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Quantum Supremacy, what’s next ?
Quantum Computing has been under the spotlight after a paper by John Martinis’ group from UCSB and Google was published in Nature the past 23rd of October, 2019. The article “Quantum supremacy using a programmable superconducting processor” claims that the … Continue reading
IONS BCN ’19
From June 26-29, 2019 ICONS welcomed students from 15 countries around the world to ICFO to participate in IONS BCN’19 – the conference in optics for, of and by students! IONS -The International OSA Network of Students – is a … Continue reading
The first BIST PhD welcoming Cool-Off!
On the 5th of April, the student representatives from IRB, IBEC, CRG, ICN2 and ICFO together with the BIST organisation successfully conducted a first joint BIST PhD welcoming cool-off at the AILAIC venue, close to the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. … Continue reading
The International Food Festival 2018
November 9, 2018 was the day that ICFOnians indulged the gourmet in them at the International Food Festival (IFF) organised annually by ICONS. Unfortunately, the day did not dawn bright and clear but the weather held and refrained from playing … Continue reading
An introduction to control with Arduinos
ICONS as a student chapter aims to provide various interesting seminars and workshops for our colleagues at at ICFO. One great advantage of being a student chapter in a research institute like ICFO is the wealth of expertise we can … Continue reading
