Last week, I took part in the “International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis” for the fourth time*, representing Munich Quantum Valley (MQV) and showcasing its activities at the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ) booth.
* after SC22 in Dallas, SC23 in Denver, and SC24 in Atlanta
Today, I got a little my little share certificate for the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics that was awarded to the ATLAS Collaboration and other three large LHC collaborations.
As announced already back in April, the prize was awarded for detailed measurements of Higgs boson properties, confirming the symmetry-breaking mechanism of mass generation, the discovery of new strongly interacting particles, the study of rare processes and matter-antimatter asymmetry, and the exploration of nature at the shortest distances and most extreme conditions at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider.
I am happy to have been (and to tiny extent still am) part of this adventure.
Congratulations to all co-reciepients :)
Ever had an issue with people not sticking to their allocated presentation time at one of your events? I certainly do …
After another round of testing at our MQV Annual Meeting in Eichstätt in October, I put together a new version of my little timekeeping tool available at timekeeper.mehlhase.info.
I usually have it running on a Raspberry Pi using Chromium in kiosk mode and use chroma keying on an ATEM Mini Pro to overlay the presentation source with the timer display, all controlled by a tiny five-keys ‘keyboard’.
Last week, I was at the 2025 IEEE Quantum Week in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to once again represent Munich Quantum Valley (MQV) with a special focus on its quantum-software activities and the Munich Quantum Software Stack (MQSS).
I also had the opportunity to fly on an Airbus A380 for the first time. Unfortunately, I missed my connecting flight on the way back, so I had to spend an extra night near Denver and wait another two days for my checked luggage to arrive.
Even within the Year of Quantum Science and Technology, which is packed with public engagement (find them here) and scientific events related to quantum science, this week was special.
After weeks and months of preparation and coordination, the World of QUANTUM finally took place at Messe München from Tuesday to Friday (link to our wrap-up piece will follow). Additionally, Munich Quantum Valley hosted this year’s AFQC on Monday, organised jointly with the DLR Quantum Computing Initiative (link to our wrap-up piece will follow).
Apart from these major events and efforts, there were a few more smaller events, parties and meet-ups to attend this week, all crowned by a little-big yet also exhausting treat on Friday night: Laurent Garnier at the Blitz Club.
