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One of the memorable events to look back to in 2023 : ) Paranormal Activities On the 31st of October 2023, 4pm local time in Waterloo, an unusually large quantum fluctuation caused a tear in the spatio-temporal continuum on campus, close to J.R. Coutts Engineering Lecture Hall. Several members of our community have been affected by this unusual phenomenon: Some students and professors stopped concentrating on their lectures and have been spotted playing peculiar games together, while standing in circles. Eyewitnesses also report that they were joined by a number of wizards and witches, and by obscure creatures such as Schrödinger’s cat and a werewolf, distracting students from their studies. Further, a large number of physics students developed a sudden and inexplicable urge to create pumpkin art. Helped by visitors from other realities, the realms of physics and boundless art merged and resulted in students creating physics-inspired Jack-o’-lanterns. Video footage shows that a group of two students and two professors entered a dream-like state in which they saw themselves as “judges”. According to reports, these individuals worried extensively about the difficult task they saw themselves confronted with, and proceeded to name winners for the best appearance and pumpkin art. An ensuing ceremony celebrated a couple, that has been described as a manifestation of ”Barbenheimer” for best appearance 2023, and crowned a (arguably impressive) pumpkin with “theta”-eyes as winner. The whole group affected by the anomaly has been sighted to consume large amounts of pizza in the evening. Luckily, astute observers were quick to call a quantum mechanic. With their professional help, the quantum leak could be fixed by midnight, and order could be restored on campus. #campuslife #physics #quantum University of Waterloo Institute for Quantum Computing TQT = Transformative Qunatum Technologies Perimeter Institute

Cornell, in collaboration with other U.S. universities, has been awarded $25 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for another five years of research at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Switzerland. The funds support the Institute for Research and Innovation in Software for High Energy Physics (IRIS-HEP), which was launched in 2018 to tackle massive amounts of data coming from the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) detector at CERN. Cornell is currently leading an upgrade to the CMS detector. The luminosity – or number of particle collisions – achieved will increase dramatically with the upgrade, necessitating an improved data collection process. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eHU_SRnZ

Are you interested in an exciting opportunity in the field of quantum technology? The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at UiO in Norway is offering three-year postdoctoral positions through DSTrain, a program inspired by the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship. At the Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology, the Semiconductor Physics group is a potential host for postdoc positions in Quantum Materials and Engineering as well as Quantum Sensing and Technology. Feel free to contact Marianne, Lasse, or Morten if you would like to shape a project within these themes, and we can work together on your application. You will find the contact information on our webpages, click on the links below. Quantum Materials and Engineering: https://lnkd.in/dzRGsWpx Quantum Sensing and Technology: https://lnkd.in/df4yw36c 👩💻 | dScience – Centre for Computational and Data Science | Det matematisk-naturvitenskapelige fakultet (UiO) | SINTEF Digital | Marianne Bathen | Lasse Vines | Morten Hjorth-Jensen | #quantumphysics #quantumscience #datascience #postdoc #quantumengineering #sensors #greenshift #physics #physicsopportunity #research #quantum #fellowship #semiconductor #deeplearning #digitaltwins #materialsscience #quantumsensing #machinelearning #AI

📢 Next up in our #PhD project series is "ATLAS electroweak precision #physics & trigger software", jointly supervised with UCL. 📢 ATLAS is a large multi-purpose high energy physics experiment at the LHC at CERN. It is currently undertaking its third experimental run (2022-25) while simultaneously preparing to undergo a large ‘Phase-II’ upgrade in 2026-28. Data taking is expected to restart for the fourth experimental run in 2029, as part of the 'High-Luminosity LHC' project. Rutherford Appleton Laboratory is providing the project's technical focus on ATLAS’ new multithreaded High Level Trigger (HLT). The HLT uses a large dedicated #computing farm to discriminate physics interaction events in near real time, keeping only a small fraction for further study by the collaboration. This project will aim to improve and evolve the current system for the Phase-II upgrade, when the HLT’s input rate will rise from 100 kHz to 1 MHz. UCL's physics focus will be on precision electroweak measurements of the three-lepton final state. This state can be produced via a variety of important physics processes, making it a powerful tool for research. The student will make a precise, inclusive and model-independent measurement of the state, unfolded to particle level. Using Effective Field Theory and other methods, this measurement will be used to probe the Standard Model as well as physics beyond it. For more details and information on how to apply, head to 👇 https://lnkd.in/guFwVWV2

Get excited! 🤩 Researchers just developed a new simulation code that could be a game changer for fusion energy research! ⚡️⚡️ -- arxiv -- https://lnkd.in/gP9CsHhb ☑️ Researchers new code, called GMEC_I, simulates magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) in tokamak plasmas. This will allow researchers to model key physics like Alfvén instabilities that can impact fusion performance. 🔬 Researchers implemented multi-level reduced-MHD models and field-aligned coordinates for efficient simulations. The code was developed symbolically using a custom framework researchers built called CSS. This sped up development and reduced errors. 👨💻 The code leverages high-performance computing techniques like Thread Building Blocks and MPI for excellent parallel scaling. Researchers optimized memory access patterns for speed. ✅ Researchers benchmarked GMEC_I extensively against the MAS eigenvalue code for ballooning modes, diamagnetic drift, and tearing modes. The agreement is excellent, validating researchers MHD algorithms. 🌟 GMEC_I establishes a solid MHD foundation for researchers next goal - a full gyrokinetic-MHD hybrid code called GMEC to model energetic particles in fusion plasmas. This could be transformative for understanding alpha particle effects in reactors! More research updates coming soon! #FusionEnergy #PlasmaPhysics #HPC #AWS #partyrock #hackathon Made with : https://lnkd.in/gQub32Rc

Thank you Bert Offrein for sharing IBM Research's latest insights on materials and devices that allow for power-efficient neuromorphic computing. 🧠 Upcoming month of April, we have many more seminars and other events planned that are free to attend. 💡 Those interested in brain-inspired computing solutions are always welcome. Check out our full list of events ➡ https://lnkd.in/d-rCTCKe See you at the next CogniGron seminar! #greencomputing #physics #materialsscience #neuromorphic #neuromorphiccomputing #science #computerchips #energyefficient #dataefficiency #CogniGron #FutureProofComputing

https://lnkd.in/g8MAkWpE Submissions are now open for the next CDFAM - Computational Design Symposium. The event will take place on October 2-3, 2024, at Newlab in the Brooklyn Navy Yards, New York. We invite presentations across all 'Scales of Design' and 'Dimensions of Execution'. SCALES OF DESIGN: Micro: Focus on material-level design considerations Meso: Exploration of metamaterials and lattice structures Macro: Discussion on topology optimization of parts and assemblies Mega: Exploration of architectural system design methodologies DIMENSIONS OF EXECUTION: Academic: Cutting-edge research in design science and philosophy Algorithm: Software tools and algorithms enabling advanced design Application: Real-world engineering challenges addressed and explained Automation: Scaling design to production for volume and/or diversity We encourage people from any discipline that focuses on computational design of any scale and at any level of your career, from PhD students and start up founders, to leading experts in their fields from industry and academia. 

This semester, I conducted undergraduate research to explore the application of a neural ordinary differential equation (NODE)-based framework for analyzing spatio-temporal data generated during particle collision events. The framework aims to identify important physics events to manage the analog data deluge from the experiments. If interested how Nodes work, please look at my presentation below going over the basics. #particlephysics #nodes #research #computerscience #dataanalysis #lhc

👨🎓 👩🎓 This is it: the end of the first European Quantum Technology Summer School! Congratulations to the students! 🎉 We are leaving with new projects in mind, thanks to the quality of lectures, work and cross-cultural collaborations. A first edition full of dialogues, co-organised by Netherlands with Quantum Delta NL, Germany with Hamburg Quantum Innovation Capital (hqic) and EIN Quantum NRW, and France with the QuanTEdu-France program. Participants were welcomed at the University of Strasbourg, a member of the QuanTEdu-France consortium. Of course, many thanks to: 🎓 The speakers for the quality of their lectures and the time they spent interacting with the students after the different lessons: Richard Versluis - engineering, Elina Fuchs - sensing, Quentin Ficheux - superconducting qubits, Ferdinand Schmidt-Kaler - ion traps and critical, Subhasree Patro - algorithms and Ramona Wolf - communication. 💡 The start-ups that took part in the speed-networking and provided information to the students: Alice & Bob, eleQtron GmbH, Noisy Labs, Pasqal, QPerfect, Quandela, QuantWare and Quobly. 🤝 The team, who made this event possible in just 6 months: Ilse Geurts, Marten Teitsma, Sohan Vartak, Youma MUCRET, Franck Balestro, Christian Tobeck, Dominique Sugny, Liran Naaman, Benedikt-Sebastian Mehmel, Natalie Rotermund, John van de Wetering, Kerstin Borras, Leo Kouwenhoven, Marc Assmann and Nadia Haider. See you next year... in another place, maybe with you? 🤓 ~ QuanTEdu-France is a consortium of 21 french institutions, supported by the ANR, the French National Research Agency as part of the France 2030 programme of the Secretary general for investment.

I’m thrilled to share my latest work on applying Control Theory to dynamic systems, specifically focusing on spin systems. This research aims to prototype a software that demonstrates the potential and implications of Control Theory in managing and optimizing the dynamic behavior of complex quantum systems with more than three spins. Key objectives: 🔹 Investigate improvements in multi-spin systems using Control Theory. 🔹 Develop an educational tool for physics students, particularly those studying quantum physics, to explore and analyze spin systems in a virtual environment. This tool not only conserves physical resources but also provides students with a hands-on learning experience, allowing them to experiment and understand the complexities of spin systems without extensive physical setups. By integrating Control Theory into the study of spin systems, we aim to advance our understanding and optimization of these systems and create a valuable educational resource. #QuantumPhysics #ControlTheory #SpinSystems #Research #Education #Innovation #STEM