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EPFL professor Giuseppe Carleo cited in Nobel Prize announcement

— The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton for the invention of artificial neural networks which lie at the heart of machine learning and artificial intelligence. Among the many groundbreaking applications of this work, the Nobel Committee highlighted the pioneering work by QSE Center researcher Giuseppe Carleo in their scientific backgrounder.

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QSE Innovation Seed Grants – call open

— Are you studying or working in the field of quantum science and engineering and have an idea for an innovative solution that could add value to society? Then check out our newly-launched QSE Innovation Seed Grant to explore and validate an innovative idea or to refine a proof-of-concept.

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Vladimir Manucharyan awarded Consolidator Grant

— Professor Vladimir Manucharyan at EPFL’s School of Basic Sciences has been awarded a Consolidator Grant to pursue research in Quantum electrodynamics.

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X-ray world record: Looking inside a microchip with 4 nm precision

— In a collaboration with EPFL Lausanne, ETH Zurich and the University of Southern California researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have used X-rays to look inside a microchip with higher precision than ever before. The image resolution of 4 nanometres marks a new world record. The high-resolution three-dimensional images of the type they produced will enable advances in both information technology and the life sciences. The researchers are reporting their findings in the current issue of the journal Nature.

© 2024 EPFL : Dark-field optical micrograph of the microwave-optical transducer, including the photonic circuitry and piezoelectric actuators, shown in bird's-eye view.

A novel on-chip microwave-optical transducer

— EPFL and Purdue scientists create a coherent interface between microwaves and near-infrared light to help scale up future quantum networks.

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EPFL students tackle quantum computing for social good at hackathon

— The QSE Center sent two students to NYU Abu Dhabi in April to participate in the 12th Annual International Hackathon for Social Good, where they created projects to utilize quantum algorithms run on quantum computers to achieve sustainable development goals.

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