Abstract There are many scientific conferences around the world, but some of them play special roles. Paraty Quantum Information is one of these. In this article we present the story of how it was dreamt up and how it became a reality. We emphasize the conference's key role in fostering a community in this field, by creating and reinforcing bouds between different research groups inside Brazil, within South America and around the globe. A high-quality and low-stress international school, at an attractive place, with the costs of a national event proved to be a very efficient mechanism for this.
Abstract There are many scientific conferences around the world, but some of them play special roles. Paraty Quantum Information is one of these. In this article we present the story of how it was dreamt up and how it became a reality. We emphasize the conference's key role in fostering a community in this field, by creating and reinforcing bouds between different research groups inside Brazil, within South America and around the globe. A high-quality and low-stress international school, at an attractive place, with the costs of a national event proved to be a very efficient mechanism for this.
Despite only being its 3rd edition, the QUANTUM MATTER international conference & expo (QUANTUMatter) has already become a reference event for communities involved in the study of quantum materials, quantum information and quantum technologies at large. This article reports on this meeting, which took place in Madrid, in June 2023, with 420 participants and keynote speakers from all areas of quantum technologies and quantum materials. The authors present a report on the Quantum Matter 2023 international conference and expo that took place in Madrid, on June 2023.
Gender imbalance in Physics remains a persistent global challenge, and Brazil is no exception. While women account for only 24% of Physics faculty in the country, their representation in Quantum Physics is even smaller. In this work, we provide the first comprehensive overview of women working in Theoretical Quantum Physics in Brazil, here referred to as the SheQ (She + Quantum) community. Using data from the CNPq Lattes platform, we identify 93 researchers and analyze their geographic distribution, academic trajectories, scientific productivity, international experience, recognition through awards and fellowships, and engagement with initiatives promoting gender equity. Our results reveal both progress and persistent disparities: SheQ researchers have a strong scientific output, leadership roles, and international training; yet, their recognition through productivity fellowships remains modest, and their involvement in gender-related initiatives, although increasing among younger generations, remains limited. By combining quantitative indicators with institutional perspectives, we highlight structural barriers as well as opportunities for fostering a more inclusive environment in Quantum Physics. his study thus contributes to a broader reflection on how diversity not only promotes fairness but also strengthens creativity, innovation, and scientific progress.
The purpose of the conference (the fourth in the series of Vaxjo conferences) was to bring together scientists (physicists, mathematicians and philosophers) who are interested in foundations of quantum physics. An emphasis was made on both theory and experiment, the underlying objective being to offer to the physical, mathematical and philosophic communities a truly interdisciplinary conference as a privileged place for a scientific interaction. Due to the actual increased role of foundations in the development of quantum information theory as well as the necessity to reconsider foundations at the beginning of the new millennium, the organizers of the conference decided that it was just the right time for taking the scientific risk of trying this.
The application of quantum mechanics to information related fields such as communication, computation and cryptography is a fast growing line of research that has been witnessing an outburst of theoretical and experimental results, with possible practical applications. On the one hand, quantum cryptography with its impact on secrecy of transmission is having its first important actual implementations; on the other hand, the recent advances in quantum optics, ion trapping, BEC manipulation, spin and quantum dot technologies allow us to put to direct test a great deal of theoretical ideas and results. These achievements have stimulated a reborn interest in various aspects of quantum mechanics, creating a unique interplay between physics, both theoretical and experimental, mathematics, information theory and computer science. In view of all these developments, it appeared timely to organize a meeting where graduate students and young researchers could be exposed to the fundamentals of the theory, while senior experts could exchange their latest results. The activity was structured as a school followed by a workshop, and took place at The Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) and The International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) in Trieste, Italy, from 12–23 June 2006. The meeting was part of the activity of the Joint European Master Curriculum Development Programme in Quantum Information, Communication, Cryptography and Computation, involving the Universities of Cergy–Pontoise (France), Chania (Greece), Leuven (Belgium), Rennes1 (France) and Trieste (Italy). This special issue of Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical collects 22 contributions from well known experts who took part in the workshop. They summarize the present day status of the research in the manifold aspects of quantum information. The issue is opened by two review articles, the first by G Adesso and F Illuminati discussing entanglement in continuous variable systems, the second by T Prosen, discussing chaos and complexity in quantum systems. Both topics have theoretical as well as experimental relevance and are likely to witness a fast growing development in the near future. The remaining contributions present more specific and very recent results. They involve the study of the structure of quantum states and their estimation (B Baumgartner et al , C King et al , S Olivares et al , D Petz et al and W van Dam et al ), of entanglement generation and its quantification (G Brida et al , F Ciccarello et al , G Costantini et al , O Romero-Isart et al , D Rossini et al , A Serafini et al and D Vitali et al ), of randomness related effects on entanglement behaviour (I Akhalwaya et al , O Dahlsten et al and L Viola et al ), and of abstract and applied aspects of quantum computation and communication (K Audenart, G M D'Ariano et al , N Datta et al , L C Kwek et al and M Nathanson et al ). We would like to express our gratitude to the European Commission, the Abdus Salam ICTP, SISSA and Eurotech SpA (Amaro, Udine, Italy) for financial and/or logistic support. Special thanks also go to the workshop secretary Marina De Comelli, and the secretaries of the Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Trieste, Sabrina Gaspardis and Rosita Glavina for their precious help and assistance.
The “Phenikaa International Physics Conference 2025 (PIPC2025): Celebrating 100 Years of Quantum Physics ” was successfully held from October 13 to 15, 2025, at Phenikaa University, Hanoi, Vietnam. Hosted and organized by Phenikaa University, and co-organized by the Institute of Physics of National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (Taiwan), and the Vietnam Physical Society, PIPC2025 aimed to bring together global participants to share insights, breakthroughs, and experiences across various fields of physics. The PIPC2025 event marks the inaugural edition of the conference series, which is envisioned to be held periodically in the future to foster long-term scientific exchange. The conference provided a dynamic and collaborative platform for researchers, professionals, and students in various fields of physics to exchange pioneering ideas, establish professional networks, and foster interdisciplinary partnerships. By facilitating meaningful interactions among delegates from various regions worldwide, this event sought to contribute significantly to the advancement of knowledge in physics and its related scientific disciplines. This year, in commemoration of a century of groundbreaking discoveries in quantum physics, PIPC2025 placed a special emphasis on the latest research and future trajectories in this transformative field, which has fundamentally revolutionized our understanding of the universe and continues to drive global technological innovation. Contributions spanning theoretical, experimental, and applied physics were showcased, encouraging rich interdisciplinary dialogues. List of The Organizing Committee of PIPC2025 and Editorial Team of the Proceedings are available in this PDF.
Quantum Information is the science that aims to use the unusual behavior of the microscopic world, governed by the laws of Quantum Mechanics, in order to improve the way in which we compute or communicate information. Though the first ideas in this direction come from the early 80’s, it is in the last decade when Quantum Information has suffered an spectacular development. It is impossible to resume in a paper like this one the importance and complexity of the field. Therefore, I will limit to briefly explain some of the initial ideas (considered classical by now), and to briefly suggest some of the modern lines of research. By the nature of this exposition, I have decided to avoid rigor and to concentrate more in ideas and intuitions. Anyhow, I have tried to provide with enough references, in such a way that an interested reader could find there proper theorems and proofs.