On Wednesday, 19 March 2025, students from Serbia, along with researchers from three institutions focused on physics, participated in the Global Satellite Session – Serbia: Novel Topics in Quantum Science and Technology. This event was held as part of one of the largest scientific conferences dedicated to modern physics.
The conference, the Global Physics Summit, organized by the American Physical Society (APS), is taking place in Anaheim, California, in March of this year.
Serbian speakers presented during a virtual satellite session in celebration of the centenary of quantum mechanics, discussing various quantum physics problems currently under study in Serbia. The program, organized by the Institute of Physics, Faculty of Sciences at the University of Novi Sad, and the Faculty of Physics at the University of Belgrade, was also accessible to students.
On the same day, and to the delight of researchers and staff, the Institute of Physics Belgrade welcomed a large group of physics students from Belgrade and Novi Sad.
Many students visited the Institute for the first time, and the introduction started at the Dr Dragan Popović library reading room, where the Institute’s director, Dr Aleksandar Bogojević, gave a presentation about the institution. Dr Bogojević discussed the organization of research work, various centres and laboratories, some topics researchers currently study, and the Institute’s goals.
As for the Global Satellite Session – Serbia: Novel Topics in Quantum Science and Technology, it took place between 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. (local time) on the American Physical Society’s website. The program was moderated by Professor Dr. Milica Pavkov Hrvojević.
In the opening lecture, Professor Časlav Brukner discussed the past and future of quantum mechanics. ‘It is high time we completely accepted quantum mechanics and explored its profound implications on our understanding of space-time, reference frameworks, and causal order,’ said Professor Dr Brukner.
The program also featured the following lectures: Towards Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing with Neutral Atoms by Prof. Dr Vladan Vuletić, Simulating Quantum Many-Body Scars with Rydberg Atoms by Dr Ana Hudomal, Quantized Charge Flow and Topological Phenomena in Carbon Nanotubes by Dr Ivanka Milošević, Renormalization Group Techniques Applied to Non-Stabilizerness by Dr Petar Mali, and Novel Quantum Phases: Dipolar Quantum Droplets and Supersolidity by Dr Antun Balaž.
Students and researchers followed the programme via a video-link.
Photos by: Bojan Džodan