{"id":93144,"date":"2026-05-20T14:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T12:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/?p=93144"},"modified":"2026-05-20T14:03:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T12:03:00","slug":"fusion-group-at-the-bsc-doctoral-symposium-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/index.php\/2026\/05\/20\/fusion-group-at-the-bsc-doctoral-symposium-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Fusion group at the BSC Doctoral Symposium 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-93145\" src=\"https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/13thds_banner-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/13thds_banner-1.jpg 850w, https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/13thds_banner-1-400x132.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">From <strong>May 5<sup>th<\/sup> to 7<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong> our group member <strong>Juan Manuel S\u00e1nchez Meli\u00e1n<\/strong> represented our group at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bsc.es\/education\/predoctoral-phd\/doctoral-symposium\/13th-international-bsc-severo-ochoa-doctoral-symposium-2026\"><strong>13<sup>th<\/sup> International BSC Severo Ochoa Doctoral Symposium<\/strong><\/a>, where he presented his latest achievements and progress.\u00a0This event plays a key role in the BSC environment, providing PhD students and young researchers with the opportunity to present their work, gain experience, and receive feedback. Around <strong>50 presenters<\/strong> from a variety of backgrounds, including <strong>computer science, physics and biotechnology<\/strong>, took part in this year&#8217;s event.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_93148\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93148\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-93148\" src=\"https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/DS_all_2-1024x565.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/DS_all_2-1024x565.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/DS_all_2-400x221.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/DS_all_2-1536x847.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/DS_all_2.jpg 1765w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-93148\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The group picture taken at the first day of the Doctoral Symposium event.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Juan Manuel presented a<a href=\"https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/Doctoral_Symposium_2026_finalposter_compressed.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> poster<\/strong> <\/a>during the first session on the 5<sup>th<\/sup> of May, sharing his investigation into <strong>Variational Quantum Algorithms<\/strong> applied to the propagation of electromagnetic waves through vacuum and cold plasma. The constructed solver correctly reproduced classical precision for the vacuum propagation case and was extended to a <strong>cold-plasma-filled model<\/strong>, which disturbs the previously calculated mode of propagation. This work forms a part of the group&#8217;s efforts to apply Quantum Computation and Quantum Algorithms to fusion plasma research.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_93149\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93149\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-93149\" src=\"https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/DS_imagen_poster-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/DS_imagen_poster-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/DS_imagen_poster-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/DS_imagen_poster-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/DS_imagen_poster-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/DS_imagen_poster-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-93149\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Juan Manuel explaining his poster at the Symposium.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Juan Manuel was also part of the Organizing Committee of the Doctoral Symposium<\/strong>, ensuring the event ran smoothly and presenters had the perfect environment in which to present their work. This work is very important because the Doctoral Symposium is a self-organized event that relies on the <strong>voluntary efforts of BSC&#8217;s researchers.<\/strong> Through balancing his roles as an event organizer and a presenter, Juan Manuel has gained a deeper appreciation for the collaborative spirit of the BSC. It was a unique opportunity to<strong> learn, grow, and contribute<\/strong> to an environment that nurtures the next generation of scientific breakthroughs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>This work has been funded by the Ministry for Digital Transformation and the Civil Service of the Spanish Government through the QUANTUM ENIA project call \u2013 Quantum Spain project, and by the European Union through the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan \u2013NextGenerationEU within the framework of the Digital Spain 2026 Agenda.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From May 5th to 7th our group member Juan Manuel S\u00e1nchez Meli\u00e1n represented our group at the 13th International BSC Severo Ochoa Doctoral Symposium, where he presented his latest achievements and progress.\u00a0This event plays a key role in the BSC environment, providing PhD students and young researchers with the opportunity to present their work, gain &#8230; <a title=\"Fusion group at the BSC Doctoral Symposium 2026\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/index.php\/2026\/05\/20\/fusion-group-at-the-bsc-doctoral-symposium-2026\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Fusion group at the BSC Doctoral Symposium 2026\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-group","category-talk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93144"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93160,"href":"https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93144\/revisions\/93160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}