Quantum Optics, Nanophysics and Information

🌍✨ Vienna in Space – Local Research Reaches New Milestones!

🚀 Vienna is reaching for the stars. In the latest issue of 𝘞𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘞𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯 by .zeitung, Philip Walther (head of the Quantum Information Science research group) and Georg Hufnagl (president of the ) reflect on the city’s achievements in space research and the milestones still ahead.

🛰️ Groundbreaking research: In this video podcast, Group Leader Philip Walther talks about the journey behind the world’s first quantum computer in space, built by his team in just eleven days. He also discusses its first measurements and what this milestone means for the future of quantum technologies.

🎬 The full video is available to watch on .tv (link in bio).

📸: © Alexander Bachmayer / Walther Group

Treasures from the archive Monthly contributions from Helen Piel, MSc PhD (Österreichische Zentralbibliothek für Physik & Fachbibliothek Chemie und Astronomie).

⚠️ We are ⚠️

🎓 As a university assistant you will actively participate in research, teaching and administration.

ℹ️ Join Assoz. Prof. Borivoje Dakic’s Operational Quantum Information Team as a candidate to work on a theoretical project on the foundations of quantum phase space, focusing on the Wigner–Weyl correspondence and the duality between Hilbert-space and phase-space descriptions.

What do we offer?
💡 An inspiring working environment
🎡 Life in beautiful Vienna
📈 Development opportunities
👩‍💻 Internal training & coaching
💸 Fair salary
⚖️ Equal opportunities for all

🔗 Apply now until 30 March 2026: https://jobs.univie.ac.at/job/University-assistant-predoctoralPhD-Candidate/1376204233/

🎓🎊 Dies Academicus 2026 – Happy Birthday, Universität Wien!

📜 On 12 March 2026, we celebrate the 661st anniversary of the founding of the Alma Mater Rudolphina Vindobonensis, making the oldest university in the German-speaking world and one of the oldest in Europe.

🏆 On this occasion, Rector Sebastian Schütze will honour Michael Scherbela, an expert in deep learning, as an outstanding graduate of the Faculty of Mathematics. Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition!

🎉 Dies Academicus 2026
We are proud to celebrate this special day — and proud to be part of the community.

🧮🎙️ We would like to invite you to a guest talk by Friederike Otto from the Imperial College London!

🤔 On 23 March 2026, our guest speaker will talk about "Uncertain Numbers, Clear Causes: Lessons on Uncertainty from 10 Years of Event Attribution".

🥘 This lecture is part of the Physics Colloquium at the Universität Wien. A light lunch buffet will be offered before the talk.

🔗 More information on the event: https://physik.univie.ac.at/events/colloquium/

📸: © Friederike Otto

☃️🎙️ This was the SFB BeyondC Winter Workshop 2026!

🏔️ The workshop took place at the International Conference on Quantum Optics, which was held at the University Centre Obergurgl in Tyrol, Austria, from 22 to 28 February. Since 1984 this conference regularly brings together leading scientists and young researchers to present their latest results and meet for discussions.

🏆 In addition to lectures, lively discussions and outdoor activities, the special research programme BeyondC awarded the "Best Poster Award" to Isobel Bicket, a postdoctoral researcher in Philipp Haslinger's group at TU Wien. Isobel received the prize money of 300 euros for her outstanding work, "Experimental Observation of Electron-Photon Entanglement".

Congratulations! 🎉

🔗 You can find out more about her work here: https://lnkd.in/dMeeKm9A