In regard to the most pleasant visit we had had on Monday, our leders, Christen our Rector, Laurence our Dean and André our department leader, has written an interesting and highly relevant opinion piece in Khrono: https://www.khrono.no/et-kvantesprang-for-en-viktig-teknologi/908439 Good read!
Image credit: Christen Krogh. We love having visitors at our Hub. Monday September 30th, we had particularly distinguished ones: Karianne Tung (minister of digitalization), Bjørn Arild Gram (minister of defence) and Oddmund Hoel (minister of higher education and research) came by. The occasion was a budget leak: The government will allocate 70 million kroner annually …
The Arendal week has long since passed. And, in terms of technology, the winner of the battle for attention was quite undisputed: AI. There were, however, some events dedicated to emerging quantum technologies too. Two, to be specific. While few, less than 1 per mille of the number of AI related events, they were very …
To anyone in who happen to be in Arendal Tuesday August 13th: Please join the quantum session at 14.00! We are happy to see GlobalConnect raising the issue of the Norwegain participation in the quantum race, or, rather, the lack of such. They have put together very interesting panels of participans, many of whom are …
Ina von Turow, entrepreneur and quantum enthusiast, has, for a long time now, contributed actively to the campaign for making Norway quantum ready. Her latest contribution in this regard is a podcast in Norwegian: Kvantespranget – a podcast where experts and other enthusiasts share thoughts and opinions on our quantum future. A version in English, …
Elise Kjørstad, journalist at Forskning.no, had obviously done her homework before visiting the hub last week. During the interview, both Sergiy and Sølve was made to think. Please read the interview here: https://www.forskning.no/hva-er-en-kvantedatamaskin/2353590
It was a pleasure for us to welcome podcast host Alexander Bendiksen at our hub once again. Clearly, some of our quantum fascination has rubbed off on him! Please tune in to his new podcast episode here (in Norwegian): https://open.spotify.com/episode/2jazRXMbyzgrre5dJUEXXP?si=fa3028bf608b4c52&nd=1&dlsi=4abac97f7b834f72 And do check out the other interesting episodes as well! About half of them are …
In this piece, which is written in Norwegian, Sølve Selstø gives a brief explanation of last year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry. It certainly falls within the quantum scope. The piece was published in last year’s last issue of Fra fysikkens verden, which is published by Norsk fysisk selskap. Nobelprisen i kjemi 2023 er delt likt …
We are pleased to see that the Kode24, and online magazine for developers, has taken an interest for quantum computing – again. Under the heading “Hva er greia med …” [What’s the deal with …], this interview, conducted by journalist Kurt Lekanger, introduces a few of the basics.
Olav-Johan Øye has, under the heading student stories, written a nice piece about Maryam and her work at Ruter – the public company that organizes public transport in the Oslo region. Her work involves both quantum and AI technology. Read all about it here: Maryam helps a public transport company to get ahead of technological …
On Thursday 21st of September OsloMet will host a QuantumHub day. The doors will open at 16 and you are invited to check out the event at Pilestredet 35 (by Holberg plass), rooms: PI447, PI451 and PI460. During the event there will be the possibility to: The event starts with a short introduction seminar at …
At JavaZone last week, according to themselves the biggest European community-driven conference for modern developers, Andreas Ahlgren – among others – gave a thrilling presentation on quantum computing and its possibilities. Andreas, our hub’s “partner in quantum”, one of the international leaders of Sopra Steria’s quantum initiative (among other things). In his presentation he got …
This spring we had the pleasure of finally putting our quantum computers, if not on a pedestal, at least in a dedicated room. The room, PS340 in Pilestredet 35, also fits a few people, a nice screen and a small “quantum library”. Read more about it in this nice piece by Olav-Johan Øye: https://ezb.oslomet.no/en/about/news/the-quantum-computers-get-their-own-lab
In relation to the position paper that was published following the QCNorway workshop, Christine Gulbrandsen interviewed the main author, Are Magnus Bruaset, along with Sølve Selstø, about the content – and the message that we are aiming to convey. You can read the full interview in Forskning.no here (in Norwegian): https://forskning.no/fysikk-oslomet-partner/norge-henger-etter-i-kvanteteknologi-kapplopet/2235843
In May 2023 our Hub was visited by Alexander Bendiksen who talked with Sølve Selstø about quantum physics, quantum computing – and the meaning of life. Listen to his post in his podcast Bendiksen Airways here (Norwegian): Sølve Selstø (kvantefysikk)
In early Ferbruary 2023, Andre Laestadius was invited to the Gemini Center on Quantum Computing to give a presentatoin on Coupled Cluster theory – a much used approach within quantum chemistry.
In November 2022, we received a kind invitation from the Gemini Center on Quantum Computing to present our activities at the time. Presentation by Kristian Wold and Sølve Selstø.
Here, under the heading Vår forskning viser [Our research shows that], Sølve Selstø talks about what strange quantum phenomena actually has several technological applications. In Norwegian.
November 7th and 8th, 2022, jointly with Simula, Sigma 2 and Sintef, OsloMet organized a workshop in order to highlight and emphasize the need to establish a Norwegian strategy when it comes to quantum computing. Website: https://www.qcnorway.no/ The workshop featured contributions from several notable experts in the field of quantum computing and more than 80 …
Kvanterevolusjonen rykker nærmere As a part of a seminar given by Tekna, september 2022, Kristian Wold gives an introduction to quantum computing – in addition to explaining how quantum computing may be used within machine learning.