Sebastian Deffner

Quantum On Track: UMBC Researchers Demonstrate Feasibility Of Using Quantum Devices To Manage Urban Train Scheduling, Using A Baltimore Transit Line As A Model A new study led by UMBC researchers—and focused on Baltimore’s Light RailLink, a hybrid tram-rail network sharing roads with cars inside Baltimore City—harnesses quantum computing to address the chall...

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Congratulations Dr. Son!

These nations are wooing PhD students amid US funding uncertainties Pauses to some US graduate programmes have led universities in several countries to launch initiatives to entice would-be PhD students.

Pauses to some US graduate programmes have led universities in several countries to launch initiatives to entice would-be PhD students

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Suppressing excitations in the nonlinear Landau-Zener model
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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:

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

Join us! Submit your nominations by September 1st.
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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

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On the Baltimore Light RailLink into the quantum future - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - On the Baltimore Light RailLink into the quantum future

On the Baltimore Light RailLink into the quantum future

Krzysztof Domino, Emery Doucet, Reece Robertson, Bartłomiej Gardas & Sebastian Deffner

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Dissertation Award in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics The American Physical Society is a nonprofit membership organization working to advance physics by fostering a vibrant, inclusive, and global community dedicated to science and society.

Applications for the DSNP 2025 Dissertation Award are open until September 1st, 2025!
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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:

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📢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...
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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!
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Great collaboration with Sebastian Denver (@quthermo.bsky.social), Paola Cappellaro, Kenji Maeda, and Akram Touil! Happy Reading!

Still accepting postdoc applications!

Endoreversible Stirling cycles: plasma engines at maximal power Endoreversible engine cycles are a cornerstone of finite-time thermodynamics. We show that endoreversible Stirling engines operating with a one-component plasma as working medium run at maximal power ...

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...

Suppressing excitations in the nonlinear Landau-Zener model Many complex quantum systems can be described by effectively nonlinear dynamics. While such dynamics have many appealing characteristics, they also make the analysis significantly more involved. This ...

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

Quantum Reign- Quantum Computing through AR education Learn Quantum Computing through AR education and immersive comic experiences to ready yourself for the quantum workforce.

Check out our new idea for how to bring quantum education to everyone:

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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

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Emergence of $X$ states in a quantum impurity model Through a local (and simple) manipulation of a many-body system, this work shows that it is possible to store and trap genuine quantum information and energy in its collective localized edge modes. Th...

New letter in Physical Review Research:

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New article in Physical Review A

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I'm hiring a postdoc! If you'd like to work with me on quantum learning, error correction, quantum algorithms, and FTQC at Virginia Tech in the Washington, DC metro area, please apply here: careers.pageuppeople.com/968/cw/en-us...

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Happy World Quantum Day!!