ML4Q&A - from the lives of quantum physicists

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ML4Q&A - from the lives of quantum physicists Podcast

Nature is fascinating and so is physics let alone quantum physics! Join us as we delve into the lives of scientists and the complexity of their research topics. Grab a drink, hop on a bus or go for a walk and listen to the many different stories about being a scientist and basically doing something for a living only a few can understand. Our guests are all involved in the research mission of ML4Q, a German consortium dedicated to develop the best hardware platform for quantum information technology, and provide comprehensive blueprints for a functional quantum information network. #ML4QnA

Episodes

  1. 24/01/2022

    4. Theory of topological quantum matter: Kathrin Dorn

    In  this episode of ML4Q&A, Federico Grasselli (Postdoc, Bruss group) speaks to Kathrin Dorn, PhD student in the group of Reinhold Egger, head of the Institute for Theoretical Physcs IV in Düsseldorf. They talk about Kathrin's PhD project and how she started off to combine maths, physics and arts in her studies and ended up in analyzing theoretical aspects in topological insulators. 00:00 intro 00:56 searching for a study topic 02:50 from medical physics to condensed matter theory 05:50 joining the ML4Q cluster 08:42 plans for the future after the PhD 10:30 so what are topological insulators? 13:42 why are topological insulators an interesting field of study 22:25 where can we find topological insulators? 23:25 how about topological quantum computing? 25:00 how do you perceive the future of the field? 28:16 1 or 2? Visit https://ml4q.de/ml4qa/ for more podcast episodes Visit https://ml4q.de/stories/ for more stories from our researchers at ML4Q Follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/ML4Q_cluster Visit the homepage of Reinhold Egger's institute: https://www.tp4.hhu.de/en/ Contact Kathrin via E-mail: kathrin.dorn(at)uni-duesseldorf.de Host: Federico Grasselli Music: Technology by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon Music  promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0  International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Discovery by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley  Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0  International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Title: Lunar Levitation Artist: Aakash Gandhi

    33 min

  2. 15/10/2021

    3. Quantum Key Distribution: Dagmar Bruss

    In a new podcast episode of ML4Q&A, Kathrin Dorn (PhD student, Egger group) speaks to Dagmar Bruss, professor at the Institute for Theoretical Physcs III in Düsseldorf. They talk about Dagmar's passion about quantum information theory, how a coffee break in Oxford changed her research focus to quantum key distribution, her experience with the impostor phenomenon and how she got involved in a supercosmos project in astronomical technology. 00:00 intro 01:35 from astronomical technology to quantum information 06:23 working at ISI in Turin and joining talks by Grover and Shor 08:10 from experiment to theory 10:38 how is your working day? 14:43 struggles and experiencing the impostor phenomenon 19:24 work on quantum key distribution 25:27 ongoing work in ML4Q 32:28 1 or 2? Visit https://ml4q.de/ml4qa/ for more podcast episodes Visit https://ml4q.de/stories/ for more stories from our researchers at ML4Q Follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/ML4Q_cluster Visit the homepage of Dagmar's institute: https://www.tp3.hhu.de/en/ Contact Dagmar via E-mail: dagmar.bruss(at)uni-duesseldorf.de   Host: Kathrin Dorn Music:  Technology by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/   Discovery by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/   Title: Lunar Levitation Artist: Aakash Gandhi

    37 min

  3. 04/06/2021

    2. Quantum information theory and many-body theory: David Gross

    ML4Q&A continues featuring theoretical physicists in ML4Q. In the second episode, Chris Dickel is talking to David Gross, professor in Cologne and vice spokesperson of the ML4Q cluster. David's research interests lie on the application of rigorous mathematical methods to problems in quantum information theory and many-body theory. We talk about his career path, advising student projects in theoretical physics, teaching quantum mechanics and the Google event he was probably never invited to. Visit https://ml4q.de/ml4qa/ for more podcast episodes Visit https://ml4q.de/stories/ for more stories from our researchers at ML4Q Follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/ML4Q_cluster Visit David's homepage: http://www.thp.uni-koeln.de/gross/david_gross.html Contact David: david.gross(at)thp.uni-koeln.de Host: Christian Dickel Music: Technology by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Discovery by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Title: Lunar Levitation Artist: Aakash Gandhi

    54 min

  4. 12/02/2021

    1. Quantum Control in Ultracold Atoms: Martino Calzavara

    The first episode of ML4Q's podcast - ML4Q&A - is now online! Our guest is Martino Calzavara, a PhD researcher in the PGI-8 Institute for Quantum Control at the Forschungszentrum Jülich. We talk about him moving to Germany for his PhD and learning German, his experiences in academia as part of ML4Q as well as ultracold atom systems and how quantum control could help to cool these. We also talk about his simulations of these systems and machine learning, conferences in the times of a pandemic and Italian Pannetone vs. Pandoro. Listen to the full podcast episode with Martino in the ML4Q&A podcast at your podcatcher. Visit https://ml4q.de/ml4qa/ for more podcast episodes Visit https://ml4q.de/stories/ for more stories from our researchers at ML4Q Follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/ML4Q_cluster Visit the homepage of Martino's institute: https://www.fz-juelich.de/pgi/pgi-8/EN/Home/home_node.html Contact Martino via E-mail: m.calzavara(at)fz-juelich.de Host: Jonas Kölzer Music: Technology by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Discovery by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Title: Lunar Levitation Artist: Aakash Gandhi

    40 min
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Nature is fascinating and so is physics let alone quantum physics! Join us as we delve into the lives of scientists and the complexity of their research topics. Grab a drink, hop on a bus or go for a walk and listen to the many different stories about being a scientist and basically doing something for a living only a few can understand. Our guests are all involved in the research mission of ML4Q, a German consortium dedicated to develop the best hardware platform for quantum information technology, and provide comprehensive blueprints for a functional quantum information network. #ML4QnA

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