Lectures & Talks

A selection of recorded student lectures and conference talks, together with the post-graduate course that I taught at ETH Zürich.

While the specific content is at research level, there are key aspects that carry on to my tutoring:

  • Pedagogy: I always start by explaining the simplest example, then build up understanding gradually, so a student never gets overwhelmed by complexity.
  • Visualisation: My teaching, much like my research, is built around visualisation. Almost every result I have, especially the most important ones, can be graphically depicted.
  • Enthusiasm: Teaching physics and math is as much fun as doing physics and math.

Lectures for graduate students

Quantum clocks
Qalypso Summer School 2024 (Malta)
Complexity in Quantum Thermodynamics
Quantum Thermodynamics Summer School 2021 (Les Diablerets)
Part 1 · ETH video ↗
Pre- and post-selected quantum states
Solstice of Foundations 2019 (Zürich)

Conference talks

An information theory for clocks and synchronisation
IQOQI Seminar 2021 (Vienna)
Quantum clocks are more accurate than classical ones
Quantum Information Processing 2019 (Colorado)

Graduate courses — ETH Zürich

Advanced Topics in Quantum Information Theory
Spring semester 2023
Ralph Silva and Philipp Kammerlander
Advanced Topics in Quantum Information Theory
Spring semester 2022
Ralph Silva and Lídia del Rio
Advanced Topics in Quantum Information Theory
Spring semester 2021
Ralph Silva and Lídia del Rio