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SanD student is 2015 BPI-DOST Science Awards Finalist

11 March 2015

SanD member Xavier Puspus has been selected as one of the eight finalists for the 2015 BPI-DOST Science Awards. His project Quantum Entanglement in a Low-Temperature Superconducting State was shortlisted in the national finals from a pool of 29 projects from ten BPI-DOST partner universities.

International Year of Light 2015

5 February 2015

In celebration of the International Year of Light (IYL2015), the National Institute of Physics held a symposium at the NIP Intel Center for Science Innovation auditorium last 9 and 16 March 2015. Speakers and presentors for IlumiNASYON: International Year of Light 2015 came from diverse fields of expertise such as visual and performance arts, film, history, architecture, molecular biology, and physics.

SanD members attend ICCP9 Conference @ Singapore

26 January 2015

SanD PhD candidates Carlos Baldo III and Neris Ilano, SanD alumna Chrysline Margus Piñol, and SanD scientist Cristine Villagonzalo attended the 9^th International Conference on Computational Physics (ICCP9) held at the National University of Singapore last 7-11 January 2015. The conference consisted of plenary lectures, mini-symposia, and a poster session.

Noche Buena Project 2014

8 January 2015

The Noche Buena Project is one of the components of the Start Again Project, which began as a volunteer effort to rebuild communities after typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda. In 2014, Noche Buena volunteers distributed 1500 care packages to ten communities around Leyte. Members of SanD have raised funds during their annual year-end party for several of these care packages.

Liknayan in Bantayan 2013

8 January 2015

Liknayan is the Filipino word for physics. It is also the name of a little yellow fishing boat in Bantayan Island

SanD student attends CQD 2014 Summer School @ Okinawa

3 October 2014

SanD PhD candidate Neris Ilano participated in a two-week summer school at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Seaside House from 16 September to 25 September 2014. The theme of the school was Coherent Quantum Dynamics and was attended by 45 graduate students from different countries. She presented her research poster Simulation of Grover's algorithm with spatially-dependent coupling constant in the school's poster session.

SanD members participate in the 2014 AQIS Conference @ Kyoto

29 August 2014

SanD graduate students Rona Barbarona and Francis Bayocboc, Jr. attended the 14^th Asian Quantum Information Science (AQIS) Conference and presented their research posters in Kyoto last 20-24 August 2014. Rona, who is also a faculty member of the UPLB IMSP, reported non-analyticities in the spin-orbit entanglement entropy of 2D many electron systems at integer filling factors.

SanD celebrates ICTP@50

26 April 2014

SanD students attend CERN Philippines School 2014

23 April 2014

CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, held the first CERN Philippines School at the National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman from 31 March to 8 April 2014. The event was organized by Caesar Palisoc of NIP and André David of CERN.

Liknayan in Bantayan Island

27 March 2014

Liknayan is the Filipino word for physics. It is also the name of a little yellow fishing boat in Bantayan Island.

After typhoon Haiyan swept through the Philippines last November, several organizations and individuals rallied to help those affected by the storm. In addition to participating directly and indirectly in the relief efforts of NIP and UP Diliman, SanD members supported the Bantayan Island Back to Sea Project by raising funds to rebuild a banca for the fisherfolk of Bantayan Island in Cebu.