CUI’s third International Symposium took place from 11 November to 12 November in the Center For Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL) on Campus Bahrenfeld.
As a highlight of the symposium, the Hamburg Prize for Theoretical Physics worth 40,000 euro was given to Prof. Dr. Ignacio Cirac, Director of the Department Theory at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in Garching. The prize was awarded by Joachim Herz Stiftung in co-operation with CUI.
Petra Herz, chairwoman of the Executive Board of the Joachim Herz Stiftung, presented a symbolic check to the amount of Euro 40,000 Euro to Prof. Ignacio Cirac.
The pysicist received the award in the presence of Hamburg’s second mayor Katharina Fegebank. Credit: Joachim Herz Stiftung, photographer: Andreas Klingberg
Also view: 40.000 Euro for pioneering research on quantum information theory and quantum optics
Award Ceremony: Prize for Theoretical Physics
Speakers invited to the symposium include:
J. Ignacio Cirac, Max-Planck Institut für Quantenoptik
Aaron Lindenberg, Stanford University, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Liberato Manna, Istituto Italiano di Teconologia, Genova
Christopher Marrows, University of Leeds
Michael Odelius, Stockholms Universitet
Lars Pettersson, Stockholms Universitet
Susan Quinn, University College Dublin
Frank Verstraete, Universität Wien
Carrie Wilmot, University of Minnesota
Detailed information about the symposium: Booklet.