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“Curiosity and patience are essential”

— Ghalia Dhaoui came to EPFL from her home in Tunisia to do a bachelor’s in microengineering. Next spring, she will graduate from the first ever class of the EPFL Master’s program in Quantum Science and Engineering, where she specializes in quantum hardware, works in the Hybrid Photonics Laboratory, and is a student assistant for the Center for Quantum Science and Engineering (QSE).

Reconnaissance and surveillance — © DDPS

Armasuisse Research Programs

— Advancing Switzerland’s Technological Capabilities. Armasuisse Science and Technology (S+T) is the technology center of the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS), is responsible for ensuring Switzerland's technological security. S+T conducts research across various domains, including cyberspace, data science, reconnaissance, surveillance, communication, and electromagnetic protection.

Tobias J. Kippenberg. Credit: EPFL

Tobias Kippenberg awarded ERC Synergy Grant

— EPFL's Professor Tobias J. Kippenberg, in collaboration with leading European researchers, has secured a prestigious ERC Synergy Grant to advance the ATHENS project, which aims to revolutionize optical data transmission.

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Fabio Bersano presents at International Electron Devices Meeting

— Fabio Bersano, a PhD candidate in Prof. Adrian Ionescu's NANOLab, presented his work "Integration of Co Nanomagnets for Localized EDSR in Scalable FDSOI Spin Qubit Architecture" at the 70th Annual IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), which took place in San Francsico, December 7-11, 2024. 

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Second call for QSE postdoctoral fellowships now open

— The EPFL QSE Center has launched its second call for QSE postdoctoral fellowships, which offers motivated young researchers from Switzerland and abroad the opportunity to carry out their research in collaboration with the EPFL QSE community on cutting-edge topics in quantum science and quantum engineering.

QD-resonator hybrid device © 2024 EPFL

Coupling microwave photons to Germanium quantum dots

— Scientists at EPFL have made important progress in quantum technology, achieving strong coupling between quantum dots in Germanium and microwave photons, paving the way for scalable quantum computing based on spin qubits.

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