A variational quantum algorithm is implemented on IonQ hardware to prepare Gibbs states of the transverse-field Ising model, with fidelities evaluated via state tomography. @reecejrobertson.bsky.social, @quthermo.bsky.social arxiv.org/abs/2603.03801

What are NISQ computers good for? Well, possibly many things. But definitely for the preparation of Gibbs states: arxiv.org/abs/2603.03801

The Qalypso School on Quantum Science in Malta returns for its 3rd edition Aug 31 - Sep 4 this year! 🏖️ We have a great line up of lecturers covering Quantum Optimisation, Quantum Thermodynamics and Quantum Gibbs Sampling. Pre-registrations opens today at forms.gle/3NkMJ3Br9V8b... Do Share!

The amazing Prof. Nakalembe taking the TED stage: www.ted.com/talks/cather...

New paper on #QuantumComputing emulation just posted to @ieeexplore.bsky.social! I was thrilled to share this work at the @ieeeorg.bsky.social #CASCON2025 conference last November. The project @github.com was awarded an IEEE Research Object Reviewed Badge. ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/113...

New preprint: employing NISQ to verify the tenets of Quantum Darwinism arxiv.org/abs/2601.05350

Does it matter thermodynamically how to code your algorithm? On quantum annealers it matters a lot: arxiv.org/abs/2601.04402

To what extent can noisy quantum circuits be classically simulated? And at what point is this no longer true, so that one can hope for a quantum advantage? This is a compelling research question. Here, we suggest frames to do so, extending known Monte Carlo methods. scirate.com/arxiv/2601.0...

Do Bose-Hubbard type systems have a speed of sound for particle propagation? scirate.com/arxiv/2601.001… Yes. This work proves a strikingly simple bound of this kind for particle propagation for generalized Bose–Hubbard models defined on general lattices.

Happy 40th Birthday @epljournal.bsky.social iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Fluctuation theorems for autonomous work | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

We’re hiring! The Department of Physics @sfuphysics.bsky.social at Simon Fraser U (in beautiful and vibrant Vancouver) seeks applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor in Experimental Biophysics, encompassing all scales of life from molecules to ecosystems. @sfuscience.bsky.social

Do you wonder what Shortcuts to Adiabaticity are really good for? How about correcting quantum gate errors? New publication in @epljournal.bsky.social iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Have you ever wondered if Maxwell's demon could get dementia? And if so, how would you model it? Wonder no further! Here is the very first manuscript of my grad student Maggie Williams together with Emery Doucet. arxiv.org/abs/2511.15691

The Trump administration’s crackdown on legal immigration is making it tougher for doctors, engineers, professors and artists to get permission to work and live in the U.S. For foreign professionals, the crackdown has meant new levels of anguish and fear.

Yup! 75% of us are considering leaving (/made plans to leave/already left) 😢 🧪 www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Quantum Science Institute @umbc.bsky.social representation at the Quantum Leap Career Nexus!

This is a manuscript I am particularly happy with. It concerns topics I have been working on for my PhD, entanglement theory, going back to the work of Bennett et al. Yet it still has a fresh flavour, relating the subject to modern developments in quantum computing. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Train scheduling goes quantum feat. Dr. Emery Doucet and Reece Robertson: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWKR... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Do you want to do a postdoc with me? 10 days left to apply! apply.interfolio.com/172719

Couldn’t agree more!

New preprint: Metrological approach to the emergence of classical objectivity Anthony Kiely, Diana A. Chisholm, Akram Touil, Sebastian Deffner, Gabriel Landi, and Steve Campbell arxiv.org/abs/2510.12313

New preprint: Quantum thermodynamics of Gross-Pitaevskii qubits arxiv.org/abs/2510.12599

New letter in Quantum Science and Technology @iopp-quantum.bsky.social with Josey Stevens: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Pauses to some US graduate programmes have led universities in several countries to launch initiatives to entice would-be PhD students go.nature.com/46AqorN

Suppressing excitations in the nonlinear Landau-Zener model doi.org/10.1209/0295... via @ioppublishing.bsky.social

Opening for postdoctoral researcher! Do you have a PhD in Theoretical Physics? Are you interested to work with me on quantum information scrambling? Then this position might be for you: apply.interfolio.com/172719

News: opening in my group for a Postdoc coming soon. Research: quantum information scrambling.

Join us! Submit your nominations by September 1st. Details 👇

A wonderful opportunity for ECRs! The call for the dissertation award is closing soon!

Editorial in @physreve.bsky.social celebrating the transition of G ---> D @aps-dsnp.bsky.social journals.aps.org/pre/abstract...

On the Baltimore Light RailLink into the quantum future Krzysztof Domino, Emery Doucet, Reece Robertson, Bartłomiej Gardas & Sebastian Deffner www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Applications for the DSNP 2025 Dissertation Award are open until September 1st, 2025! Apply here aps.org/funding-reco... The award consists of $2,000, travel reimbursement, and a registration waiver to attend the next APS Global Summit as an invited speaker. Read more below.

Very first article of my undergrad (!!) student Greg: www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/27...

📢July 8, 2025 | 12:00 PM ET The APS DSNP klogW future Zoom Seminar series is pleased to present two exciting talks by student award winners: Jacob Zavatone-Veth and Andrew Pyo Details and registration: engage.aps.org/dsnp/resourc... @apsphysics.bsky.social

Introducing the DSNP the Early-Career Spotlight! ECS highlights early-career researchers, showcasing fresh perspectives in our field. We're excited to kick off with Nidhi Pashine, a new PI at Syracuse University whose research focuses on metamaterials. Know someone we should feature? DM us here.

Our paper "No-go theorem for environment-assisted invariance in non-unitary dynamics" is now published on New Journal of Physics! iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... Great collaboration with Sebastian Denver (@quthermo.bsky.social), Paola Cappellaro, Kenji Maeda, and Akram Touil! Happy Reading!

Still accepting postdoc applications!

First paper by my undergrad researcher Greg Behrendt: arxiv.org/abs/2506.16303

Want to Suggest a Focus Topic or Invited Symposia aligned with @aps-dsnp.bsky.social at the next @apsphysics.bsky.social Global Summit? A successful proposal must include a description of why the topic of the session is interesting to the DSNP community and why it is timely. 🗓️Deadline: June 30, 2025

First paper of my graduate student Reece Robertson, first paper of my collaborator Ernest Spicer, guided and supervised by my postdoc Dr. Emery Doucet. www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/27...

New preprint with Steve Campbell: arxiv.org/abs/2506.11759

Fun new paper by Callum @sfuphysics.bsky.social, on energetically efficient multi-parameter driving of our favorite molecular motor (shout out F1!). doi.org/10.1103/bm3d...

G --> D!!! We made it.

Check out our new idea for how to bring quantum education to everyone: www.kickstarter.com/projects/sag...

I am super happy to be published (it is not my work, by the way) as I find it to be a very interesting entry point into the connection between KD quasiprobability and the emergence of classical objectivity from the perspective of Darwinism. #QuantumInformation journals.aps.org/pra/abstract...

New letter in Physical Review Research: journals.aps.org/prresearch/a...