OpenAI's claim that this is a central conjecture in discrete geometry is not an exaggeration. This will I think be looked back on as the first time that AI solved a major mathematics problem (defined as a problem that all experts in some subfield had thought about). openai.com/index/model-...

Ecstatic that our results on efficiency of Gibbs samplers and universal quantum computation have been published in Nature Physics 🥳 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

It was indeed great! Thanks for inviting me!

Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

Quantum metrology in the finite-sample regime journals.aps.org/prxquantum/a... We propose an operational framework of #quantummetrology in the practically meaningful regime of a few measurement samples, introducing probably approximately correct (#PAC) metrology.

For the math folks on here: NSF has suspended Terry Tao's grant. www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/...

Raymond Laflamme 1960-2025. A great scientist, renowned for his pioneering contributions to quantum error correction. A great leader, founding director of the Institute for Quantum Computing. A great colleague and teacher whose legacy continues to inspire us. uwaterloo.ca/institute-fo...

This Sunday I had the honor of being profiled as one of the “Brazilians to watch” by ESTADÃO (Estadão), one of the major newspapers in my home country. I shared a bit about my journey so far as a researcher and how I see the field of quantum computing progressing in the coming years.1/3

The larger-than-life Quantum Duel between Matthias Christandl and Gil Kalai will take place on Tuesday at 6:00 PM (CEST) in Prague. www.learned.cz/en/activitie... Watch the live stream here: www.youtube.com/live/ykBkZB8...

I love catching up on my “to read” list of papers on planes.  And today found time to read some recent work on randomized phase estimation arxiv.org/abs/2503.05647 from Gunther et al

QIP 2026 is in Riga. Dates for QIP 2027 are preliminary

Come join us in Copenhagen!

Interested in a career in theoretical computer science? Susanna de Rezende is hiring two PhD students and a postdoc for her group in Lund. Close proximity to the vibrant TCS community in Copenhagen. Apply March 16/31. derezende.github.io/openpositions/

Looking forward to this conference in Madrid! Register now!

Had a great time this week in Cambridge!

The research group of Prof. Christoph Hirche @christophhirche.bsky.social at the University of Hannover (Germany) is looking for a motivated PhD student. #QuantumInformationTheory #QuantumComputing www.quantiki.org/position/phd...

If you are going to QIP this year, make sure to attend all the tutorials! The line-up of speakers looks fantastic! And I know that Cambyse is cooking something great for his tutorial, this will be a unique opportunity to learn about the exciting field of quantum Gibbs sampling!

Check out Armando’s summary of our work on simulating noisy circuits under non-unital noise. Thanks for this nice collaboration and congrats to Victor for his first paper!

Many Brazilian restaurants offer so-called “trivial dishes” on their menus. But you have to be careful when ordering them: the cooking is often left as exercise to the patron.

Submissions for QCTiP 2025 are now open.

For those that, like me, were quite intrigued about the history of Okinawa after attending TQC this year, and also speak German, I have some good news! A fantastic podcast offering insightful stories about the Ryukyu empire came out last week: podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/g...

Decided to join this space to see if the quantum and political discussions we had on Twitter can be found here!