IQST at the Tag der Wissenschaft 2025

On June 28, the Univer­sity of Stutt­gart opens its doors to curious minds of all ages for the annual Tag der Wissenschaft (Science Day)— a day dedic­ated to explor­ing excit­ing devel­op­ments in science and technology.

The Center for Integ­rated Quantum Science and Techno­logy (IQST) will be present with an exhib­i­tion space at Pfaff­en­wald­ring 53, promot­ing an open dialogue between science and society. Visit­ors will have the oppor­tun­ity to learn more about the fascin­at­ing world of quantum science and techno­logy through a series of exhib­its presen­ted by the research­ers of our community. They will offer a glimpse into cutting-edge quantum techno­lo­gies and the research behind them. 

Discover how quantum phenom­ena are shaping future techno­lo­gies and join us in build­ing a society that is not only quantum-ready — but quantum-curious!

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IQST Fellows Recog­nized Among Top 0.05% Schol­ars Worldwide

We are proud to share that several IQST members have recently been recog­nized by Schol­ar­GPS, an academic platform that ranks schol­ars based on their research output and impact. This recog­ni­tion places them among the top 0.05% of research­ers in their respect­ive fields. 

Congrat­u­la­tions to:

• Martin Plenio
• Harald Giessen
• Klaus Kern
• Wolfram Pernice
• Michael Saliba

This recog­ni­tion highlights the signi­fic­ant contri­bu­tions of the IQST community to advan­cing quantum science and techno­logy on a global scale. 

Kick-off for “Art and Quantum” project as part of IYQ 2025

Date of event: April 3, 2025

The 2025 Inter­na­tional Year of Quantum Science and Techno­logy (IYQ) comes in many facets, and IQST is actively involved in several of them. In early April, the project “Kunst und Quanten: Quantum2025 in Kunst­museen” had its kick-off in the Stutt­gart area. Aim of the project is commu­nic­at­ing aspects of quantum physics and techno­logy towards broad audiences in art museums. The focus is on direct links between “quantum” and “art”, which can include contem­por­ary artists that utilize quantum comput­ing for their work as well as artworks that address funda­mental quantum physics concepts such as uncer­tainty or correl­a­tions. Further­more, there are numer­ous examples in modern art where quantum-based elements such as lasers, LEDs, or other solid-state light sources are employed.

While the “Kunst und Quanten” project organ­izes activ­it­ies through­out Germany and as such is part of the IYQ activ­it­ies of the German Physical Society (DPG), IQST suppor­ted two kick-off events at the Univer­sity of Stutt­gart: around twenty quantum scient­ists, contem­por­ary artists, and museum experts met in the ZAQuant build­ing for a symposium on the inter­con­nec­tions between quantum science and fine arts. This included a lab tour through state-of-the-art quantum research labs.

In the evening, a public lecture was presen­ted by Franz Gießibl (Univer­sity of Regens­burg), who described how his scientific break­throughs with atomic force micro­scopy (AFM) reach­ing sub-atomic resol­u­tion lead to a decades-long exchange with Gerhard Richter, one of the most esteemed paint­ers of our time. This lecture was comple­men­ted by a poster present­a­tion dedic­ated to various aspects related to quantum research, visual arts, and their inter­ac­tion. Here IQST was well repres­en­ted, includ­ing the IQST-inspired artwork “Yes and no.” by Andreas Tesch.