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学会参加レポート (2025 QIH Summer School:Jorgeさん)

当研究室のJorgeさんが、8/31~9/6に沖縄科学技術大学院大学(沖縄)で開催された2025 QIH Summer Schoolに参加しました。その様子がわかるレポートがJorgeさんから届きましたので、どうぞご覧ください!
Jorge attended 2025 QIH Summer School , Okinawa, Japan, from 31 August – 6 September. We have received a report from him, so please take a look!

This summer (2025) we attended the Quantum Information Hub held at OIST, Okinawa. The program focused on the different quantum efforts across Japanese laboratories, bringing together a national cohort of participants with broad academic backgrounds and lecturers with deep expertise. Ohmori Group, with our earlier-stage platform in the summer school, took its participation as a chance to introduce our efforts towards a full-stack Neutral Atom Quantum Computer.

We headed to Okinawa on August 31st, and enjoyed the introductory presentations and game sessions where we got to know the other participants, especially the other cold atom lab members! The beautiful Best Western Hotel was one of the best accommodation spots in the area, Okinawan breakfast and dinners almost every day and comfortable accommodation in front of the sea! And it is only forty minutes from Naha Airport thanks to the hotel bus network.

Throughout the week, lectures ranging from superconducting, trapped-ion, and semiconductor platforms to more futuristic topics such as Quantum Internet hardware were covered every day. Information density was very high! Nonetheless, breaks were given often and discussion time was followed after each set of lectures. Tomita-sensei was indeed the most popular among professors, especially after his three-hour lecture with a quite well pacing and rhythm  everyone appreciated. Lab tours at OIST’s quantum facilities showed us their current research topics such as STM microscopy, cryogenic RF transceiver, fiber-surface laser polishing, electron trapping, among others. I could further understand each group’s research focus and explore what OIST has to offer in the PhD program and its campus lifestyle.

Free time was given on Wednesday. Transportation was difficult to get around except to Naha Airport, so we decided to go for local diving at Okinawa’s most popular Blue Cave! A very surreal experience out in the seas. Appreciation for the very first people to cross the high seas and local divers staff were heartily felt. I even got hyped to get a license because my (heavy!) air tank hit the reserve’s limit 10 minutes before the diving session ended, and I was not allowed to push under a certain air limit.

Finally, our sincere gratitude goes to the Q-LEAP program for the funding and organization; Takei-san and Yawata-san from IMS administration staff for the smooth travel arrangements; and finally for Ohmori-sensei, Tomita-san, Sylvain-san, and everyone at IMS for supporting this one-week adventure out of the lab. Now, back to work!

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