On January 24, 2026, the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy invites you to the next edition of Saturday Morning Physics this winter semester. Prof. Dr. Michael Walter will provide exciting insights into quantum computing:
Quantum computers are considered one of the most exciting technologies of our time: computing machines based on the laws of quantum mechanics that can perform certain tasks significantly faster than conventional computers. But what exactly is behind this computer of the future?
The lecture invites you on a journey through the basics of quantum computing and shows how ideas from computer science and quantum physics come together. Using clear examples, it explains how quantum algorithms work and what quantum computers could be good for—from faster computing and new approaches to cryptography to the simulation of complex physical systems—and why they work according to completely different principles. Finally, it addresses the current state of the art, unresolved challenges, and the question of how close we actually are to a practical quantum advantage.
– Prof. Dr. Michael Walter
Walter holds the Chair of Quantum Information at the Faculty of Computer Science at Ruhr University Bochum from 2022 to 2025 and is now Professor of Quantum Information Theory at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich.
Everyone who finds the small and big questions of our universe just as exciting as we do is cordially invited.
When?January 24, 2026, 11 a.m.
Where? St. Paul's Church in downtown Bochum, Grabenstraße 9
Admission is free. From 10:30, the student council will provide visitors with waffles and coffee.
Saturday Morning Physics takes place in cooperation with the Protestant parish of Bochum on five Saturdays in the winter semester 25/26 in the Pauluskirche. Information on further lectures can be found on the SMP website.
Photo: Prof. Dr. Michael Walter © RUB, Marquard & 3D rendering of a quantum computer © Kittipong Jirasukhanont, PhonlamaiPhoto’s Images