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This talk highlights the importance of high-performance computing (HPC) in addressing some of the fundamental challenges in nonequilibrium quantum physics, particularly in understanding ergodicity-breaking transitions (EBTs) in isolated interacting quantum systems. These transitions delineate ergodic systems (also referred to as quantum chaotic), which equilibrate over time, from nonergodic ones, which retain memory of their initial conditions indefinitely. As such, nonergodic systems hold promise for applications in quantum computing and memory devices, thus making their identification and characterization an area of intense interest for theoreticians and experimentalists alike.
Jan Šuntajs is a physicist specializing in quantum many-body systems, quantum chaos, and ergodicity breaking transitions, with extensive experience in high-performance computing for numerical simulations. He received his PhD in
in physics from at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics. His thesis, Nonequilibrium and statistical properties of isolated quantum many-body systems, earned him the Jožef Stefan Institute Golden Emblem Prize. Jan is currently employed at the Department of Theoretical Physics (F1) at the Jožef Stefan Institute and at the Laboratory for Internal Combustion Engines and Electromobility (LICeM) at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana. At LICeM, his research focuses on numerical simulations of batteries, particularly the coupling between chemical and elastomechanical properties, while his work at the Jožef Stefan Institute explores the boundaries of quantum chaos.
