Momentum Grant for Szabolcs Csonka
2022. June 21.
Research in topological superconducting circuits is further supported by a Momentum Grant awarded to Szabolcs Csonka, associate professor of BME Institute of Physics.
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Semilab AFM at the Institute of Physics
2022. May 31.
Semilab Semiconductor Physics Laboratory Co. Ltd. has loaned an atomic force microscope (AFM) to the Institute of Physics in order to support R&D and education activities. This compact AFM was installed on May 6, 2022 by a Semilab AFM expert, Dr. András Magyarkuti, a former doctoral student of the Institute. Besides opening opportunities in research and development, the instrument will also enable BME's physics master students to perform advanced laboratory exercises.
We are grateful for the generous support from Semilab!
Institute of Excellence
2022. May 19.
As a recognition of its top-quality research activities the BME Institute of Physics was awarded the `Institute of Excellence' title by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
News item at bme.hu (in Hungarian): http://www.bme.hu/hirek/20220504/Tobb_BMEs_kutatomuhellyel_bovult_a_legk...
News item at the page of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (in Hungarian): https://mta.hu/kozgyules2022/mta-kivalo-kutatohely-nyilvanos-a-rangos-ak...
SuperTop workshop
2022. May 19.
Leading European researchers of the field of semiconductor-superconductor hybrid systems gathered at BME, for the closing workshop of the SuperTop QuantERA network.
More details: https://dept.physics.bme.hu/SuperTop%20Workshop%202022?language=en
Page of the Quantum Electronics research group: https://nanoelectronics.physics.bme.hu/Quantum_intro
Research group funded for 5 more years
2022. May 14.
Sustained funding of the ELKH-BME Condensed Matter Physics Research Group, which covers a broad research spectrum and is led by András Halbritter, is awarded until June 2027.
Gergely Zaránd elected to the Academy
2022. May 06.
Gergely Zaránd, head of the BME Institute of Physics, has been elected as a regular member to the Hungarian Academy of Sciences on May 3. Congratulations!
From the booklet issued by the Academy (pdf, in Hungarian):
"Gergely Zaránd was born in Budapest in1969. He has been the corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences since 2016. He is a full professor at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), doing research in condensed-matter theory, studying strongly correlated quantum systems using the tools of quantum field theory and statistical physics.
He achieved seminal results in the areas of mesoscopic electronic systems, magnetic materials, and ultracold atoms. Since becoming a corresponding member, he has published more than 30 research papers, and the number of citations to his publications raised from 1800 to above 3000.
Highlights among his most recent results include the interpretation of electronic crystals (Wigner crystals), and the discoveries of extended Shiba states in superconductors, and topologically protected spin states in quantum dots. These results have yielded publications in Science and Nature. He has established an internationally recognised research unit in the Intitute of Physics of BME."
Gergely Zaránd was nominated to the membership of the Academy by Péter Domokos, András Jánossy, Katalin Kamarás, János Kertész, György Mihály, Jenő Sólyom.
Excellence scholarships for two PhD students
2022. May 04.
Congratulations to András Bojtor (Dept. of Physics) and Dominik Szombathy (Dept. of Theoretical Physics) for winning the Cooperative Doctoral Programme scholarships.
Marjorie Senechal at BME
2022. March 31.
Renown mathematician and historian delivers her lecture on `Penrose Tilings and the Imagination' at the BME Applied Mathematics Day on April 20, 15:00.
Registration: https://bit.ly/3tF4ZLJ
Time: 2022. április 20., 15.00
Location: BME (K.350. terem)
BME Applied Mathematics Day: https://math.bme.hu/alkmatnap-program-2022apr
Quantum Lab Video
2022. March 24.
Short video introducing the Quantum Information National Laboratory, featuring BME physicists Szabolcs Csonka, Ádám Gali, Máté Kedves, and Gergely Zaránd.
Quantum Lab on the web: https://qi.nemzetilabor.hu/
Bitcoin and quantum computers
2022. March 23.
Are your bitcoins threatened by quantum computers? Our colleague János Asbóth reviews recent research from Sussex at the Hungarian science news outlet qubit.hu.
