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QSI to co-host 2-Day Workshop on Complex Quantum Systems!

Posted: March 5, 2026

QSI is pleased to announce that we will co-Host the Workshop on Natural and Engineered Complex Quantum Systems, to be held on May 26–27, 2026 at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County...

Posted: March 5, 2026, 10:32 AM

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AIM-PQC 2026 - summer undergraduate program

Posted: February 23, 2026

Quantum Cryptography Summer Workshop and Internship 2026 Funded by the NSF ExLENT Program for Students at Montgomery College (MC) and University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) Are you...

Posted: February 23, 2026, 4:08 PM

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Undergraduate research opportunities in quantum photonics

Posted: February 23, 2026

The UMBC Quantum Science Institute (QSI) in conjunction with the Quantum Photonics Integrated Design Center (QuPIDC), a DOE Energy Frontier Research Center in which UMBC is a partner, invite...

Posted: February 23, 2026, 3:51 PM

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Quantum Entanglement outreach in Baltimore!

Posted: November 14, 2025

Dr. Todd Pittman, Director of UMBC's Quantum Science Institute and Professor of Physics, gave a lively and accessible public lecture on November 12, 2025, at the Baltimore County Public Library's...

Posted: February 23, 2026, 3:48 PM

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QSI @ QLCN 2025!

Posted: October 29, 2025

The annual Quantum Leap Career Nexus hosted by the Institute for Robust Quantum Simulation at UMD is one of the premier quantum career and grad fairs in the US.  Yesterday, QSI Grad Fellows Dev,...

Posted: October 29, 2025, 3:45 PM

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Welcome Daniel Suarez-Forero!

Posted: September 29, 2025

QSI welcomes Dr. Daniel Suarez-Forero, a recently hired Assistant Professor in UMBC's Physics Department.  Daniel is an experimental physicist who works on quantum optics of correlated materials...

Posted: September 29, 2025, 10:00 AM

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Prof. Yanhua Shih publishes new quantum textbook

Posted: September 25, 2025

QSI Faculty member Yanhua Shih has published a new textbook entitled "Quantum Entanglement and Interferometry: An Introduction to Multi-Photon Superposition".  Available October 10, 2025 - order...

Posted: September 25, 2025, 4:52 PM

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Welcome Mohammadhossein Mohammadisiahroudi!

Posted: September 23, 2025

Dr. Mohammadhossein Mohammadisiahroudi, a recently hired Assistant Professor in UMBC's Math/Stats Department, brings his expertise on Quantum computing, mathematical optimization, operations...

Posted: September 23, 2025, 10:45 AM

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Quantum on track in Baltimore!

Posted: September 17, 2025

In a breakthrough study, QSI members Sebastian Deffner, Emery Doucet, and Reece Roberston  demonstrate the feasibility of using quantum devices to manage urban train scheduling, using a Baltimore...

Posted: September 17, 2025, 3:28 PM

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