NEWS

Upcoming!

• [Spring 2024] A new reading course on Skammtadulritun (Quantum Cryptography; TÖL113F) will be taught this Spring, and is part of the cybersecurity master's program. The course is also advertised at the HI's UGLA portal [Link].  

Activities

• [27-29 May 2024] Talk on "Simplify Access to HPC Systems for Research on AI- and Simulation-Based Engineering via the LAMEC Job Script Builder" at the NeIC 2024 - Nordic e-Infrastructure Collaboration Conference "Nordic e-Infrastructure Tomorrow".

• [Since Sept 2023] Member of the European COST Action CA22154 - Data-driven Applications towards the Engineering of functional Materials: an Open Network (DAEMON) 

• [Autumn 2024] Taught "Quantum Cryptography" elective course as a part of the cybersecurity master's program. The course is also advertised at the HI's UGLA portal [Link]. 

• [20-21 Nov 2023] At TrustLLM Kick-Off Meeting, Linköping, Sweden (20-21 November 2023).

• [30th Sept 2023] At Rannís' Science Week? Checkout our booth on "Quantum Computers and Quantum Technologies: A New Era of Computing (Skammtatölvur og skammtatækni: Ný tölvuöld)"

• [Autumn 2023] Taught "Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (EÐL306G)" 

• [Autumn 2023] Taught "Nuclear and Particles Physics (EÐL506G)"

• [29th Mar 2023] Talk on "An Overview of the European HPC Strategy and Highlights from the Icelandic HPC Communities" at the ‍summer school on "High Performance and Disruptive Computing in Remote Sensing", Reykjavik, Iceland

• [27th Mar 2023] Attended "Spring School on Quantum Information Processing - Gate-based and Annealing Systems" organized by the Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany. 

• [14th Feb 2023] Organized IUPAC's Global Women's Breakfast (GWB) 2023 for the first time in Reykjavík's, Iceland.  This year’s GWB theme is "Breaking Barriers in Science". The Global Breakfast is designed to support the United Nations Day of Women and Girls in Science. In 2023, the GWB will also be a key part of the Celebration of the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development. 

• [28th Nov 2022] Attended “QC-4C: Quantum Computers for Chemistry” at the University of Helsinki, Kumpula campus, Helsinki, Finland.

• [27th Oct 2022] Talk on "Towards Quantum Cryptography and Cyber Security Impacts" at the Icelandic HPC Community Workshop on Cyber Security (slides). 

# Last update: 21 December 2023