Workshop on Quantum Foundations in the Light of Quantum Information IIIDecember 6-9, 2011Program |
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011 |
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09:00 - 09:30
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Registration (Room 5345) and Coffee & Croissants (Room 6245)
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Meeting room(s) : 6214 |
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09:30 - 09:45
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Opening remarks (Gilles Brassard & Christopher Fuchs)
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09:45 - 10:45
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Man-Duen Choi
(University of Toronto) What on earth does an abstract Quantum Computer mean? | Abstract |
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10:45 - 11:15
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Coffee break
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Room(s) 6245
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11:15 - 12:15
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G.-M. D’Ariano
(Università degli Studi di Pavia) Quantum foundations: What's next? |
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12:15 - 15:00
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Lunch break & work session
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15:00 - 16:00
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Paolo Perinotti
(Università degli Studi di Pavia) Causality, locality and spooky action at a distance |
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16:00 - 16:30
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Coffee break
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Room(s) 6245
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16:30 - 17:30
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Giulio Chiribella
(Perimeter Institute) Quantum theory, with less causality |
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17:30
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Welcoming reception
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Room(s) 6245
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011 |
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09:30 - 10:30
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Coffee & Croissants
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Room(s) 6245
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Meeting room(s) : 6214 |
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10:30 - 11:30
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Robert Spekkens
(Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics) Formulating quantum theory as a causally neutral theory of Bayesian inference |
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11:30 - 15:00
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Lunch break & work session
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15:00 - 16:00
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Caslav Brukner
(University of Vienna) |
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16:00 - 16:30
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Coffee break
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Room(s) 6245
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16:30 - 17:30
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Markus P. Müller
(Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics) Reversibility as an axiom for quantum theory and the search for its closest cousins |
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19:30
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Banquet - Restaurant Chez Queux (158, St-Paul Street East, Old Montreal)
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Thursday, December 8, 2011 |
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09:00 - 09:30
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Coffee & Croissants
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Room(s) 6245
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Meeting room(s) : 6214 |
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09:30 - 10:30
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Jeffrey Bub
(University of Maryland) Einstein and Bohr meet Alice and Bob |
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10:30 - 11:00
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Coffee break
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Room(s) 6245
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11:00 - 12:00
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D. Marcus Appleby
(Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics) Galois symmetries of a SIC-POVM |
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12:00 - 15:00
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Lunch break & work session
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15:00 - 16:00
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John A. Smolin
(IBM Research) |
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16:00 - 16:30
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Coffee break
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Room(s) 6245
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16:30 - 17:30
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Jan-Åke Larsson
(Linköping University) A contextual extension of Spekkens' toy model | Abstract |
Friday, December 9, 2011 |
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09:00 - 09:30
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Coffee & Croissants
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Room(s) 6245
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Meeting room(s) : 6214 |
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09:30 - 10:30
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Howard Barnum
(University of New Mexico) |
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10:30 - 11:00
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Coffee break
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Room(s) 6245
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11:00 - 12:00
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M. D. Westmoreland
(Denison University) Almost quantum theory |
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12:00 - 15:00
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Lunch break & work session
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15:00 - 16:00
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S. Bandyopadhyay
(Bose Institute) |
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16:00 - 16:30
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Coffee break
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Room(s) 6245
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16:30 - 17:30
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Wrap-up session
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