NCU in the Shanghai Ranking
Once again, Nicolaus Copernicus University has found itself on the list of the Academic Ranking of World Universities among the one thousand best universities in the world. In this year's edition of the oldest global ranking, seven Polish higher education institutions were classified.
Delegation from the British Embassy visits NCU
A delegation from the British Embassy in Warsaw visited the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. Vice-Rector for Science dr habil. Adam Kola, NCU Prof. hosted Chargé d'affaires Jennifer Tyldesley, who was accompanied by Science & Technology Attaché Małgorzata Kiełmińska.
Prof. Andrzej Cichocki with the Gabor Prize
Prof. Andrzej Cichocki from the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics at the Nicolaus Copernicus University, the most cited Polish computer science scientist and doctor honoris causa of our University, received the Dennis Gabor Award. This is one of the most important honours for outstanding achievements in the field of neural engineering and applications of artificial neural networks.
Nanophotonics conference
Conference "N2D: Nanophotonics of 2D Materials" will take place at the Institute of Physics, NCU, from October 6th to 9th, 2025. The list of invited speakers includes pioneers of low-dimensional nanophotonics. You can still submit your oral or poster contribution. The application deadline is June 23rd.
See the conference webpage for more information: https://n2d-2025.faj.org.pl/
Smartphone reveals secrets of antimatter
At CERN, scientists from the AEgIS collaboration, including physicists from the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, led by a team of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have repurposedsmartphone camera sensors tocreate adetector capable of tracking antiprotonannihilations in real timewith unprecedentedresolution
NCU in ERIHS ERIC
Through the efforts of scientists from WFAiIS, the Polish Consortium for Research on Cultural Heritage E-RIHS.pl has become part of the newly established European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIHS ERIC).
56 Symposium on Mathematical Physics
On June 13-15, 2025, the Institute of Physics will host the 56 Symposium on Mathematical Physics, devoted to the issues of quantum information theory and the dynamics of quantum open systems.
Details at https://fizyka.umk.pl/smp/smp56/
Dr. Daniel Ruminski receives 2025 Pascal Rol Award at Photonics West in San Francisco
We are happy to announce that Dr. Daniel Ruminski from the Institute of Physics at the Nicolaus Copernicus University has won Pascal Rol Award at Ophthalmic Technologies XXXV conference during SPIE Photonics West in San Francisco for the best paper. SPIE Photonics West is the leading global conference and marketplace for lasers, biomedical optics, quantum, and biophotonics technologies.
AI for molecular physics and chemistry simulations
Professor Pavlo Dral Dr. Pavlo O. Dral (Department of Chemistry, Xiamen University, China, Instytut Fizyki, UMK Toruń)
http://dr-dral.com | http://MLatom.com (Atomistic Machine Learning) @ http://XACScloud.com (Xiamen Atomistic Computing Suite) https://xacs.xmu.edu.cn/, our expert on AI and ML, will conduct a 10-hour course entitled "AI for molecular physics and chemistry simulations". The course is intended for students, PhD students and employees. More information in file.