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News

INSPIRE Potentials - Quantum Center Master Award (call 01/2024)

Congratulations to our awardees Mona-Lisa Michel and JingJing Li.

Photos (from left to right): Mona-Lisa Michel and JingJing Li.

We are delighted to announce Mona-Lisa Michel and JingJing Li as the latest INSPIRE Potentials - Quantum Center Master Award winners. The award recognises outstanding and highly motivated female students who are about to conduct their Master's thesis in one of the member groups of the Quantum Center.

Mona-Lisa Michel is conducting her Master's thesis in quantum engineering in a joint project between the Hybrid Quantum Systems group of Yiwen Chu and the group of Paul Seidler at IBM Research. She is exploring a Ill–V material as a platform for microwae-to-optical transduction using optomechanics. Mona holds a Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from ETH Zurich.

JingJing Li is pursuing her Master's thesis in computational science and engineering in the Computational Lattice Field Theory group of Marina Krstic Marinkovic. Her focus is on the computational aspects of lattice quantum chromodynamics (QCD) simulations. She gained her Bachelor's degree in physical natural sciences from the University of Cambridge, specialising in theoretical physics.

The next deadline for applications is July 1, 2024. Further information.

News

Prof. Nicolò Defenu joins the Quantum Center

We warmly welcome Prof. Nicolò Defenu as a new member of the Quantum Center at ETH Zurich.

Nicolò Defenu is Assistant Professor for Quantum Physics at the Department of Physics. His research is at the intersection of statistical physics and field theory, with a particular interest in long-range interacting quantum systems. He currently holds an ERC Starting Grant, which is funded by the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SERI.

Community & Initiatives

Quantum Center Faculty Fellowships and other funding opportunities

The Quantum Center offers different funding opportunities, one of which is the Faculty Fellowship program.

The Quantum Center Faculty Fellowships provide financial support to visiting professors who plan to spend a period ranging from two weeks to a few months in a Quantum Center member group, with the aim of fostering knowledge exchange and establishing collaborations.

Our first two Faculty Fellows were Shahal Ilani of the Weizmann Institute of Science and Raffi Budakian of the University of Waterloo, who visited the Quantum Center in 2023. Learn more about the fellowship program.

Furthermore, the Quantum Center can provide financial support for schools, conferences, and workshops in quantum science and technology organized by students and scientists from ETH Zurich. For further information, please contact the Executive Office via qc@ethz.ch well ahead of the planned event.

Announcement

XPRIZE for “Quantum for real-world impact”

Enter the 3-year, $5M global XPRIZE Quantum Application competition to develop quantum computing algorithms that can be applied to help solve real-world challenges.

Photo taken from www.xprize.org.

XPRIZE Quantum Applications combines XPRIZE expertise in designing, launching, and executing large-scale competitions, Google Quantum AI's knowledge of advancing quantum computing, and GESDA’s global perspective and ability to convene policymakers and experts to drive change. Learn more about the competition and get involved.

Past Events

Impressions of the latest events from the Quantum Center

Photo: Proposal Writing Workshop with Andreas Trabesinger.

TEQx Workshop – March 14, 2024
Our speakers Konrad Viebahn (Esslinger group), Carla Ferradini (Renner group), Elsa Jöchl (Faist group), Luis Fernandez Martinez (Xu group) and Luis Mestre (Degen group) initiated lively discussions about their presented technical and theoretical solutions. More.

Proposal Writing Workshop – February 16, 2024
In this engaging and informative workshop, led by Andreas Trabesinger (Reinschrift Science Communication), participants learned about the context, tools, and perspectives involved in writing up scientific ideas and how to communicate key points to reviewers – skills that become ever more important for early-career researchers as they venture towards scientific independence. More.

Swiss Quantum Days – January 31 to February 2, 2024
More than 180 participants traveled to Villars-sur-Ollon for the three days of SQD 2024, which were co-organized by the Quantum Center at ETH Zurich, the EPFL Center for Quantum Science and Engineering, the Geneva Quantum Centre, and the Basel Quantum Center. Photos.

Events

Upcoming events

Inaugural lecture of Puneet Anantha Murthy – April 17, 2024
We would like to invite you to attend the inaugural lecture by our Quantum Center member Puneet Anantha Murthy entitled “Making photons see each other”. More.

Quantum Center Career Lunch – April 22, 2024
Twice a year, the Quantum Center invites speakers to give an insight into their career aiming to inspire young researchers to shape their future. This time our guest is Tobias Thiele, Head of Product Management Quantum Technologies at Zurich Instruments, who will talk about “Transitioning from Academia to Industry: A Worthwhile Step”. More.

ETH Quantum Hackathon 2024 – May 3 to 5, 2024
Join the ETH Quantum Hackathon and experience three days full of programming and tackling hardware and software challenges of quantum science in an international and multidisciplinary team. Registration is open until March 31, 2024. More.

Quantum Physics with Trapped Particles – October 13 to 18, 2024
This international conference aims to bring together experts in the fields of trapping and controlling quantum systems ranging from atoms, ions, molecules to mesoscopic micro- and nanoparticles. All this will take place at Monte Verità in Ascona. Registration is now open. More.