CIQC News

07/13/23 CIQC Annual Meeting

Our Annual meeting was once again held in-person on the UC Berkeley campus. The two day event was highly successful and well received by participants, as we focused on collaboration and creating conversation opportunities throughout.

The conference encompassed presentations, breakout discussion sessions, and posters on the first day. The second day was sponsored by the Simons Institute and provided a wide range of speakers.

07/11/22 Stamper-Kurn group graduate students awarded the H2H8 Graduate Research Grant to Advance Humanity

Graduate students Malte Schwarz, Shao-Wen Chang, and Rowan Duim have won research awards from the H2H8 Association, a Bay Area nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting science that deepens our understanding of the world and leads humanity towards a better future. H2H8 research grants acknowledge graduate students in physical and mathematical sciences at UC Berkeley who are dedicated to advancing humanity. These awards will support the Stamper-Kurn group’s quantum simulation work using bosons and fermions in an...

06/15/23 IPAM Fall 2023 Long Program on Mathematics and Quantum Computing

The CIQC has partnered with the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM) to hold a “Long Program” on the topic of Mathematical and Computational Challenges in Quantum Computing. This program combines in-residence research stays at IPAM, right on the UCLA campus, together with an exciting tutorial to open the program and dedicated workshops during the programs. The program takes place during the Fall 2023 term, September 11 -...

08/09/23 Physicists Make Matter out of Light to Find Quantum Singularities

Former Postdoctoral Researcher and current Yale Assistant Professor, Charles Brown, has recently been published in Scientific American. He explains quantum singularities in accessible language, opening the subject to enthusiastic non-scientists.

Read the full article here

01/03/24 CIQC UCLA to be housed at L.A.’s former Westside Pavilion, the upcoming UCLA Research Park

UCLA is transforming the former Westwide Pavilion shopping mall into UCLA Research Park, which will host two multidisciplinary research centers: the California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy at UCLA and the UCLA Center for Quantum Science and Engineering.

Read more about it here: https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-to-transform-empty-mall-into-research-park

09/21/23 Congratulations to Hartmut Häffner, CIQC Director, on your Noyce Initiative Project Funding!

Read more about it here: https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/uc-noyce-initiative/hartmut-haeffner

01/11/24 Congratulations Shafi Goldwasser, CIQC PI, on your Noyce Initiative Project Funding!

Read more about it here: https://ucnoyce.org/news/uc-noyce-initiative-advances-digital-innovation

02/29/24 CIQC Winter School Concludes

The CIQC / AMAQIS Winter School has concluded and was reported to be a success by participants.

Here are the links to the IPAM lectures :

Wes Campbell - Introduction to Quantum Information Science

Lecture 1 Video

Lecture 2 Video

Anna Krylov - Classical Quantum Chemistry for QIS...

01/26/24 Register for the 2024 Chicago Quantum Recruiting Forum!

Friday, January 26, 2024

The annual Chicago Quantum Recruiting Forum brings together the rising generation of quantum scientists and engineers with employers and educators for an event aimed at catalyzing careers. This forum is an outstanding opportunity for students and trainees who are interested in pursuing quantum information through physics, computing, or engineering. Participants will have the opportunity to connect with one another as well as leaders in the field and explore quantum careers and academic pathways through an experiential immersion in quantum innovation.

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10/29/21 Quantum Gatherings: Fridays 3 - 5 pm

The UC Berkeley Center for Quantum Coherent Science (CQCS) and the NSF Challenge Institute for Quantum Computation (CIQC) is inviting all members of the Berkeley quantum science and engineering to a gathering. The Quantum Gathering will take place weekly, from 3 – 5 pm on Fridays, starting Friday, October 29th. Our intention is to make connections, stimulate discussions and scientific discovery, and have fun. The Quantum Gatherings will take place on the ground floor of Campbell Hall. Look for us in 131 Campbell and the adjoining deck, and also in the CQCS/CIQC...