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Connecting quantum computing with UN Sustainable Development Goals

Published:25.06.24 — On June 17, QSE Center Academic Director Prof. Vincenzo Savona addressed the GESDA Quantum Diplomacy Symposium of 70 diplomats, policymakers, and experts about the potential, opportunities, and social, geopolitical, and economic implications of using quantum computing to address the UN Sustainable Development Goals, in particular, looking at the issue of food production and security.

“Un moment de convivialité” between the QSE Center and its community

Published:19.06.24 — On April 26, the QSE Center hosted its General Assembly, bringing together EPFL quantum researchers and students at all levels to meet, share their research, and learn more about the role of the QSE Center.

A fully-packaged hybrid integrated erbium-laser based on silicon nitride photonic integrated circuit. EPFL/Andrea Bancora & Yang Liu CC-BY-SA 4.0

Miniaturizing a laser on a photonic chip

Published:13.06.24 — Scientists at EPFL have successfully miniaturized a powerful erbium-based fiber laser on a silicon-nitride photonic chip. Since typical erbium-based fiber lasers are large and difficult to scale down, the breakthrough promises major advances in optical communications and sensing technologies.

QSE Center distributes QTNet funding for quantum hardware at EPFL

Published:11.06.24 — The QSE Center has distributed funding from the ETH-Domain Quantum-Technology Network (QTNet) to 11 quantum researchers at EPFL for procuring quantum hardware to develop and employ applicatons of quantum technologies.

Two new quantum professors hired at EPFL

Published:23.05.24 — The Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology has announced the appointment of Prof. Thomas Vidick as Full Professor of Computer Science and Communication Systems in the School of Computer and Communication Sciences (IC) and Dr. Nikita Kavokine as Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry in the School of Basic Sciences (SB).

Superconducting qubits "hear" sounds, leading to new types of errors. Credit: Shingo Kono and Xuxin Wang (EPFL)

Mechanical vibrations cause errors in superconducting qubits

Published:23.05.24 — Scientists at EPFL have found that mechanical vibrations in refrigerators used to cool superconducting quantum computers can cause errors, offering new insights for improving quantum computing.

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