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Fwd: [qipc.spain] Three postdoctoral positions on "Machine Learning for Quantum Simulations with Rydberg Atoms "
by Daniel Manzano 27 Jan '26

27 Jan '26

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Manzano Quantum Thermodynamics and Computation Group University of Granada Facultad de Ciencias, Av. Fuentenueva s/n Granada 18071, Spain Phone: +34 958241000 Ext: 20569 https://ic1.ugr.es/members/dmanzano/ > Begin forwarded message: > > From: JOSE MIGUEL ALONSO PRUNEDA <mpruneda(a)cinn.es> > Subject: [qipc.spain] Three postdoctoral positions on "Machine Learning for Quantum Simulations with Rydberg Atoms " > Date: 27. January 2026 at 12:30:55 CET > To: qipc.spain(a)listas.csic.es > Reply-To: JOSE MIGUEL ALONSO PRUNEDA <mpruneda(a)cinn.es> > > > Job description > > Company Description > > The Spanish National Research Council (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-CSIC) is the largest public research organization in Spain, encompassing 124 research centers. As a government agency, CSIC is dedicated to both basic and applied scientific research across various disciplines. It plays a key role in driving innovation and addressing societal challenges through groundbreaking research and international collaborations. CSIC fosters an environment of excellence and is committed to supporting researchers in advancing scientific knowledge. > > Role Description > > Artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum technologies are among the most transformative areas of frontier research and development in science and engineering today. Their convergence has the potential to redefine how we simulate, optimize, and understand complex physical systems. Integrating AI into quantum computers and simulators can help overcome current hardware constraints, improve system control, and unlock new modes of problem-solving that surpass classical approaches. > > The ML-QSIM project is built upon a robust multi-node and multi-regional structure, encompassing four complementary research groups located in Asturias (CINN), Aragón (INMA), Catalunya (CVC), and Madrid (ICMM), and aims to develop AI-driven methodologies for quantum simulations and computation based on neutral atom platforms, exploring both theoretical and experimental domains. Research will span quantum control, quantum-enhanced machine learning, and hybrid quantum-classical computation, interfacing closely with cold-atom experiments under construction at CINN. Our goal is to create robust AI tools that enhance quantum performance, contribute to the emerging ecosystem of quantum technologies in Spain and the EU, and position our consortium at the intersection of quantum physics, computer science, and artificial intelligence. > > > We are seeking three highly motivated postdoctoral researchers to join the team. Each position will address a complementary research area within the project: > > 1. Quantum Control and Reinforcement Learning (CINN, Asturias) > > * Develop AI-driven control strategies based on reinforcement learning to optimize cooling and trapping parameters using real-time feedback for the Rydberg atom experimental platform. > * Enhance holographic methods for optical tweezers with generative models and closed-loop optimization. > * Benchmark AI-assisted methods against classical control approaches and assess scalability and robustness under realistic noise conditions. > > 2. Neural Ansätze for Quantum Simulations (INMA, Zaragoza) > > * Build and maintain software infrastructure for modeling quantum systems with machine learning tools. > * Investigate neural-network-based representations of many-body quantum states (variational ansätze), symmetries, and thermal or dynamical properties. > * Bridge the gap between simulations and experiments by connecting with the neutral atom platform developed at CINN. > > 3. Quantum Machine Learning and Quantum Optimization (ICMM, Madrid) > > * Develop theoretical frameworks for qudit-based quantum neural networks and quantum active learning (QAL). > * Investigate hybrid quantum-classical pipelines, quantum compilation techniques, and noise-aware algorithms for Rydberg architectures. > * Apply quantum optimization to real-world problems such as logistics, scheduling, and portfolio allocation, comparing performance with classical methods. > > > Qualifications: > > + PhD in Physics, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, or related fields. > + Strong background in at least one of the following: machine learning, quantum computing, control theory, computer vision, or numerical simulations. > + Experience with Python-based scientific programming > + Excellent problem-solving skills, > + Ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary environment and communicate across different scientific cultures. > + Fluency in English. > > > What We Offer: > > + Competitive salary and contract terms following institutional and national regulations for up to three years. > + A vibrant, interdisciplinary research environment in collaboration with leading Spanish quantum technology centers. > + Access to quantum simulation platforms, HPC resources, and experimental facilities. > + Opportunities to contribute to EU-funded research initiatives and international collaborations. > + A commitment to open science, including software, data, and collaboration tools. > > > How to Apply : > > Please send the following materials to mlqsim2025(a)gmail.com by 28/02/2026 > > + A cover letter indicating which position(s) you are applying for and your research interests > + Curriculum vitae including publication list and (if available) access to contributed software repositories (github/gitlab) > + Names and contact information of two references > > > Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until all positions are filled. More details of the hiring process will be given to pre-screened candidates. > -- > --- > Miguel Alonso Pruneda > CSIC Tenured Scientist (CT) @ CINN > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.researcherid.com/rid/A-4077-2008__;!… ; > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://scholar.google.es/citations?hl=en&user=… ; >

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Fwd: [Quantum_spain_TalentQ] New TalentQ Seminar - February 3rd @5pm
by Daniel Manzano 27 Jan '26

27 Jan '26

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Manzano Quantum Thermodynamics and Computation Group University of Granada Facultad de Ciencias, Av. Fuentenueva s/n Granada 18071, Spain Phone: +34 958241000 Ext: 20569 https://ic1.ugr.es/members/dmanzano/ > Begin forwarded message: > > From: INSUA PIÑEIRO ALBERTO <alberto.insua.pineiro(a)usc.es> > Subject: [Quantum_spain_TalentQ] New TalentQ Seminar - February 3rd @5pm > Date: 27. January 2026 at 13:16:21 CET > To: "quantum_spain_talentq(a)bsc.es" <quantum_spain_talentq(a)bsc.es> > > **IMPORTANT: The seminar will begin at 5 p.m., not at 4 p.m. as usual.** > > Title: The energetic challenges of Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computers > > Speakers: Olivier Ezratty & Yasser Omar > > Abstract: Olivier Ezratty and Yasser Omar will present an overview of the energetic challenges of upcoming fault-tolerant quantum computers (FTQC). > > Olivier Ezratty will frame various scenarios of quantum computing energy consumption in the global ICT landscape. He will describe where energy is consumed in FTQC systems and present an optimization framework currently in the making. He will show how utility-grade algorithms resource and computing time estimates bring new questions on the energetic and power costs of quantum computing. He we also look at the prospects of the energy consumption of FTQC quantum computers based on vendor roadmaps across multiple qubit modalities and compare it with the most powerful current HPC systems > > Yasser Omar will discuss a comprehensive approach to assess the energetic performance of quantum computing hardware and present some recent research results for trapped-ions, cold atoms, superconductors, and semiconductors. Finally, he will describe his new venture company, Quantum Green Computing, Ltd., which will work on these topics with the quantum ecosystem. > > Registration: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/cb80f1f4-48ca-47b3-a6df-e291b16523… > > > Alberto Insua Piñeiro > Project Manager at TalentQ > Galician Institute of High Energy Physics (IGFAE) > Tel. +34 698 15 44 56 > _______________________________________________ > Quantum_Spain_TalentQ mailing list -- quantum_spain_talentq(a)bsc.es <mailto:quantum_spain_talentq@bsc.es> > To unsubscribe send an email to quantum_spain_talentq-leave(a)bsc.es <mailto:quantum_spain_talentq-leave@bsc.es>

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Fwd: [Materia] SPIN seminar reminder
by Daniel Manzano 26 Jan '26

26 Jan '26

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Manzano Quantum Thermodynamics and Computation Group University of Granada Facultad de Ciencias, Av. Fuentenueva s/n Granada 18071, Spain Phone: +34 958241000 Ext: 20569 https://ic1.ugr.es/members/dmanzano/ > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Prof. Dr. Joaquín J. Torres <jtorres(a)onsager.ugr.es> > Subject: [Materia] SPIN seminar reminder > Date: 26. January 2026 at 12:54:19 CET > To: Materia <materia(a)onsager.ugr.es> > > > > Dear all > > This is a kind reminder of the new "SPIN" seminar on Neuroscience for this January 30th 2026: > > *Date: Friday January 30th 2026 > > *Place: Seminario del Centro de Instrumentación Científica de la UGR > > *Time: 11:00 > > Title: Dynamics in mean-field neural models: applications > > Abstract: > > In this talk we study the dynamics of two recently introduced mean-field models representing the behavior of > heterogeneous all-to-all coupled quadratic integrate-and-fire neural networks. Firstly we study the phenomena that when there are synaptic dynamics in the model, which allows a delay in synaptic transmission, it seems to reduce the emergence of chaotic dynamics by increasing the synaptic time constant and maintains a phase-locked state in the form of bursting dynamics in the mean-field model. We examine in depth the different dynamical behaviors that can be found in both mean-field models (spiking, bursting, and Rossler-like chaotic behaviors) and study in detail the bifurcations underlying their appearance and disappearance. Moreover, we relate the disappearance of various behaviors with the recently introduced geometric bifurcations. And secondly, we focus on the use of mean-field models in a theoretical study of tonic-clonic epileptic seizures. These are a particularly important class of epilepsy and have previously been theorised to arise in systems with an instability from one temporal rhythm to another via a quasi-periodic transition. We show that a recently introduced class of next generation neural field models has a sufficiently rich bifurcation structure to support such behaviour. > > > > Speaker: Prof. Dr. Roberto Barrio > Universidad de Zaragoza > > > > The SPIN Organizers > > -- > Prof. Dr. Joaquín J. Torres > Department of Electromagnetism > and Physics of the Matter. > Institute "Carlos I" for Theoretical > and Computational Physics. > University of Granada. > www.ugr.es/~jtorres <http://www.ugr.es/~jtorres>_______________________________________________ > Materia mailing list -- materia(a)onsager.ugr.es > To unsubscribe send an email to materia-leave(a)onsager.ugr.es

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Fwd: [noticias] DEFENSA DE TESIS en el Programa de Doctorado en Física y Matemáticas-108454-ÁLVARO TEJERO MOYANO- DÍA 06/02/2026
by Daniel Manzano 21 Jan '26

21 Jan '26

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Manzano Quantum Thermodynamics and Computation Group University of Granada Facultad de Ciencias, Av. Fuentenueva s/n Granada 18071, Spain Phone: +34 958241000 Ext: 20569 https://ic1.ugr.es/members/dmanzano/ > Begin forwarded message: > > From: doctoradolecturatesis(a)ugr.es > Subject: [noticias] DEFENSA DE TESIS en el Programa de Doctorado en Física y Matemáticas-108454-ÁLVARO TEJERO MOYANO- DÍA 06/02/2026 > Date: 21. January 2026 at 08:40:41 CET > To: noticias(a)listas.ugr.es, infoestudiantado(a)listas.ugr.es > Cc: fmarin(a)ugr.es > > A toda la comunidad universitaria: > > Se comunica que el Comité de Dirección de la Escuela de Doctorado de Ciencias, Tecnologías e Ingenierías ha autorizado la presentación de la tesis de D./Dña. ÁLVARO TEJERO MOYANO titulada "ON HEAT AND WORK CONCEPTS IN QUANTUM THERMODYNAMICS. FROM MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATIONS TO APPLICATIONS IN QUANTUM THERMAL MACHINES", del Programa de Doctorado en Física y Matemáticas, dirigida por Dr./Dra. Pablo Ignacio Hurtado Fernández, Daniel Manzano Diosdado > > El acto de defensa de la tesis tendrá lugar el próximo: > > Día: 06/02/2026 > > Hora: 11:00 > > Lugar: Seminario Centro de Instrumentación Científica > > Escuela de Doctorado de Ciencias, Tecnologías e Ingenierías

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Fwd: [Qtcg] Reminder: 7th Seefeld Quantum Information Workshop (21- 26.6.2026)
by - -- 21 Jan '26

21 Jan '26

Dear colleagues, Happy 2026 to all! We would like to remind you of this years 7th edition of the Seefeld Quantum information workshop, which will be held in the beautiful village of Seefeld in Tirol, Austria between the 21st and 26th of June 2026. This years workshop will focus on recent developments in quantum information and computation—entanglement theory, quantum networks, non-locality, quantum measurements and tomography, quantum metrology, entanglement in condensed matter systems and more. More information regarding the workshop can be found on the workshop webpage (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ritschgroup.uibk.ac.at/seefeld2026/inde… ). The aim of the workshop is to bring together researchers working in the field of quantum information to discuss the latest developments in the field and establish collaborations in a relaxing and picturesque village of the Austrian Alps. To that end, very few talks will be scheduled per day in order to facilitate plenty of time for fruitful discussions. A number of prominent speakers have confirmed their participation and we anticipate an interesting and stimulating meeting. Confirmed speakers include (alphabetically): Plenary speakers: — Antonio Acín (ICFO Barcelona, Spain) — Ignacio Cirac (MPQ Garching, Germany) — Matthias Christandl (Copenhagen, Denmark) — Misha Lukin (Harvard, USA) — Anna Sanpera (UAB, Spain) Invited speakers: — Dagmar Bruß (Dusseldorf, Germany) — Julio de Vicente (Complutense, Spain) — Vedran Dunjko (Leiden, Netherlands) — Jens Eisert (Freie Univeristät Berlin, Germany) — Nicolai Friis (TU, Vienna, Austria) — Dmitry Grinko (Amsterdam, Netherlands) — Otfried Gühne (Seigen, Germany) — Sofiene Jerbi (Berlin, Germany) — Richard Küng (JKU, Linz, Austria) — Daniel Malz (Copenhagen, Denmark / Basel, Switzerland) — Daniel Manzano (Granada, Spain) — Mio Murao (Tokyo, Japan) — Hannes Pichler (IQOQI Innsbruck, Austria) — Pavel Sekatski (Geneva, Switzerland) — Rahul Trivedi (MPQ Garhing, Germany) — Frank Verstraete (Gent, Belgium) — Ramona Wolf (Siegen, Germany) In addition to the invited talks, we plan to have an extensive poster session and we strongly encourage participants to present a poster about their current research. Registration for the workshop is now open and the deadline for registering is 15.3.2026 . Due to limited capacity, and in order to maximize the number of participants, we strongly encourage applicants to share a double room. The workshop fee is €950 per person and includes 5 nights accommodation, half board, afternoon buffet and coffee breaks. For more information, please visit the workshop homepage. Important dates: * 15.3.2026: Deadline for registration * Beginning of April 2026: Notification of acceptance * 08.5.2026: Deadline for payment of registration fee * 21.6.2026: Start of the workshop (approx. 18:00 welcome, plenary talk) * 26.6.2026: End of workshop (approx. 13:00) Please forward this announcement to anyone who might be interested. We are looking forward to seeing you in Seefeld Best regards, The organisers Wolfgang Dür, (University of Innsbruck) Barbara Kraus (Technical University of Munich) Michalis Skotiniotis (University of Granada). Local organisers Nicole Jorda (University of Innsbruck) ————————————————————— Quantum Thermodynamics and Computation Group University of Granada https://ic1.ugr.es/members/qtc/

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Fwd: Webinar Vaclav Smil: Más allá del ruido: la verdad energética tras las grandes promesas de la IA
by Daniel Manzano 21 Jan '26

21 Jan '26

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Fwd: [qipc.spain] PhD position
by Daniel Manzano 11 Jan '26

11 Jan '26

Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: qtep(a)csic.es > Date: 11 January 2026 at 17:42:27 CET > To: qipc.spain(a)listas.csic.es > Subject: [qipc.spain] PhD position > Reply-To: qtep(a)csic.es > > PhD position. PhD Position in Nonlinear Quantum Dynamics (Driven–Dissipative Systems) at Condensed Matter Physics Institute (IFIMAC) > > Javier del Pino (Ramón y Cajal Researcher https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jdelpino.github.io__;!!D9dNQwwGXtA!S_7b… ) is opening a PhD position starting before Fall 2026 (flexible start date) at the Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC). > > The project focuses on nonlinear quantum dynamics in driven–dissipative systems, at the interface of quantum optics, condensed matter physics, and nonequilibrium physics. The work combines analytical approaches with modern computational techniques. > The position is aimed at a motivated student with a strong background in quantum physics and a clear interest in theoretical research and scientific programming. > > ???? Application deadline: February 29th, 2026 > ???? Check webpage below for full details and application procedure > > Applications from women and other underrepresented genders in physics are strongly encouraged. > > Web: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jdelpino.github.io/openings/__;!!D9dNQw…

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Seefeld Quantum Information Workshop
by Daniel Manzano 05 Jan '26

05 Jan '26

https://ritschgroup.uibk.ac.at/seefeld2026/index.htm Sent from my iPhone

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Fwd: [qipc.spain] PHYNEST: MSCA doctoral program at UAB
by Daniel Manzano 04 Jan '26

04 Jan '26

Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: Marti Perarnau Llobet <marti.perarnau.llobet(a)gmail.com> > Date: 4 January 2026 at 12:19:39 CET > To: qipc.spain(a)listas.csic.es > Subject: [qipc.spain] PHYNEST: MSCA doctoral program at UAB > Reply-To: Marti Perarnau Llobet <marti.perarnau.llobet(a)gmail.com> > > MSCA doctoral program at the Autonomous University of Barcelona in energy > technologies and advanced materials, including several PhD positions in > quantum-related topics (e.g. quantum simulators, quantum machine learning, > quantum information, quantum thermodynamics). > The application call is open from 1 January to 28 February 2026, with > fellowship start dates between October and December 2026 (flexible start). > All details can be found at: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://webs.uab.cat/phynest/__;!!D9dNQwwGXtA!R…

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