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Workshops and Seminars: Next in the row

Workshop

Advances in Quantum Control - Techniques, Applications, and Challenges

Scientific Coordinators: Christiane Koch, Steve Campbell

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Workshop

New frontiers in out-of-equilibrium quantum many-body dynamics

Scientific Coordinators: Marín Bukov, David Huse, Christopher Laumann

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The institute offers various opportunities for undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs and faculty members.

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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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Quantum algorithms and quantum control

Prof. Sophia Economou (Virginia Tech)

21 Jul 2025, 04:30 PM Seminarroom 1+2+3

IMPRS seminar: Sugars, Carbohydrates, Saccharides, or simply Glycans

Luca Unione (CIC bioGUNE)

23 Jul 2025, 03:30 PM Seminarroom 4

IMPRS seminar: Improving Glycan Simulations by Integrating Spectroscopy and ab initio MD

Miguel Riopedre Fernandez (IOCB, Prague)

23 Jul 2025, 04:45 PM Seminarroom 4

Highlights

Publication Highlights

Activity-enhanced elasticity in entangled polymer solutions

One of the key achievements of equilibrium polymer physics is the prediction of…

Publication Highlights

New random walk model elucidates hidden spatiotemporal patterns in complex systems

Recent experiments tracking organelles in biological cells or financial-market…