09 November 2020
Watch Eminent physicist, Professor Vlatko Vedral FInstP, Professor of Quantum Information Science at University of Oxford who gave the 2020 John Bell Day lecture on 'Quantum Reality'.
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Help us make John Bell the best known scientist in Northern Ireland
On 4 November 1964 John Bell (1928-1990) from Tate’s Avenue, Belfast changed the world of science by laying the foundation stone for quantum computing with his quantum theory. Since November 2014, Belfast has celebrated John Bell Day. We want to make John Bell a role model for the young people of Northern Ireland; to inspire them to see education and science as a route by which they can fulfil their greatest ambitions like Bell did.
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John Bell Lectures
In the past, a number of eminent speakers have delivered lectures to celebrate John Bell Day.
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When 06 November 2019
Eminent French physicist, Professor Alain Aspect, ForMemRS, of the Université Paris-Saclay, will deliver the 2019 John Bell Day Lecture in Queen's University Belfast
When 06 November 2017
Professor Acin will explore the impact from John Stewart Bell's work and the advances now being made in quantum computing.
When 04 November 2016
Public lecture to celebrate John Bell Day 2016.
When 05 November 2015
Quantum computation could revolutionize the information age and trigger as big an impact on society as the conventional computer. It promises to transform not just science and technology but our very understanding of reality.