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19.07.2024 Awards

NWO Veni Grant for Tim Coopmans: Sherlock Holmes meets quantum noise

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded an NWO Veni grant to Tim Coopmans. The grant (320 thousand euros for a three-year program) will allow him to search for promising methods for correcting errors in quantum computations. Building big enough quantum computers for practical applications is mainly prevented by errors in the quantum chips. ...

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16.05.2024 Awards

Lieven Vandersypen appointed as KNAW member

Scientific director at QuTech Lieven Vandersypen is appointed as member of the Royal Netherlands ...

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12.10.2023 Awards

Nico Willem Hendrickx decorated with Christiaan Huygens Science Prize for physics

Nico Hendrickx receives the Christiaan Huygens Science Prize for physics for his PhD research. ...

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13.07.2023 Awards

Xiao Xue awarded Steven Hoogendijk Prize 2023

The ‘Bataafsch Genootschap der Proefondervindelijke Wijsbegeerte’ (Batavian Society of Experimental Philosophy) awards QuTech researcher ...

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09.05.2023 Awards

David DiVincenzo elected member of US National Academy of Sciences

Today the National Academy of Sciences announced the election of 120 members and 23 international members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. One of ...

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23.02.2023 Awards

Stephanie Wehner receives NWO Vici grant for innovative research line

Today the Dutch Research Council NWO announces that Stephanie Wehner will receive a Vici grant. The grant is aimed at senior researchers who have successfully demonstrated the ability to ...

QuTech Director Research Lieven Vandersypen
19.10.2022 Awards

Director Lieven Vandersypen elected Fellow of the American Physical Society

QuTech’s Director Research Lieven Vandersypen is selected to be an American Physical Society (APS) Fellow. Less than half a percent of all members of the Society are nominated each year. Being ...

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04.10.2022 Quantum Internet

Nobel Prize in Physics 2022 for quantum information science

Today the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2022 to Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger, for experiments with entangled ...

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12.05.2022 Awards

Stephanie Wehner new member of Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has elected 22 new members, including QuTech professor Stephanie Wehner. Academy members, leading researchers from across all the disciplines, are ...

Artistic representation of quantum entanglement between two 'hot' qubits. The three electrodes at the top of the figure are made using standard techniques. Enabling qubits to operate at practical temperatures is a major step towards scalable quantum technology.
16.12.2021 Quantum Computing

Veni grant for Maximilian Russ

NWO has announced to provide a Veni grant to Maximilian Russ for his research on sensing local properties for novel spinqubit operations. The grant provides the opportunity to further ...

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13.12.2021 Awards

Ronald Hanson wins Physica Prize 2022

The Physica Prize 2022 has been awarded to Ronald Hanson, distinguished professor in quantum computing and quantum internet at TU Delft and group leader at QuTech. He deserves the ...

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03.09.2021 Awards

Spinoza Prize for Lieven Vandersypen

NWO has announced that our Director Research Lieven Vandersypen is awarded the NWO Spinoza Prize. The Spinoza Prize is the highest award in Dutch Science. Each laureate receives 2.5 ...