Machiel Blok
@machielblok.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @UofR physics-Quantum information - superconducting circuits - Dad - Dutch - Soccer - Ajax, onze club!
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@machielblok.bsky.social
· Mar 12
🌟 The 12th Rochester Conference on Coherence and Quantum Science (CQS-12) will be held June 23-27, 2025 in Rochester, NY! 🌟
CQS has a rich history dating back to 1960 and brought together Nobel Laureates & field pioneers.
www.sas.rochester.edu/quantum/cqs/...
#CQS2025 #QuantumScience #Physics
CQS has a rich history dating back to 1960 and brought together Nobel Laureates & field pioneers.
www.sas.rochester.edu/quantum/cqs/...
#CQS2025 #QuantumScience #Physics
Reposted by Machiel Blok
The same quantum tunneling honored by this year’s #NobelPrize is driving #URochesterResearch
@machielblok.bsky.social is building quantum systems that do what classical computers can’t—inspired by the same fundamental questions
uofr.us/48o7I0K
#QuantumPhysics #QuantumComputing
@machielblok.bsky.social is building quantum systems that do what classical computers can’t—inspired by the same fundamental questions
uofr.us/48o7I0K
#QuantumPhysics #QuantumComputing
Quantum tunneling: URochester physicist explains a Nobel Prize–winning discovery
Machiel Blok’s research in superconducting circuits builds on the quantum tunneling effects recognized by the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics.
uofr.us
October 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The same quantum tunneling honored by this year’s #NobelPrize is driving #URochesterResearch
@machielblok.bsky.social is building quantum systems that do what classical computers can’t—inspired by the same fundamental questions
uofr.us/48o7I0K
#QuantumPhysics #QuantumComputing
@machielblok.bsky.social is building quantum systems that do what classical computers can’t—inspired by the same fundamental questions
uofr.us/48o7I0K
#QuantumPhysics #QuantumComputing
Reposted by Machiel Blok
What it really feels like interacting with your physics heroes!
Such a beautiful and fundamental prize 🤩
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physi...
Such a beautiful and fundamental prize 🤩
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physi...
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media.tenor.com
October 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
What it really feels like interacting with your physics heroes!
Such a beautiful and fundamental prize 🤩
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physi...
Such a beautiful and fundamental prize 🤩
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physi...
In the excitement over today's well-deserved #nobel announcement for Clarke, Devoret and Martinis, I looked up the 2017 symposium in honor of John Clarke's scientific achievements at UC Berkeley that I attended as a postdoc.
I was thrilled to find the recordings on YouTube
tinyurl.com/mrx6umcr
I was thrilled to find the recordings on YouTube
tinyurl.com/mrx6umcr
October 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
In the excitement over today's well-deserved #nobel announcement for Clarke, Devoret and Martinis, I looked up the 2017 symposium in honor of John Clarke's scientific achievements at UC Berkeley that I attended as a postdoc.
I was thrilled to find the recordings on YouTube
tinyurl.com/mrx6umcr
I was thrilled to find the recordings on YouTube
tinyurl.com/mrx6umcr
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September 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Reposted by Machiel Blok
This is what democracy looks like! A people united will never be defeated. We want federal forces out of DC NOW! #WeAreAllDC #FreeDC
September 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This is what democracy looks like! A people united will never be defeated. We want federal forces out of DC NOW! #WeAreAllDC #FreeDC
Reposted by Machiel Blok
Why are so many people so obsessed with “Google Scholar fraud”?
Another example of someone creating a few citations — no, you don’t get a job/promotion because you have 132 citations.
And the “meta study” found 144 suspected cases out of 1 million (!) profiles.
Another example of someone creating a few citations — no, you don’t get a job/promotion because you have 132 citations.
And the “meta study” found 144 suspected cases out of 1 million (!) profiles.
How easy is it to fudge your scientific rank? Meet Larry, the world’s most cited cat
“Exercise in absurdity” reveals flaws in Google Scholar’s productivity metrics
www.science.org
August 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Why are so many people so obsessed with “Google Scholar fraud”?
Another example of someone creating a few citations — no, you don’t get a job/promotion because you have 132 citations.
And the “meta study” found 144 suspected cases out of 1 million (!) profiles.
Another example of someone creating a few citations — no, you don’t get a job/promotion because you have 132 citations.
And the “meta study” found 144 suspected cases out of 1 million (!) profiles.
Reposted by Machiel Blok
Mark Saffman reviews the remarkable recent progress on quantum computing with neutral atoms.
podcast.newquantumera.com/57
podcast.newquantumera.com/57
The New Quantum Era - innovation in quantum computing, science and technology | Neutral Atom Qubits with Mark Saffman
In this episode of The New Quantum Era, host Sebastian Hassinger sits down with Dr. Mark Saffman, a leading expert in atomic physics and quantum information science. As a professor at the Universit...
podcast.newquantumera.com
July 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Mark Saffman reviews the remarkable recent progress on quantum computing with neutral atoms.
podcast.newquantumera.com/57
podcast.newquantumera.com/57
What connects The Matrix, to Hilbert Space, to Spins with large angular moment?
Our recent PRX on efficient qudit control with large-spin rotations !
www.rochester.edu/newscenter/h...
#URQuantum #Rochester #Quantum #Qudits
Our recent PRX on efficient qudit control with large-spin rotations !
www.rochester.edu/newscenter/h...
#URQuantum #Rochester #Quantum #Qudits
Researchers discover more efficient way to route information in quantum computers
Using qudits, University of Rochester scientists have solved a notoriously difficult problem involving Hilbert space, or the quantum matrix.
www.rochester.edu
July 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
What connects The Matrix, to Hilbert Space, to Spins with large angular moment?
Our recent PRX on efficient qudit control with large-spin rotations !
www.rochester.edu/newscenter/h...
#URQuantum #Rochester #Quantum #Qudits
Our recent PRX on efficient qudit control with large-spin rotations !
www.rochester.edu/newscenter/h...
#URQuantum #Rochester #Quantum #Qudits
In Trento for the BeyondQubit workshop. Looking forward to a conference dedicated to Qudits!
#quantum #qudits #beyondqubit
#quantum #qudits #beyondqubit
July 7, 2025 at 11:48 AM
In Trento for the BeyondQubit workshop. Looking forward to a conference dedicated to Qudits!
#quantum #qudits #beyondqubit
#quantum #qudits #beyondqubit
Final day of cqs-12 kicked off by Pedram Roushan from Google Quantum AI on simulating lattice gauge theories and condensed matter systems with Willow
#cqs2025 #quantum #Rochester
#cqs2025 #quantum #Rochester
June 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Final day of cqs-12 kicked off by Pedram Roushan from Google Quantum AI on simulating lattice gauge theories and condensed matter systems with Willow
#cqs2025 #quantum #Rochester
#cqs2025 #quantum #Rochester
Misha Lukin at cqs-12:
We got a preview of these very impressive new results on repeated error correction in neutral atoms, posted on the arxiv today
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.20661
#cqs2025 #qec #quantum
We got a preview of these very impressive new results on repeated error correction in neutral atoms, posted on the arxiv today
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.20661
#cqs2025 #qec #quantum
June 26, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Misha Lukin at cqs-12:
We got a preview of these very impressive new results on repeated error correction in neutral atoms, posted on the arxiv today
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.20661
#cqs2025 #qec #quantum
We got a preview of these very impressive new results on repeated error correction in neutral atoms, posted on the arxiv today
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.20661
#cqs2025 #qec #quantum
Reposted by Machiel Blok
🌟 Excited to speak, have played a small advisory board role, and be back here after the last one 6 years ago for the Rochester Conference on Coherence and Quantum Science (CQS-12)!
CQS is special, dating back to 1960, bringing together Nobel Laureates & field pioneers
#CQS2025
CQS is special, dating back to 1960, bringing together Nobel Laureates & field pioneers
#CQS2025
June 26, 2025 at 2:46 AM
🌟 Excited to speak, have played a small advisory board role, and be back here after the last one 6 years ago for the Rochester Conference on Coherence and Quantum Science (CQS-12)!
CQS is special, dating back to 1960, bringing together Nobel Laureates & field pioneers
#CQS2025
CQS is special, dating back to 1960, bringing together Nobel Laureates & field pioneers
#CQS2025
Reposted by Machiel Blok
You guys my students threw me a surprise tenure party
June 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
You guys my students threw me a surprise tenure party
Off to a great start of CQS-12 with a keynote by Donna Strickland about the quantum and coherence properties of lasers and including a tribute to Joe Eberly
#cqs12 #quantum #coherence #rochester
#cqs12 #quantum #coherence #rochester
June 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Off to a great start of CQS-12 with a keynote by Donna Strickland about the quantum and coherence properties of lasers and including a tribute to Joe Eberly
#cqs12 #quantum #coherence #rochester
#cqs12 #quantum #coherence #rochester
Reposted by Machiel Blok
New paper out! We resonantly couple a superconducting heavy-fluxonium qubit ⚛️ to a macroscopic membrane 🥁 oscillating at a few MHz. ~300 repeated interactions let us track its quantum motion, observe back-action & probe non-commuting operators. Diósi–Penrose next? (1/8)
arxiv.org/abs/2505.21481
arxiv.org/abs/2505.21481
Probing the quantum motion of a macroscopic mechanical oscillator with a radio-frequency superconducting qubit
Long-lived mechanical resonators like drums oscillating at MHz frequencies and operating in the quantum regime offer a powerful platform for quantum technologies and tests of fundamental physics. Yet,...
arxiv.org
May 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
New paper out! We resonantly couple a superconducting heavy-fluxonium qubit ⚛️ to a macroscopic membrane 🥁 oscillating at a few MHz. ~300 repeated interactions let us track its quantum motion, observe back-action & probe non-commuting operators. Diósi–Penrose next? (1/8)
arxiv.org/abs/2505.21481
arxiv.org/abs/2505.21481
10 days left for early-bird registration for CQS-12!
Hope to see you in Rochester in June for many quantum interactions! If you can not attend yourself, please consider sharing with colleagues or group members.
#CQS12 #quantum #QIS
Hope to see you in Rochester in June for many quantum interactions! If you can not attend yourself, please consider sharing with colleagues or group members.
#CQS12 #quantum #QIS
🌟 The 12th Rochester Conference on Coherence and Quantum Science (CQS-12) will be held June 23-27, 2025 in Rochester, NY! 🌟
CQS has a rich history dating back to 1960 and brought together Nobel Laureates & field pioneers.
www.sas.rochester.edu/quantum/cqs/...
#CQS2025 #QuantumScience #Physics
CQS has a rich history dating back to 1960 and brought together Nobel Laureates & field pioneers.
www.sas.rochester.edu/quantum/cqs/...
#CQS2025 #QuantumScience #Physics
April 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Reposted by Machiel Blok
Move over, qubits: Quantum computing based on higher-dimensional 'qudits' (working with a Hilbert space of dimension d>2) offers potential advantages — but the devil could be in the details. A short 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Meet ‘qudits’: more complex cousins of qubits boost quantum computing
Working with multi-dimensional entities could make calculations more efficient and reduce errors.
www.nature.com
March 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Move over, qubits: Quantum computing based on higher-dimensional 'qudits' (working with a Hilbert space of dimension d>2) offers potential advantages — but the devil could be in the details. A short 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"If I could go back in time to my old self, I would tell her: why waste time with qubits"
says Christine Muschik in a very nice qudit overview article in @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
says Christine Muschik in a very nice qudit overview article in @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Meet ‘qudits’: more complex cousins of qubits boost quantum computing
Working with multi-dimensional entities could make calculations more efficient and reduce errors.
www.nature.com
March 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"If I could go back in time to my old self, I would tell her: why waste time with qubits"
says Christine Muschik in a very nice qudit overview article in @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
says Christine Muschik in a very nice qudit overview article in @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
March 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
🌟 The 12th Rochester Conference on Coherence and Quantum Science (CQS-12) will be held June 23-27, 2025 in Rochester, NY! 🌟
CQS has a rich history dating back to 1960 and brought together Nobel Laureates & field pioneers.
www.sas.rochester.edu/quantum/cqs/...
#CQS2025 #QuantumScience #Physics
CQS has a rich history dating back to 1960 and brought together Nobel Laureates & field pioneers.
www.sas.rochester.edu/quantum/cqs/...
#CQS2025 #QuantumScience #Physics
March 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
🌟 The 12th Rochester Conference on Coherence and Quantum Science (CQS-12) will be held June 23-27, 2025 in Rochester, NY! 🌟
CQS has a rich history dating back to 1960 and brought together Nobel Laureates & field pioneers.
www.sas.rochester.edu/quantum/cqs/...
#CQS2025 #QuantumScience #Physics
CQS has a rich history dating back to 1960 and brought together Nobel Laureates & field pioneers.
www.sas.rochester.edu/quantum/cqs/...
#CQS2025 #QuantumScience #Physics
Another great batch of quantum memes!
For a little bit of light in these trying times, I present to you: quantum memes!
These are made by my Physics 438a class for extra credit on their midterm (which they are taking at this moment). As always, I take all credit for good memes and no blame for bad ones.
These are made by my Physics 438a class for extra credit on their midterm (which they are taking at this moment). As always, I take all credit for good memes and no blame for bad ones.
February 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Another great batch of quantum memes!
Reposted by Machiel Blok
Cool cats. Physicists at UNSW are the first to succeed in creating and manipulating quantum superpositions of a single, large nuclear spin. 🧪⚛️
ow.ly/gH2j50UZv88
ow.ly/gH2j50UZv88
Schrödinger's cat states appear in the nuclear spin state of antimony – Physics World
New finding will be important for applications in quantum information processing and quantum error correction
ow.ly
February 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Cool cats. Physicists at UNSW are the first to succeed in creating and manipulating quantum superpositions of a single, large nuclear spin. 🧪⚛️
ow.ly/gH2j50UZv88
ow.ly/gH2j50UZv88