The 10th QSC General Assembly, organized by Jonas Helsen and Liubov Markovich, returned to the OBA in Amsterdam. As usual, the day started with reconnecting with our colleagues from different nodes over coffee, and this time also over delicious banana bread.
When he started high school, his brother gave him an advanced book on quantum computing. That's when he knew what he wanted to pursue. Since 1 October, Vedran Dunjko has been appointed professor of Quantum Computing at the Leiden Institute for Advanced Computer Science (LIACS), working closely with the Leiden Institute of Physics (LION).
On October 17th, the 6th QSC Junior Day was held at the campus of TU Delft, attended by 70 junior scientists.
This day was organised by Mio Poortvliet (LION, Leiden) and Yaroslav Herasymenko (QuTech and QuSoft).
Cryptographer Ronald Cramer (CWI and Leiden University) has been awarded the ESORICS 2023 Outstanding Research Award. This was announced by the organization on Tuesday evening, 26 September.
We would like to congratulate Christian Schaffner for being appointed co-director of QuSoft, next to Harry Buhrman, and to thank wholeheartedly our former co-director Kareljan Schoutens for the many years of work which shaped our research center into the success that it currently is. In this Q&A, Kareljan and Christian talk about this moment of change, the past and future of their engagement within QuSoft. Source: QuSoft.
Two talented QSC and CWI researchers received a Veni grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) to develop their own research over the next three years. Lisa Kohl focuses on quantum-safe cryptography and Jonas Helsen on random quantum circuits. Source: CWI.
Physics teacher Henk Buisman welcomes secondary school teachers ánd students who want to know more about quantum physics. And he likes to help them in an interactive way. Therefore, he and his colleagues started the Quantum Rules lab of the Faculty of Science five years ago.
The first Quantum Delta NL Award was won by Stacey Jeffery (CWI, QuSoft) and Julia Cramer (Leiden University) for founding and developing WIQD – Women In Quantum Development. WIQD’s mission is to bring women quantum researchers from industry, academia and policy together, to form a professional and informal network.
The 4th QSC (Quantum Software Consortium) Quantum Training on post-quantum cryptography took place on June 29th and 30th, 2023, at the CWI Amsterdam Science Park Congress Centre. Designed for PhD candidates, postdocs, and advanced MSc students, the training offered valuable insights into the implications of quantum computers on cryptography and quantum-safe cryptography.
Ronald de Wolf (CWI, UvA, QuSoft) and his co-authors will receive the prestigious Gödel Prize for outstanding papers in theoretical computer science. The Gödel Prize is jointly awarded by the ACM Special Interest Group on Algorithms and Computation Theory (ACM SIGACT) and the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS).
The 10th QSC General Assembly, organized by Jonas Helsen and Liubov Markovich, returned to the OBA in Amsterdam. As usual, the day started with reconnecting with our colleagues from different nodes over coffee, and this time also over delicious banana bread.
When he started high school, his brother gave him an advanced book on quantum computing. That's when he knew what he wanted to pursue. Since 1 October, Vedran Dunjko has been appointed professor of Quantum Computing at the Leiden Institute for Advanced Computer Science (LIACS), working closely with the Leiden Institute of Physics (LION).
On October 17th, the 6th QSC Junior Day was held at the campus of TU Delft, attended by 70 junior scientists.
This day was organised by Mio Poortvliet (LION, Leiden) and Yaroslav Herasymenko (QuTech and QuSoft).
Cryptographer Ronald Cramer (CWI and Leiden University) has been awarded the ESORICS 2023 Outstanding Research Award. This was announced by the organization on Tuesday evening, 26 September.
We would like to congratulate Christian Schaffner for being appointed co-director of QuSoft, next to Harry Buhrman, and to thank wholeheartedly our former co-director Kareljan Schoutens for the many years of work which shaped our research center into the success that it currently is. In this Q&A, Kareljan and Christian talk about this moment of change, the past and future of their engagement within QuSoft. Source: QuSoft.
Two talented QSC and CWI researchers received a Veni grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) to develop their own research over the next three years. Lisa Kohl focuses on quantum-safe cryptography and Jonas Helsen on random quantum circuits. Source: CWI.
Physics teacher Henk Buisman welcomes secondary school teachers ánd students who want to know more about quantum physics. And he likes to help them in an interactive way. Therefore, he and his colleagues started the Quantum Rules lab of the Faculty of Science five years ago.
The first Quantum Delta NL Award was won by Stacey Jeffery (CWI, QuSoft) and Julia Cramer (Leiden University) for founding and developing WIQD – Women In Quantum Development. WIQD’s mission is to bring women quantum researchers from industry, academia and policy together, to form a professional and informal network.
The 4th QSC (Quantum Software Consortium) Quantum Training on post-quantum cryptography took place on June 29th and 30th, 2023, at the CWI Amsterdam Science Park Congress Centre. Designed for PhD candidates, postdocs, and advanced MSc students, the training offered valuable insights into the implications of quantum computers on cryptography and quantum-safe cryptography.
Ronald de Wolf (CWI, UvA, QuSoft) and his co-authors will receive the prestigious Gödel Prize for outstanding papers in theoretical computer science. The Gödel Prize is jointly awarded by the ACM Special Interest Group on Algorithms and Computation Theory (ACM SIGACT) and the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS).
The program is intended for excellent PhD students from abroad to spend some time at CWI.
The program will provide housing and a stipend for the guest.
Not only does Yevheniia Cheipesh (former QSC PhD-student) excel at her research, she is also active in outreach and started a collaboration outside her own field during her PhD. Cheipesh has been awarded the first prize in the For Women in Science Rising Talent Prize by L’Oreal, UNESCO and the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW) for her outstanding work.
Organizations should start migrating to a quantum-safe environment soon. On 4 April 2023, AIVD, TNO and CWI published a handbook for the migration to quantum-secure communications. Alexandra van Huffelen, State Secretary for digitization, was handed the first copy.
On April 12, His Majesty the King Willem-Alexander and President Emmanuel Macron paid an official visit to our Amsterdam hub for a tour of the Quantum Gases & Quantum Information Lab and a round table on the significance of quantum for European open strategic autonomy.
Source: QDNL news by Juliette de la Rie, 13 April 2023
Frankrijk en Nederland gaan meer samenwerken bij de ontwikkeling van quantumtechnologie. Dat raakt aan hét thema van het staatsbezoek van president Macron: Europese soevereiniteit.
Bron: NRC, Floor Bouma, 13 april 2023
A big congratulations to Anne-Marije, Postdoctoral Researcher at QuTech, on being awarded this year’s Minerva Prize! The prize is awarded yearly by the Netherlands’ Physical Society (NNV) to young and promising women and non-binary physicists who excel at experimental and/or theoretical physics.
Source: QDNL newsletter
On February 23, the Dutch Research Council NWO announced that Stephanie Wehner (PI of QSC) receives a Vici grant. The grant is aimed at senior researchers who have successfully demonstrated the ability to develop their own innovative line of research. Wehner is one of twelve researchers in the Science Domain who receive this grant.
Source: QuTech
Freek Witteveen, who did his PhD research at QuSoft, has been awarded the Stieltjesprijs for the academic year 2021-2022. In his work he has contributed to the understanding of how to use quantum information theory to better describe many-body physics.
Source: QuSoft, March 3, 2023
The €15m QDNL Participations fund will help researchers turn their technology into VC-investable startups, and support more established companies. Funds are fully committed by Quantum Delta NL, a foundation committed to scaling the Dutch quantum technology ecosystem. ‘Infinity’, a free, on-call support program has also launched to help quantum researchers spin out and raise their first investment.
Source: QDNL News, Martin Bryant
QuSoft wetenschapper Harry Buhrman legt in deze podcast uit hoe deeltjes op hetzelfde moment op twee plaatsen tegelijk kunnen zijn. Deze bizarre eigenschap kan een computer in de toekomst miljoenen keren sneller maken.
Source: Verrukkelijke Wetenschap van Daan en Merlijn Schneiders.