Special QuSoft Seminar: impact of LLMs on theory research

An ad-hoc mini-conference (instead of a regular QuSoft Seminar), to discuss: “The industrialization of theoretical sciences – the impact of frontier LLMs on frontier theoretical research”.

When
4 sep 2026 from 10 a.m. to 4 sep 2026 2:30 p.m. CEST (GMT+0200)
Where
Room L016, Science Park 125, Amsterdam
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Guest speakers are from theoretical sciences. The main target audience is scientists from mathematics, cryptography, optimization, and quantum theory, as well as senior leadership from CWI, UvA, NWO, SURF.

Preliminary Schedule (subject to change)

  • 10.00 Welcome by chair of the day: Jonas Helsen (CWI, QuSoft)
  • 10.10–10.35 – Short talk 1
  • 10.35–11.00 – Short talk 2
  • 11.00–12.00 – Long talk: Tobias Osborne (Leibniz University Hannover)
  • 12.00–13.30 – Bring your own lunch / lunch at CWI canteen at own expense.
  • 13.30–13.40 – Quick survey
  • 13.40–14.05 – Short talk 4
  • 14.05–14.30 – Short talk 5

Confirmed speakers: Krystal Guo (KdVI, UvA, QuSoft), Carsten Dominik (Anton Pannekoek Institute, UvA), Nicolas Renaud (SURF), and Jeroen Zuiddam (KdVI, UvA, QuSoft).

To gauge interest, we ask you to register here before Monday 17 August. Depending on the interest, we will arrange a larger auditorium. We aim to record and live stream the event. More details can be found on the website of QuSoft.