Colloquia

Quantum Center colloquia are hosted by members of the Quantum Center.  

Video recordings of the Quantum Center Colloquia can be found here.

Upcoming Colloquia


Quantum Entanglement Prize ceremony and colloquium

From Bell Tests to Quantum Gravity: Probing Fundamental Physics with Microwaves
Simon Storz  - Postdoctoral researcher, Hybrid Quantum Systems group, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Date: Tuesday 25 March 2025
Time: 16:00
Place: Siemens Auditorium, HIT E 51

Further information and abstract

Past Colloquia

Fast Accurate Readout of a Topological Qubit
Chetan Nayak - Technical Fellow, Microsoft Quantum; Physics Department, UCSB, United States

Date: Monday, January 27, 2025
Time: 16:00
Place: Siemens Auditorium, HIT E 51
Host: Eugene Demler

Abstract

Scalable semiconductor quantum photonic systems
Jelena Vuckovic - Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, United States

Date: Monday, September 16, 2024
Time: 16:00
Place: HPV G 4
Host: Atac Imamoglu

Abstract

Practical Quantum Computing with Trapped Ions
Jungsang Kim - Physics and Computer Science, Duke University, Durham, United States

Date: Thursday, May 23, 2024
Time: 16:00
Place: HPV G 4
Host: Atac Imamoglu

Abstract

Efficient Programmable Quantum Simulation of Correlated Bosons and Lattice Gauge Theories
Steven M. Girvin - Yale Quantum Institute, United States

Date: Friday, May 10, 2024
Time: 11:00
Place: HIT E 51
Host: Jonathan Home

Abstract

Precision quantum sensing on very small length scales
Jörg Wrachtrup - Centre for Applied Quantum Technologies and IQST, University of Stuttgart; Max Planck Institute for Solid State Science, Germany

Date: Friday, April 19, 2024
Time: 16:30
Place: HPV G 4
Host: Christian Degen

Abstract

How does a quantum object gravitate?
Markus Aspelmeyer - Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna; Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI), Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria

Date: Monday, November 27, 2023
Time: 16:00
Place: HPV G 4
Host: Wenchao Xu

Abstract

Quantum engineering for superconducting quantum computers
Yasunobu Nakamura - RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing; Department of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Date: Tuesday, September 26, 2023
Time: 16:00
Place: HPV G 4
Host: Andreas Wallraff

Abstract

Quantum Simulation and Computation with trapped ions
Christopher Monroe - Duke University and University of Maryland, United States, as well as co-Founder and Chief Scientist at IonQ

Date: Thursday, September 23, 2021
Time: 16:15
Place: Zoom meeting and external page Youtube livestream, the recording can be found here
Host: Cornelius Hempel

Abstract

 

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