Ever since my postdoc days at RIKEN BNL Research Center, where I met wonderful Japanese colleagues and friends, I’ve wanted to visit Japan.
Now it’s finally happening. Just boarded flight to Osaka - spending the week at Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics. First time in Japan. Excited 😁
AI for Science Kickoff 2026 starts this Tuesday at UCLA IPAM: www.ipam.ucla.edu/programs/spe...
10.02.2026 04:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Many thanks to Prof. Martin Savage (UW Seattle) for a wonderful colloquium at our department - Quantum Simulation of Fundamental Physics, and for a great visit 🤝🤝🤝
09.02.2026 19:37 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Today at IPAM at UCLA: Zhiyan Ding of the University of Michigan presents "New insights into system–bath interaction models for quantum ground- and thermal-state preparation" at IPAM's New Frontiers in Quantum Algorithms for Open Quantum Systems Workshop. Watch on YouTube-> youtu.be/BxI8lGyx5cA
12.01.2026 21:30 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Today at IPAM at UCLA: Lin Lin of the University of California, Berkeley, presents "Dissipative Preparation of Thermal and Ground States" at IPAM's New Frontiers in Quantum Algorithms for Open Quantum Systems Workshop. Watch on YouTube-> youtu.be/998ChvosEuI
12.01.2026 21:28 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
New from IPAM at UCLA: Xiaodi Wu of the University of Maryland presents "Hamiltonian-oriented Quantum Algorithm Design and Implementation, Part 2 of 2" at IPAM's Quantum Winter School 2026: Quantum Simulation. Watch on YouTube-> youtu.be/qtmZ1ZLq0X4
22.01.2026 21:49 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
New from IPAM at UCLA: Xiaodi Wu of the University of Maryland presents "Hamiltonian-oriented Quantum Algorithm Design and Implementation, Part 1 of 2" at IPAM's Quantum Winter School 2026: Quantum Simulation. Watch on YouTube-> youtu.be/6AZQqqpxEao
22.01.2026 18:53 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Today at IPAM at UCLA: Ken Brown of Duke University presents "Tutorial Introduction to Quantum Simulation, Part 2 of 2" at IPAM's Quantum Winter School 2026: Quantum Simulation. Watch on YouTube-> youtu.be/IoL2p61CuF0
21.01.2026 21:08 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Today at IPAM at UCLA: Ken Brown of Duke University presents "Tutorial Introduction to Quantum Simulation, Part 1 of 2" at IPAM's Quantum Winter School 2026: Quantum Simulation. Watch on YouTube-> youtu.be/IXIPQlyY3RI
21.01.2026 21:05 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
We just wrapped up a fantastic Winter School 2026: Quantum Simulation at UCLA IPAM
Ken Brown (Duke): Introduction
Xiaodi Wu (Maryland): Quantum Algorithms
Zohreh Davoudi (Maryland): Quantum Simulation for QFT
Andreas Weichselbaum (BNL): Tensor Networks
Victor Batista (Yale): Quantum Chemistry
Hello everyone—what a windy Sunday! 🌬️
11.01.2026 16:46 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
My CMS colleagues downstairs have better espresso, so I stopped by to get one. After all, the theory lounge is out of coffee beans. Now back to work before the holiday break ☕️
22.12.2025 19:35 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
In 2025, we learned that dark energy is plausibly getting weaker and found new mysteries in the early universe. www.quantamagazine.org/the-year-in-...
17.12.2025 15:21 — 👍 34 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 2
Mathematics is, at its core, an art. This is on full display in Quanta’s Year in Review math round-up:
www.quantamagazine.org/the-year-in-...
New group picture taken today! 😁😁😁
05.12.2025 22:19 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Scientists working on the MicroBooNE experiment announced that they have found no evidence for a fourth type of neutrino.
04.12.2025 22:08 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Our neighborhood is having another power outage tonight — the third in two weeks. Hard to believe this keeps happening in a “modern” city like Los Angeles @ladwp.com 😱
25.11.2025 06:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Finishing a proposal on my birthday… but at least Starbucks gives a free birthday drink! 🎉☕️ Thank you!
23.11.2025 19:23 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I’m grateful to receive the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from @humboldt-foundation.de. I look forward to visiting DESY and other institutes in Germany in summer 2026, and to learning from and collaborating with many wonderful colleagues 🙏🤝😁
newsroom.ucla.edu/dept/faculty...
Huge thanks to Nathaniel Craig @physicsnate.bsky.social for a beautiful and truly inspiring colloquium at UCLA today! I also really enjoyed our discussions and lunch together 👏👏👏
21.11.2025 03:35 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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04.11.2025 04:26 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Today’s fortune cookie basically said: “You work too much. Go to the beach.” 😂
31.10.2025 20:32 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Frontiers of Programmable Quantum Dynamics: Advances and Applications
conference has concluded today, and recorded talks are now available to watch at
buff.ly/2lD7WTC and buff.ly/AXJjS4e
Watch more talks from the associated program online at buff.ly/QHE8YtH
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Good morning, everyone! Wishing you a bright and peaceful day ahead ☀️
22.10.2025 15:48 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Halloween is just around the corner!
21.10.2025 00:35 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Chen-Ning Yang, one of the giants in theoretical physics and Nobel laureate, passed away in Beijing on Saturday at 103 🙏🙏🙏
www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202510/18/...
We’re excited to launch the Bhaumik Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at UCLA! 🌟
Open to outstanding candidates in Physics, Astronomy, or Chemistry.
Nominations due Oct 31, 2025 — help us spread the word!
physicalsciences.ucla.edu/bhaumik-priz...
