 Turing Chair
QuSoft is delighted to announce that Professor Matthias Christandl has been appointed as the 2024 Turing Chair. A leading researcher in quantum information theory, Professor Christandl will be visiting Amsterdam at various intervals between October 2024 and early 2025. His appointment as Turing Chair promises to foster a diverse range of academic activities, discussions, and […]
Ludovico Lami receives the ERC Starting Grant
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Starting Grants to three UvA researchers. They are physicist Ludovico Lami, legal scholar Dilek Kurban and computer scientist Dimitris Tzionas. The Starting Grant is a personal subsidy of approximately 1.5 million euros per project. The subsidy offers talented scientists five years of support for their research. Ludovico […]
QuSoft Retreat 2024: A Perfect Blend of Work and Relaxation on Texel
From June 4th to 7th, 2024, the QuSoft community gathered for their third annual retreat, a tradition sparked by Harry Buhrman to enhance connection within the group after the isolating COVID-19 period. This year’s event took place in a charming house in De Koog on the island of Texel, continuing the tradition of fostering collaboration […]
Quantum algorithms are a (random) walk in the park
Quantum computers are fast, and in the future they will solve certain problems much faster than regular (classical) computers. That creates opportunities, states prof. dr. Stacey Jeffery in her inaugural lecture. Before these quantum computers become a reality, a lot of research into quantum algorithms is necessary. These algorithms will be the key for lightning […]
Registrations open for Harry Buhrman’s farewell on June 3rd
On 3rd June, CWI and the UvA organize a farewell symposium to celebrate the many contributions Harry has made to theoretical computer science and to quantum computing over the course of his 30+ years in Amsterdam, including his co-founding (together with Kareljan Schoutens) of the research center QuSoft in 2015.
Florian Schreck wins Physica Prize
The 2024 Physica Prize was awarded to UvA-IoP and QuSoft researcher Florian Schreck. Schreck receives the prize for his work on Bose Einstein condensates and their applications, such as building a coherent and continuous atom laser. The prize will be awarded during the annual FYSICA conference in Eindhoven on 12 April.
Congratulation to Pietro Richelli for his QuSoft Master Certificate
Since 2021, QuSoft offers a certificate for MSc students at the University of Amsterdam that have demonstrated extraordinary commitment to quantum information science and have carried out their MSc thesis research project at QuSoft. Requirments for obtaining the certificate are: – Successful completion of three courses coming from at least two categories (see below). – […]
PhD defences in October
QuSoft is proud to announce that two junior members will defend their PhD theses this month: On October 12thMatteo MazzantiAgnietenkapel, 10:00Trapped Ions in Optical Tweezers. And Their Applications to Quantum ComputingPromotor: Rene Gerritsma. Copromotor: Arghavan Safavi Naini. On October 20th Ward VleeshouwersAula, 11:00Unitary Matrix Integrals, Long-Range Random Walks, and Spectral StatisticsPromotores: Cristiane de Morais Smith and Vladimir […]
