Quantum Computation, Quantum Information, and the Exact Sciences (January 30 - 31, 2015)
Idea and Motivation
Quantum computation and quantum information theory (QCIT) are two burgeoning fields which are concerned with the ways in which the resources of quantum mechanics can be used to develop algorithms and protocols for handling information faster and more efficiently than is possible using conventional means. Since quantum computation and information theory combine and connect concepts from physics, mathematics, computer science, and information theory, they promise to illuminate the foundations of all of these sciences. The aim of this conference is to explore these connections; i.e., between the philosophy and foundations of quantum computation and information theory, and more traditional philosophical and foundational questions in these and other of the so-called “exact sciences.”
Program
30 January
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 08:30 - 09:00 | Registration (Room E206) |
| 09:00 - 09:15 | Opening words: Michael Cuffaro, Samuel Fletcher, Johannes Kofler |
| 09:10 - 09:15 | Welcome: Stephan Hartmann |
| 09:15 - 10:45 | Keynote: Chris Timpson: Quantum information: Ontological and conceptual aspects Chair: Michael Cuffaro Watch the lecture @ LMUcast |
| 10:45 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Gemma De Las Cuevas: Fundamental limitations of purification problems Chair: Michael Cuffaro |
| 11:45 - 13:30 | Lunch Break |
| 13:30 - 14:15 | Alexei Grinbaum: If the observer is defined informationally, what is quantum theory? Chair: Patricia Palacios |
| 14:15 - 15:00 | Vasil Penchev: Quantum information as the information of infinite series Chair: Patricia Palacios |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Coffee Break |
| 15:30 - 16:15 | Adrien Feix and Časlav Brukner: Superposition of causal ordering between parties as a communication complexity resource Chair: Lucas Clemente |
| 16:15 - 17:00 | Lucas Dunlap: Would the Existence of CTCs Allow for Nonlocal Signaling? Chair: Lucas Clemente |
| 17:00 - 17:15 | Break |
| 17:15 - 18:45 | Keynote: Rüdiger Schack: QBism and the Born rule Chair: Johannes Kofler Watch the Lecture @ LMUcast |
| 19:15 | Conference dinner: "Georgenhof" |
31 January
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Keynote: Hans Briegel: Towards quantum artificial intelligence Chair: Johannes Kofler |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Hector Freytes and Giuseppe Sergioli: Non-Separability in the Representation of Fuzzy Structures in Quantum Computation Chair: Carina Prunkl |
| 11:45 - 12:30 | Sam Fletcher: The Physical Basis of Computation and Computational Complexity Chair: Carina Prunkl |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 - 14:45 | Ronnie Hermens: The relevance of Gleason’s Theorem for Bayesian interpretations of quantum probabilities Chair: Wolfgang Pietsch |
| 14:45 - 15:30 | Gerd Niestegge: Non-classical conditional probability, quantum measurement, and the no-cloning theorem Chair: Wolfgang Pietsch |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16:00 - 16:45 | Kohtaro Tadaki: A Refinement of Quantum Mechanics by Algorithmic Randomness Chair: Sam Fletcher |
| 16:45 - 17:00 | Break |
| 17:00 - 18:30 | Keynote: Leah Henderson: Quantum information theory and the quantum state Chair: Sam Fletcher |
| 18:45 | Informal drinks |
Acknowledgement:
The conference is supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics.