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Workshop

Information & Decisions Across Scales: Constraints and Optimality in Neural and Biological Networks

Scientific coordinators: Marianne Bauer, Daniel M. Busiello, Isabella Graf,…

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Seminar and Workshop

Emergent Gauge Theories: Bridging Quantum Matter, Quantum Information, and Fundamental Interactions

Scientific coordinators: Jörg Schmalian, Tigran Sedrakyan, Srimoyee Sen

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Public Outreach

Our public outreach program aims to make scientific results accessible to the general public. Active scientists speak about their recent work and explain it to a lay public with an interest in natural sciences, or to school children of different ages.

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Talks

CondMat for Dummies: Tensor Networks: Entanglement, Phases, and Complexity

 Georgios Styliaris (Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics)

08 May 2026, 05:00 PM Seminarroom 4

Nonstabilizerness spreading in quantum many-body dynamics

 Emanuele Tirrito (EPFL)

12 May 2026, 04:00 PM Seminarroom 4

Perfect Adaptation in Biological Networks

 Prof Mustafa Khammash (ETH Zürich)

18 May 2026, 03:30 PM Seminarroom 1+2+3

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Highlights

Publication Highlights

Relaxation Control of Open Quantum Systems

Controlling how fast quantum systems relax toward their steady state is a…

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Euler buckling on curved surfaces

Nearly three centuries ago, Euler explained how an elastic line buckles under…

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