Miguel Navascues
Biographical sketch
Professional experience
2015-present: Junior Group Leader, Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) Vienna, Austria.
2014-2015: Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science, Physics Department, Bilkent University, Turkey.
2013-2014: Research Associate, Faculty of Science, Department of Theoretical Physics, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain.
2011-2013: Research Associate, School of Physics, University of Bristol, U.K.
2009-2011: Research Associate, Faculty of Mathematics, Department of Mathematical Analysis, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain.
2008-2009: Research Associate, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Imperial College, U.K.
Academic studies
2003-2007: PhD studies at the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO), with postgraduate courses taken at the University of Barcelona. PhD thesis title: “Quantum Information in Infinite Dimensional Hilbert Spaces” (December, 2007).
1998-2003: Degree in Theoretical Physics at Universidad Complutense de Madrid - UCM.
Research interests
- Quantum information science
- The foundations of Physics
- Quantum machines
Publications
Lower Bounds on Ground-State Energies of Local Hamiltonians through the Renormalization Group
Kull, Ilya; Schuch, Norbert; Dive, Ben; Navascués, Miguel (2024) Lower Bounds on Ground-State Energies of Local Hamiltonians through the Renormalization Group. Phys. Rev. X, Bd. 14 (2), S. 021008.Self-Testing in Prepare-and-Measure Scenarios and a Robust Version of Wigner’s Theorem
Navascués, Miguel; Pál, Károly F.; Vértesi, Tamás; Araújo, Mateus (2023) Self-Testing in Prepare-and-Measure Scenarios and a Robust Version of Wigner’s Theorem. Physical Review Letters, Bd. 131 (25), S. 250802.Contextuality in infinite one-dimensional translation-invariant local Hamiltonians
Yang, Kaiyan; Zeng, Xiao; Luo, Yujing; Yang, Guowu; Shu, Lan et al. [..] (2022) Contextuality in infinite one-dimensional translation-invariant local Hamiltonians. NPJ QUANTUM INFORMATION, Bd. 8 (1), S. ARTN 89.Quantum theory based on real numbers can be experimentally falsified
Renou, Marc-Olivier; Trillo, David; Weilenmann, Mirjam; Le, Thinh P.; Tavakoli, Armin et al. [..] (2021) Quantum theory based on real numbers can be experimentally falsified. Nature, Bd. 600, S. 625–629 <'https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04160-4'>.Optimized Detection of High-Dimensional Entanglement
Hu, Xiao-Min; Xing, Wen-Bo; Guo, Yu; Weilenmann, Mirjam; Aguilar, Edgar A. et al. [..] (2021) Optimized Detection of High-Dimensional Entanglement. Phys. Rev. Lett., Bd. 127 (22), S. ARTN 220501 <'https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.220501'>.Analysis and optimization of quantum adaptive measurement protocols with the framework of preparation games
Weilenmann, M.; Aguilar, E. A.; Navascues, M. (2021) Analysis and optimization of quantum adaptive measurement protocols with the framework of preparation games. Nat. Commun., Bd. 12 (1), S. ARTN 4553.Quantum Inflation: A General Approach to Quantum Causal Compatibility
Wolfe, Elie; Pozas-Kerstjens, Alejandro; Grinberg, Matan; Rosset, Denis; Acin, Antonio et al. [..] (2021) Quantum Inflation: A General Approach to Quantum Causal Compatibility. Phys. Rev. X, Bd. 11 (2), S. ARTN 021043.Bounding the Sets of Classical and Quantum Correlations in Networks
Pozas-Kerstjens, Alejandro; Rabelo, Rafael; Rudnicki, Lukasz; Chaves, Rafael; Cavalcanti, Daniel et al. [..] (2019) Bounding the Sets of Classical and Quantum Correlations in Networks. Phys. Rev. Lett., Bd. 123 (14), S. ARTN 140503.Two-dimensional translation-invariant probability distributions: approximations, characterizations and no-go theorems
Wang, Zizhu; Navascues, Miguel (2018) Two-dimensional translation-invariant probability distributions: approximations, characterizations and no-go theorems. Proc. R. Soc. A-Math. Phys. Eng. Sci., Bd. 474 (2217), S. 20170822.Better local hidden variable models for two-qubit Werner states and an upper bound on the Grothendieck constant KG(3)
Hirsch, F.; Quintino, M. T.; Vértesi, T.; Navascués, M.; Brunner, N. (2017) Better local hidden variable models for two-qubit Werner states and an upper bound on the Grothendieck constant KG(3). Quantum, Bd. 1, S. 3.
Quantum Physics Falls Apart without Imaginary Numbers
Renou, Marc-Olivier; Acín, Antonio; Navascués, Miguel (01.04.2023) Quantum Physics Falls Apart without Imaginary Numbers. Scientific American, Bd. April 2023.Website RIS ENW BIB