This year is the UNESCO International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, and PQI and the Carnegie Science Center are holding a joint in-person event. Our tentative schedule is below!
PQI members should check their newsletter for a code to register for free!
Public Lectures:
![]() William Phillips is a Distinguished University and College Park Professor of physics. In 1997 he was a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize of Physics "for development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light." |
![]() Travis Humble is director of the Quantum Science Center, a Distinguished Scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and director of the lab’s Quantum Computing Institute. |
External Speakers:
- Giacomo Nannicini, University of Southern California
- Tamas Terlaky, Lehigh University
- Ruslan Shaydulin, JPMorgan
- Jie Shan, Cornell University
- Long Ju, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Andrew Jordan, Chapman University
- James Thompson, National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Benjamin Bloom, Atom Computing
- Shengwang Du, Purdue University
PQI Best Poster Awards |
Transportation to the Carnegie Science Center:
- PQI is providing a bus from the Mellon Institute to the Carnegie Science Center through our registration form for up to 50 registrants, reserve your slot by registering now!
- PQI is providing free parking for PQI 2025 registrants at the Carnegie Science Center.
- Pittsburgh Regional Transit provides routes from Oakland (Pitt & CMU) to the North Shore (Carnegie Science Center), for more information visit: TrueTime | Real-Time Map.
Hotels Near the Carnegie Science Center:
- Hyatt Place Pittsburgh - North Shore (260 North Shore Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15212)
- Residence Inn Pittsburgh North Shore (574 West General Robinson Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15212)
- Spring Hill Suites Pittsburgh North Shore (223 Federal Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15212)
Restaurants Near the Carnegie Science Center:
- The Foundry Table & Tap (381 North Shore Dr, Pittsburgh, PA 15212)
- Soho (203 Federal St, Pittsburgh, PA 15212)
- North Shore Tavern (120 Federal St, Pittsburgh, PA 15212)
- Burgatory (342 N Shore Dr, Pittsburgh, PA 15212)
Schedule