New Spanish Network on Quantum Technologies

Dear all, the Spanish Network on Quantum Information and Quantum Technologies is now officially approved. This excellence network is funded by MINEICO through the Agencia Estatal de Investigación, starting on July 1st 2017 and with a duration of two years. All groups in Spain that work in the field of quantum technologies are welcome to…

Plaza de doctorado UAB (urgente!)

La Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona acaba de anunciar una convocatoria de plazas. Una de estas plazas está destinada a un contrato de 3 años para realizar el doctorado en el  Grupo de Información Cuántica (GIQ) del departamento de Física.  La posición conlleva una cierta carga docente  y por lo tanto se requiere un nivel mínimo de…

ICE-4 meeting

We would like to bring your attention to the ICE meeting organized by the Spanish Network on Quantum Information and Quantum Technologies. ICE’s 4th edition will take place at the center of Madrid, within the historically relevant premises of CSIC’s first campus. The meeting combines two days of tutorials (10th and 11th) with a three…

The Quantum Technologies community in Spain

What follows is a summary of the results from a poll on the community of quantum technologies in Spain, which covers all of the groups in the RICE network, as well as other groups who did not feel completely identified with our network denomination, but have a strong scientific overlap. The poll is limited in…

Posiciones postdoctorales Comunidad de Madrid

La Comunidad de Madrid ha aprobado la convocatoria “Atracción de Talento”. Esta convocatoria permitirá la incorporación de unos 80 doctores-investigadores que trabajen fuera de España a grupos de investigación de organismos e instituciones de la Comunidad de Madrid como Universidades, IMDEAs, organismos y centros de investigación o instituciones sanitarias.Se convocarán tres tipos de ayudas. La…

Summer undergrad fellowships (IFISC)

Call for Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships at the Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Physics and Complex Systems (SURF-IFISC). We offer up to 6 fellowships for introduction to academic research at the  Institute for Cross-disciplinary Physics and Complex Systems (IFISC) under the supervision of an IFISC researche, for research work to be developed between June 15 and July…

Space-time and entanglement

Whenever two very different areas of theoretical physics are found to be described by the same mathematical structures, it frequently leads to discover unexpected insights on both sides. This brief overview tries to explain why physicists in the areas of quantum gravity and string theory, especially those interested in the quantum structure of space-time are…

“Nanotechnology meets Quantum Information” summer school

We would like to bring to your attention the school “Nanotechnology meets Quantum Information”, that will take place in San Sebastian, Spain in July 11-14, 2016. The school reviews the state-of-the-art of solid-state based quantum information processing in settings such as quantum dots, superconductors, photonic crystals, and topological matter. Prospects of quantum computing and the…

Postdoctoral position

Javier Prior’s group at the Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT) has one postdoctoral vacancy for two years in the field of Dynamics of Open Quantum Systems. The project will be related with the new topic of quantum biological systems and the study of artificial photovoltaic material as conjugated polymers.The appointment will be made within the…