In German, the word "Schiedsrichtertrotzdank", means the simultaneous feeling of annoyance and gratitude you feel when a referee makes a valid point.

Internships are open at Phasecraft! Closing date is 9th March 2025, so if you're an early-career researcher in quantum information or in an adjacent field, don't hesitate to apply :) We're also looking for some SWD talent! lnkd.in/eujkw5uH

Submissions for QEC 2025 are now open through March 28. This will easily be the most exciting conference on quantum error correction yet! Conference homepage: qec25.yalepages.org EasyChair submission page: easychair.org/my/conference?…

I predict this will just lead to creative relabelling of indirect costs as direct costs.

This is one of the fastest ways to ensure US geopolitical decline. Our single greatest advantage over China is that so many of the most talented Chinese people would rather live in US than China. Why on earth would we turn them away?

Blown away by the record-breaking 252 submissions to #QEC25! 🚀 Exceptional quality across theory and experiment—our community keeps raising the bar. Can’t wait to work with the PC to select an outstanding program. This conference is going to be amazing! 🎉

I'm hiring a postdoc! If you'd like to work with me on quantum learning, error correction, quantum algorithms, and FTQC at Virginia Tech in the Washington, DC metro area, please apply here: careers.pageuppeople.com/968/cw/en-us/j…

War refugee turned Nobel prize winning scientist in the US posts about Trump administration cuts to funding for his biomedical research "Within hours" he gets an email from China offering to move his lab to any Chinese city with guaranteed funding for 20 years

If they can handcuff a U.S. Senator for asking a question, imagine what they will do to you.

This is so fucked up. A sitting US senator being handcuffed for trying to ask a question at a DHS news conference? No matter what your political party, you can't think this is a good thing.

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Andrew Houck, Director of the Co-Design Center for Quantum Advantage, makes an eloquent case for the value of the National Quantum Initiative Quantum Research Centers. Hey Congress, how's that reauthorization coming along? share.transistor.fm/s/9256a60d

Bad Policy: Subjecting PhD students and postdocs to 4-year visa limits, subject to immigration officials' review. This bureaucratic overregulation will reduce US competitiveness and weaken US science. Mark Warner @TimKaine Rep. Don Beyer news.bgov.com/daily-labor-re…