Author: andrelae

During one of the events of NTNU Associate Professor Ida-Marie Høyvik’s YoungCAS fellowship, PhD student Vebjørn Bakkestuen delivered a presentation on his recent studies in quantum electrodynamics density-functional theory (QEDFT). His talk provided an overview of the mathematical formulation of density-functional theory and its application to the quantum Rabi model. The central theme highlighted the mathematical compatibility of the quantum Rabi model with standard density-functional theory methodologies. The presented work is part of the REGAL project.

The event took place on February 27th and attracted researchers from various universities across Norway, including NTNU, UiO, UiT, and OsloMet.

The Department of Computer Science has a vacant PhD Fellowship position within the field of visualization of quantum theory. The project is a novel and innovative research collaboration that combines technology and art and is a newly established collaboration between the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Art, Design and Drama. The successful applicant will be affiliated with the Mathematical Modeling group and the newly established OsloMet Quantum Hub. In addition, work within the project will be carried out closely with various local, national, and international collaborators.

Link to full application text

On Thursday 21st of September OsloMet’s QuntumHub hosted an introductory quantum science event called QuantumHub day – a free and open event for everyone!

The event is aimed to spark interest and educate people about arguably one of the most disruptive and influential technologies known to date.

Here, attendees were introduced to the quantum science field and got the chance to try Norway’s first quantum computers! Furthermore, the event included the experience of quantum dynamics at close range and the possibility to play Quantum Moves with wave functions. During the event, attendees were rewarded a free QuantumHub t-shirt.

QuntumHub day was an insightful and inspiring event which was met with good feedback and left new people interested and hopefully more knowledgeable in the field of Quantum mechanics and computing.

Quantum Hub member A. Laestadius was together with Prof. M. Herbst (EPFL Lausanne) invited for a two-week research in pair visit at the Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach (MFO) in Germany at the end of August 2023. During the stay similarities of numerical and analytical approaches to Kohn-Sham inversion were explored. The forward Kohn-Sham method is an extremely popular approach in quantum chemistry, and its inverse version allows for mathematical studies of importance for the forward scheme.