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Member of European Parliament Matej Tonin visited the Jožef Stefan Institute Reactor Centre, where he met with an Institute delegation for an in-depth discussion on the development of nuclear energy and robotics. JSI Director Dr Leon Cizelj presented the Institute’s activities, main research areas, and key figures related to its research activities and staff. The programme also included presentations on nuclear technologies and the Institute’s role in this field, as well as its activities in robotics and artificial intelligence. The visit was organised as part of the preparations for the upcoming event Towards a Major European Robotics Initiative, which will take place in the European Parliament on 2 September 2026 and is being co-organised by the JSI. At the conclusion of the visit, Mr Tonin expressed his appreciation for the work presented and the Institute’s research capabilities.

Asst. Prof. Matjaž Gomilšek from the from the Condensed Matter Physics Department F5 at the Jožef Stefan Institute and the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, has recently been elected to represent the magnetism community of Slovenia in the General Council (GC) of the European Magnetism Association (EMA) for a three-year term. The GC consists of representatives of the European countries active in magnetism research and defines the general policy of EMA, overseeing key activities such as the Joint European Magnetic Symposia JEMS conference and the European School on Magnetism ESM. Members of Slovenia’s magnetism community are warmly encouraged to reach out to Asst. Prof. Matjaž Gomilšek to share ideas, raise topics of interest, or explore opportunities to get involved in EMA activities (for additional information, see magnetism.eu.

The young Ceramists Additive Manufacturing Forum yCAM 2026 took place at Jožef Stefan Institute, from 11th to 13th of May 2026. During yCAM, 3DCERAM Award for Best Speaker was won by Dr. Ipeknaz Özden Moser from Department for Nanostructured Materials (K7), for her talk on "Ceramic additive manufacturing by micron sized droplet jetting of thermoplastic feedstocks". 3DCERAM Award for Best Poster was won by Pia Popovič, also from Department for Nanostructured Materials (K7), for her poster on "Thermoplastic material jetting of paraffin-wax-based alumina suspensions". With these awards, they received the chance to present their work at the Ceramic AM Summit which will be held from 29th of June to 1st of July in Freiburg, Germany, as well as registration and travel grants for this event. Congratulations to both, as well as their supervisors Assoc. Prof. Dr. Andraž Kocjan and Dr. Aljaž Iveković.

Dr. Amirhossein Lame Jouybari and prof. dr. Leon Cizelj from Jožef Stefan Institute published the research article “Prospect of quantum computing on Enhanced Strain Gradient Crystal Plasticity theory” in International Journal of Plasticity, which is a highly renowned international journal in the field of plastic deformation, damage and fracture behaviour of solids. For the first time, the authors introduce a novel quantum computing algorithm based on the quantum Fourier transform (QFT) to solve the balance equations from the field of solid mechanics. It is demonstrated that the proposed QFT-method achieves a poly-logarithmic computational speedup, offering significant advantages for high resolution simulations of irradiated materials, where both numerical accuracy and computational efficiency are critical for reliable structural integrity assessments in nuclear power plant applications. In addition, the authors also presented a new ESGCP theory to describe crystal plasticity and grain size effects.