Researchers have discovered that complex random behaviors naturally emerge from even the simplest, chaotic dynamics in a quantum simulator. This illustration zooms into one such complex set of states within an apparently smooth quantum system. Credit: Adam Shaw Producing quantum states at random has become increasingly important in modern quantum science, with applications [...]
There are many opportunities for postdocs at Caltech - have you considered applying? Many of our current postings have upcoming November deadlines. Applications are being accepted for IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar, AWS Quantum Postdoctoral Scholars, the PMA Postdoctoral Prize Fellowships in Experimental Physics or Astrophysics, Burke Fellows in Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, Moore Postdoctoral Fellowship in [...]
A new Caltech-led study in the journal Science describes how machine learning tools, run on classical computers, can be used to make predictions about quantum systems and thus help researchers solve some of the trickiest physics and chemistry problems. While this notion has been proposed before, the new report is the first to mathematically prove that the [...]
Two Caltech physicists have received 2023 New Horizons in Physics Prizes, two of several Breakthrough Prizes announced on September 22. The New Horizons prizes are awarded to "promising early-career researchers who have already produced important work," according to the Breakthrough Prize website. Manuel Endres is being honored for "for the development of optical tweezer arrays to [...]
Read the article Quantum's Hub in the summer 2022 issue of Caltech magazine for insight into how IQIM developed at Caltech. The article includes comments from interviews conducted by science historian David Zierler, now director of the Caltech Heritage Project. John Preskill arrived at Caltech in 1983 planning to continue his work in particle physics [...]
Roy T. Eddleman passed peacefully at his home in Beverly Hills, California on Saturday, June 11th at age 82. He was born February 18, 1940 in Kannapolis, North Carolina to Henry B. and Francis Miller Eddleman. Immensely inquisitive and a knowledge seeker from an early age, in 1958 a reporter for The Charlotte News wrote [...]
We hope you’ll join us for a public lecture presented by Nicole Yunger Halpern featuring her recent book Quantum Steampunk, the Physics of Yesterday’s Tomorrow. Nicole completed her PhD in 2018, working with John Preskill and has been an active member of the IQIM community. We’re excited to share her new book with you. Friday, [...]
April 14 marked the inaugural World Quantum Day with goals of promoting the public understanding of Quantum Science and Technology around the World. IQIM's Spiros Michalakis together with the Quantime Initiative has developed a series of games and classroom lessons that teach the principles of quantum science. These student activities are designed for a target [...]