Alex Pozas-Kerstjens
@alexpozas.com
Ph.D. in Quantum Info at ICFO. Now at UNIGE, previously at ICMAT and Universidad Complutense de Madrid. La Caixa & SNSF fellow. Quantum ⚛️ & AI . Erdös number: 4.
Yay! Forms are so much fun 🎉🎊 If you're a quantum researcher, we would love it if you could fill the form (<10 minutes) and share it with your network. Thanks!
Greg White@gregswhitenoise.bsky.social · 3w agoMy good friend and famed lover of questionnaires @eliesgf.bsky.social has a simple question for the quantum info community: what do you think when you hear the terms "strong" and "weak simulation? He (and by extension, me) would love it if you filled in this Google Form! forms.gle/wfFcwBPdaafv...
Científicos con las dietas para viajes de trabajo congeladas desde 2002: "Un año perdí 4.500 euros, ahora me limito" www.eldiario.es/1_cbbbda?utm...
Científicos con las dietas para viajes de trabajo congeladas desde 2002: "Un año perdí 4.500 euros, ahora me limito"
La normativa que establece las cuantías para pagar hoteles y comidas contempla 65 euros diarios para dormir, menos de la mitad del precio medio de una habitación en España; los investigadores exigen q...
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After extensive experiments with AI agents, the [72,36,16] extremal code remains elusive—and possibly more intractable than we expected. This isn’t your average Erdős puzzle; it’s full-stack math + compute. We’re opening the search to the community: take a shot. valbert4.github.io/selfdual_site/
Searching for a [72,36,16] extremal code
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PhD opportunity in QIT in Grenoble. I am advertising a project through the QuanG2 call, at the interface of nonlocality, self-testing, computationally bounded devices, complexity, and crypto. My project is among the topics offered: phdquantumgrenoble.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/phd-applicat...
Are you a master's student, PhD candidate, or postdoc working in Quantum Science? Join QTYR26 – Quantum Technologies for Young Researchers workshop! Valencia, June 22–26 cuantica2025.es/qtyr-2026/ @rsef-esp.bsky.social @gefes-rsef.bsky.social @dpe-csic.bsky.social @quarc-csic.bsky.social
wow — the preprint host, arxiv, is banning authors for a year if they submit papers with hallucinated citations 🤖
Helen Branswell 🇨🇦@helenbranswell.bsky.social · 3mo agoI find this unsettling: A new study in #Lancet shows that the number of faux citations in scientific articles is on the rise, and #AI is likely to blame. @aniloza.bsky.social reports. www.statnews.com/2026/05/07/l...
This week I am visiting @quaintum.bsky.social at @univ-amu.fr. This is definitely the most beautiful campus I've been to so far. Looking forward to the exciting discussions!
📢 New paper out! We have found the smallest (and arguably simplest) realization of nonlocality in quantum networks. In fact, this result refutes an 8-year-old conjecture! www.scirate.com/arxiv/2605.0... 1/n @snsf.ch @sorbonne-universite.fr @uniulm.bsky.social @jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social
The minimal example of quantum network Bell nonlocality
In recent years, the study of Bell nonlocality has been generalized to quantum networks, where multiple independent sources distribute physical systems to distant parties who perform local measurement...
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The deadline for submission of abstracts to the 2026 Biannual Meeting of the Spanish Royal Society of Physics (RSEF), Sevilla 20-24 July, has been extended to *11th May.* 1/ bienalfisicasevilla2026.es/RSEF2026/abs...
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Today, as part of our Strategy on Quantum Technoolgies, @csic.es announced the creation of a new research institute in Madrid, the Quantum Advanced Research Center or QuARC @quarc-csic.bsky.social This new institute launches now with 24 PIs and a total of 100 researchers 1/ quarc.csic.es
Quantum Advanced Research Center
Quantum Advanced Research Center
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This was a super interesting read for me as a quantum physicist. I learnt that zero-knowledge provers can be hacked, and that cryptographers' and security analysts' way of understanding quantum mechanics is completely different to ours. What an interesting time to live in!
Fredrik Dahlgren@fegge.bsky.social · 4mo agoTwo weeks ago, Google published a paper proving in zero-knowledge that they had an efficient implementation of Shor's algorithm. Today, Trail of Bits can prove that we have an even better implementation which beats Google's on all metrics! 🫢 blog.trailofbits.com/2026/04/17/w...
A little task to get your brain going today: Prove the statement in the picture!
We are living in exciting times. Starting today, the zoo will be completely redone by AI! errorcorrectionzoo.org/__41ai
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The Error Correction Zoo collects and organizes error-correcting codes.
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Copilot will use your code for model training starting next month unless you opt out 👇 If you’re a student on the free plan, consider whether you want to disable this before April 24th
Celebrate with us Quantum's approaching 10 year anniversary in 2026 with the publication of the 2026th paper! Do you know which paper that is? quantum-journal.org/2026-quantum...
2026 Quantum papers!
Congratulations Quantum community! It’s hard to believe 10 years have passed and we’re en route to our 10-year founding anniversary in April 2026. On that occasion we wanted to announce ...
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Today I spoke about quantum nonlocality in networks at the "Nonlocality: Driver for Quantum Advantage?" workshop at the @lorentzcenter.bsky.social. After the first day of the workshop, I'm eager to see what the rest of the week brings. @snsf.ch
Some quantum info researchers are reluctant to learn about non-CPTP maps, but are ultimately left with no Chois.
AI agent deleted all my files will become the new dog ate my homework.
This is the last week to apply to the Spring School in near-term quantum computing that we are organizing at @ccbpp.bsky.social. Don't miss it!
Alex Pozas-Kerstjens@alexpozas.com · 8mo agoThe @ccbpp.bsky.social Spring School on near-term quantum computing is back! If you are a young (PhD/MSc) researcher in quantum science and want to get exposed to the recent developments on quantum computing, do not hesitate coming to Benasque on March 15 - 21 next year! www.benasque.org/2026ntqc/
Happy 2026, and hearty Congratulations to Antoine Browaeys, Misha Lukin, and Mark Saffman on the 9th biennial John Stewart Bell Prize for their ground-breaking work developing quantum computational technologies relying on tweezer arrays of Rydberg atoms! cqiqc.physics.utoronto.ca/bell-prize/b...
I was not expecting this for Christmas, at all. I am truly grateful for having my research being recognized this way. Thanks to @ioppublishing.bsky.social @iopp-quantum.bsky.social for this prize! iopscience.iop.org/journal/2058...
The IOP Publishing International Quantum Early Career Award - Quantum Science and Technology - IOPscience
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2025 is almost over! Looking forward to 2026, when I'll finally do all the things I didn't get to in 2024
The @ccbpp.bsky.social Spring School on near-term quantum computing is back! If you are a young (PhD/MSc) researcher in quantum science and want to get exposed to the recent developments on quantum computing, do not hesitate coming to Benasque on March 15 - 21 next year! www.benasque.org/2026ntqc/
Spring School on Near-Term Quantum Computing
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OpenAI leadership are promoting a paper in Physics Letters B where GPT-5 proposed the main idea — possibly the first peer-reviewed paper where an LLM generated the core contribution. One small problem: GPT-5's idea tests the wrong thing. My technical comment: scirate.com/arxiv/2512.0... 1/
![As part of a broader effort to demonstrate AI’s po-
tential in scientific research [1], OpenAI executives have
pointed to a recently published paper by Hsu [2] as evi-
dence that AI can contribute original ideas to physics [3,
4]. Hsu credits GPT-5 with proposing the core idea of the
paper de novo, possibly the first published physics article
where the main idea came from an LLM, and discusses
the methodology in a companion piece [5]. We examine
whether GPT-5’s criterion is correct.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uknpj5mh4cfutreceecdbv7x/bafkreia3jerjfcqdui45n4upaqci5u5r6st7o7pqmdzahhjtidtostpooq)
"Antonio de Marti i Olius, premio GEITC a la mejor tesis doctoral en información y tecnologías cuánticas". #cuantica2025 https://www.cuantica2025.es/antonio-de-marti-i-olius-premio-geitc-a-la-mejor-tesis-doctoral-en-informacion-y-tecnologias-cuanticas/
