We are thrilled to welcome Ms. Dhiya Dharampal as our new Master’s student at Quantum@SUN, starting in February 2025. Dhiya holds a Bachelor of Science, majoring in Astronomy and Physics, from the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), where she graduated in 2023. In 2024, she completed her Honour’s degree in Physics at UKZN, where she did a …
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[:en]Items of general "quantum" interest.[:]
Sep 07
Stellenbosch University to Host National Institute for Theoretical and Computational Sciences
We are pleased to announce a milestone achievement for both Stellenbosch University and the broader South African scientific community. The Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) and the National Research Foundation (NRF) have accepted Stellenbosch University’s bid to host the National Institute for Theoretical and Computational Sciences (NITheCS). The Consortium and Leadership Led by Stellenbosch …
Feb 13
Quantum computing? How about kwantumberekening?
Last week, Gerhard Woithe, who just joined the Group as an MSc student, started a project to translate the Wikipedia page for “Quantum computing” to Afrikaans. The page (still in progress) can be found at https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwantumberekening. In the process of doing so, we have, however, found that in many cases, there are no existing Afrikaans …
May 29
Prof Francesco Petruccione joined SU
Prof Francesco Petruccione joined Stellenbosch University on 1 May 2022.
May 05
Quantum@SUN is a new website in progress
Welcome to quantum.sun.ac.za. The page will display all things “quantum” at Stellenbosch University.