Gemma De las Cuevas
I am a researcher working mainly on the description of quantum many-body systems from a theoretical perspective, for which I use tensor networks. In particular I have been working on the positivity problem, which is the question of how to represent efficiently the positivity of an operator with a tensor network (see here or here or here). I have also been working on continuum limits of matrix product states (see here or here).
In parallel, I have also worked on a notion of universality in spin physics which is somewhat similar to the notion of universality in computer science (by which there exist universal Turing machines; see here).
I am also interested in some conceptual / philosophical aspects in physics. For a gentle introduction to various of these topics, see some of my talks.
In the past, I worked with Prof. Hans Briegel on a proposal for artificial intelligence called Projective Simulation which has been pursued in many exciting directions (see here).
Contact details:
Institut für Theoretische Physik
Universität Innsbruck
Technikerstr. 21a (Office 2S18)
6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Phone: +43 512 507 52247
Email: gemma.delascuevas at me.com, Gemma.DelasCuevas at uibk.ac.at
Brief CV:
2018 Offered a position as Lecturer in Quantum Physics at the University of Sydney (declined)
2016 - Present Elise Richter Fellow at the Institute of Theoretical Physics of the University of Innsbruck
2016 - 2017 Emmy Noether Visiting Fellow at the Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, Canada
2014 - 2016 Postdoc at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics (MPQ), Germany
2011 - 2013 Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral fellow at the MPQ
2007 - 201 1 PhD at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. Supervision: Prof. Hans J. Briegel
2002 - 2007 Undergraduate Physics studies at Autonomous University of Barcelona
Teaching:
- I'll be teaching Theoretical Quantum Information at the University of Innsbruck this Winter Semester. For more details, see Teaching
Upcoming events:
- Swiss Society for Logic and Philosophy of Science, Lugano, Sep 21-22
CV
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Last update: Oct 10, 2018