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Q-FARM Newsletter, Issue 11

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Happy 2024 Q-FARM Enthusiasts!

As we make strides into a new year – and quarter! –  I elected to share a summary of recent news. Please visit Q-FARM.Stanford.edu/news or click the article links below.

Awards

  • Stephen Shenker and Leonard Susskind were awarded the 2023 Dirac Medal postdoc 
  • Melissa Guidry awarded the Boeing Quantum Creators Prize
  • Jon Simon elected Fellow of the American Physical Society 
  • Honorable Mention Award at International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)

Research 

  • Harnessing ‘quantum weirdness' 
  • Demonstrating ‘quantum eraser’ 
  • The Future of quantum mechanics: Unraveling entanglement's secrets 
  • Quantum Squeezing to improve Quantum Sensors
  • Quest to Build Space-Time Out of Quantum Particles
  • The surprising quantum behavior of a “time crystal” 
  • Unusual magnetotransport in twisted bilayer graphene

And More 

Consider joining us for a weekly seminar (and lunch!) on Wednesdays from 11:30AM-1:00PM in PAB 102-103. We continue to have engaging speakers, topics, and conversations. Our past seminars are always available on our YT channel, @qfarmstanford.

Last, but certainly not least, please join me in a fond farewell to Nilendri Senanayake! She has handed over the reins to Junna Gui as Q-FARM Program Manager. Welcome Junna and best wishes to Nilendri!

Do you have an idea or suggestion? We’d love to hear it! Please connect with us at qfarm-contact@stanford.edu, or drop by my office in Varian!

Jon

Jonathan Simon
Director, Q-FARM