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Emerging order: from real to imaginary time crystals
GQC Colloquium: W. Vincent Liu, University of Pittsburgh, USA. Location: Ancienne École de Médecine, 138, Friday September 13th, 2024 – 11 am
2025 International Year of Quantum Science and Technology
The United Nations proclaimed 2025 the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology. This marks the 100 years since the initial development of quantum mechanics. At UNIGE, the GQC will celebrate this International Year with a series of initiatives to share and discuss the latest quantum developments.
Student Visits at the GQC
The GQC is always happy to welcome the next generation of quantum scientists to our labs. Recently, we were visited by Kira and Leyla, high school students from Stowe School in the UK.
Cryptography in a quantum world
GQC Colloquium: Gilles Brassard, Université de Montreal, Canada. Location: Ancienne École de Médecine, 074, Friday July 5th, 2024 – 2:15 pm
A quantum-dot-based single-photon source
GQC Colloquium: Richard Warburton, University of Basel.
Location: Ancienne École de Médecine, 074, Friday June 7th, 2024 – 2:15 pm
Practical Quantum Computing with Trapped Ions
GQC Colloquium: Jungsang Kim
Duke University & Co-founder IonQ
31.05.2024 – AEM 074 – 14h15
Finland’s minister of science and culture at the GQC
Sari Multala, Minister of Science and Culture, and a high-level delegation visited the Geneva Quantum Centre to learn more about quantum science in Geneva and Switzerland.
The CERN Quantum Technology Initiative
GQC Colloquium: Sophia Vallecorsa, CERN QTI. Location: Ancienne École de Médecine, 074, Friday February 9th, 2024 – 2:15 pm
Quantum process learning and variational quantum computing
Quantum process learning and variational quantum computing.
GQC Colloquium: Zoë Holmes , EPF Lausanne. Ancienne École de Médecine, 074, Friday January 26th, 2024 – 2:15 pm
Swiss Quantum Days 2024
The second edition of the Swiss Quantum Days will again take place in Villars-sur-Ollon, in the canton of Vaud, from January 31 – February 2, 2024.
GQC at the United Nations
The GQC’s Géraldine Haack was invited to present and discuss quantum technologies as part of a multi-stakeholder dialogue organised by The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR).
Photon counting statistics at the parametric instability
GQC Colloquium: Fabian Hassler, RWTH Aachen – Germany. MaNEP Conference Room – Ecole de Physique, 074, Thursday 14.12.2023 – 11:00 am