For newcomers#

Welcome to the Delft quantum tinkerer group#

Follow all the points on this checklist that apply to you.

Online stuff#

  • Join the group chat, introduce yourself in the main chat channel. Please use the public channels. Only use the private ones if there’s a need for other people not to read your message.

  • https://io.quantumtinkerer.tudelft.nl is your jupyter computational environment. Try it, and learn jupyter.

  • Delft-only: Sign up for the group mailing list https://listserv.tudelft.nl/mailman/listinfo/quantumtinkerer-tnw to receive various relevant announcements.

  • Delft-only: Write an email introducing yourself to theory mailing list (you don’t have to sign up). This is a mailing list of the complete theory group, not just Quantum Tinkerer.

  • Delft PhDs and postdocs (but everyone else welcome as well): add a group member page to the group website.

    1. Edit the website contents at web IDE

    2. Add yourself to the correct category in /pages/members.rst at the bottom—the list is reverse chronological).

    3. Upload a photo of yourself into /images

    4. Create a new profile page in /pages/members/<yourname.rst> (copy the structure from anyone else’s page)

    5. Commit to a new branch and open a merge request.

    6. Let @anton-akhmerov know (or ping him if anything is unclear)

  • Delft PhDs and postdocs: get an account on hpc05 computational cluster: ask @anton-akhmerov to do so. You probably won’t need it right away, but it’s best to do now rather than later.

  • If you’re using a calendar software, subscribe to http://tiny.cc/quantumtinkerer_cal (it’s an .ics link) or follow it online either via this URL or at http://antonakhmerov.org

  • Set up ssh connections to hpc05 and io following the steps in the cookbook

Real world & bureaucracy#

  • PhDs and postdocs: Let the group’s admin Lizzy Groote L.Groote@tudelft.nl (available Tue–Thu every week, F164) to guide you through the process of registering for the university if you are with Anton, or Jenny (J.Boks-Zondervan@tudelft.nl, B001) if you are with Michael.

  • Ask Lizzy to assign you a desk and register your campus card for group office access. Students: ask Lizzy for a desk in a student office, keep Anton in CC.

  • PhDs and postdocs: Ask Maria to update your door sign, so that your name is on it, check that this does happen.

  • Ask Jenny to give your card access to QCLab.

  • Bacheror&Master Students: register your project with thesis administration (fill the Master’s Thesis Project application form). If it’s a Pre-Casimir track thesis, no Master Thesis Planning module is required, but writing a plan is recommended.

  • PhD students: make a PhD agreement with the graduate school.

  • There’s a daily (online) coffee around 10:30, and we advise to also attend it often.

  • We have weekly group meetings.

Entering the world of research#

  • If you are new to academia, decide which email you are going to use and stick to it. Something to consider is the difference between the university-provided email versus an external one. The university-provided emails are often blocked after you move out (Delft will delete your account 3 months after the contract runs out!), so if you don’t want organizations to lose contact with you, select an email that will stay under your control.