Category: InstituteQ

  • InstituteQ Colloquium: Alexandre Bourassa of Google Quantum AI

    InstituteQ Colloquium: Alexandre Bourassa of Google Quantum AI

    This InstituteQ Colloquium features Senior Research Scientist Alexandre Bourassa from Google Quantum AI. The title of his talk is “Quantum error correction below the surface code threshold.” Alexandre Bourassa is a Senior Research Scientist at Google Quantum AI working on building a scalable quantum computer based on superconducting qubits. Alex’s work focuses on implementing quantum…

  • 3 Minute Thesis winners from the Finnish Quantum Days

    3 Minute Thesis winners from the Finnish Quantum Days

    The finalists of the 3 Minute Thesis competition pose for a photo during the Finnish Quantum Days on September 9, 2024. On September 9th during the Finnish Quantum Days, InstituteQ and the Finnish Quantum Flagship hosted a 3 Minute Thesis competition. During the competition, we heard 8 compelling presentations from a group of finalists from…

  • InstituteQ Colloquium with Oded Zilberberg

    InstituteQ Colloquium with Oded Zilberberg

    This InstituteQ Colloquium features Professor Oded Zilberberg from Konstanz University. The title of his talk is “Exploring quantum impurities and measurement backaction via tensor-networks.” Oded Zilberberg is leading a research activity focused on contemporary questions in quantum-engineered systems. In the core of this field stands the competition between coherent quantum physics and the impact of…

  • Introducing InstituteQ’s 2024-26 Chair of Excellence: Professor Sergey Kubatkin

    Introducing InstituteQ’s 2024-26 Chair of Excellence: Professor Sergey Kubatkin

    InstituteQ has selected Professor Sergey Kubatkin of Chalmers University of Technology as the InstituteQ Chair of Excellence 2024-26. Read his Q&A interview below. Professor Kubatkin’s research group has two main research directions the forms of the basis of his involvement as InstituteQ Chair of Excellence: How did you come to work with InstituteQ Director Jukka…

  • InstituteQ Colloquium with Bruno Schuler

    InstituteQ Colloquium with Bruno Schuler

    This InstituteQ Colloquium features Dr. Bruno Schuler, a research group leader at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology. The title of his talk is “Ultrafast and Ultrasmall: Probing 2D Semiconductors with Lightwave-Driven THz-STM.” Event details When: 14.00-15.00, 31.5.2024Where: Ekonominaukio 1, Hall V002, OtaniemiRegister:Webropol link to register From Bruno Schuler: What will your…

  • InstituteQ Colloquium: Prof. Rosa Di Felice

    InstituteQ Colloquium: Prof. Rosa Di Felice

    This InstituteQ Colloquium features University of Southern California Professor Rosa Di Felice. The title of her talk is “Quantum simulations of fermionic and spin Hamiltonians.” Event details When: 12:30-13:30, 14.6.2024Where: Ekonominaukio 1, Hall V001, OtaniemiRegister:Webropol link to register From Rosa: What will your talk discuss? Despite huge efforts and significant progress in algorithmic development and…

  • InstituteQ Colloquium: Prof. Paolo Zanardi

    InstituteQ Colloquium: Prof. Paolo Zanardi

    This InstituteQ Colloquium features University of Southern California Professor Paolo Zanardi. The title of his talk is “What is Quantum Subsystem?” Event details When: 14:00-15:00, 10.6.2024Where: Ekonominaukio 1, Hall V001, OtaniemiRegister:Webropol link to register From Paolo: What will your talk discuss? It is part and parcel of the reductionistic approach of modern science to explain…

  • Päivi Törmä DigiQ talk

    This DigiQ talk features Aalto University Professor Päivi Törmä. The title of her talk is “Quantum geometry in flat band superconductivity, Bose-Einstein condensation and light-matter interactions.” Event details When: 14:00-15:00, 19.6.2024Where: Tietotekniikka, Hall C105 T2, Konemiehentie 2, OtaniemiRegister:Webropol link to register From Päivi: What will your talk discuss? We have found that superconductivity and superfluidity…

  • Sergey Kubatkin DigiQ talk

    Sergey Kubatkin DigiQ talk

    This DigiQ talk features Chalmers University of Technology Professor and InstituteQ Chair of Excellence Sergey Kubatkin. The title of his talk is “Wafer-scale epitaxial graphene on Silicon Carbide: physics, chemistry, and applications.” Event details When: 14:00-15:00, 12.6.2024Where: Tietotekniikka, Hall C105 T2, Konemiehentie 2, OtaniemiRegister:Webropol link to register From Sergey: What will your talk discuss? Peculiar…