Decoherence is a bridge between quantum and classical and an Achilles’ heel of quantum computation. For the past 30 years Wojciech Zurek led development of the theory of decoherence and studied its implications for the foundations of quantum physics and its consequences for quantum information science and technology. We will invite his collaborators as well as prominent contributors to the field to celebrate Wojciech’s 60th birthday and his 30 years of decoherence studies.
The conference will be held at the Institute for Quantum Computing in Waterloo from the 20th to the 23rd of May, 2013.
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'''Keynote Speakers'''
* Charles Bennett, IBM Research
* Seth Lloyd, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
* Bill Unruh, University of British Columbia
* Bill Wootters, Williams College
'''Invited Speakers'''
* Markus Aspelmeyer, University of Vienna
* David Cory, Institute for Quantum Computing
* Luis Davidovich, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
* Jacek Dziarmaga, Jagiellonian University
* Serge Haroche, Collège de France
* David Poulin, Université de Sherbrooke
* Wolfgang Schleich, Integrated Quantum Science and Technology
* Maximilian Schlosshauer, University of Portland
* Ben Schumacher, Kenyon College
* Max Tegmark, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
* David Wineland, National Institute of Standards and Technology
