Quantum Roundabout is a Postgraduate Student Conference focused on the fundamentals of Quantum Physics, to be held from June 29th to July 2nd 2014 at The University of Nottingham, School of Mathematical Sciences.
To watch the talk live, visit the event page https://plus.google.com/events/cdj7438q6jpku7qomp8cmhip0us at the appointed hour.
Date/Time: 29th October 2013 2pm GMT
Speaker: Renato Renner (ETH Zurich)
Title: Does freedom of choice imply that the wave function is real?
Date/time: Tuesday 18th June 2013 2pm BST/UTC+1
Speaker: Bill Wootters (Williams College)
Title: What is the origin of complex probability amplitudes?
Time: 2pm GMT/UTC
Speaker: Roger Colbeck
Title: No extension of quantum theory can have improved predictive power
Abstract:
Date/time: Tuesday 23rd October 2pm BST
Speaker: Markus Mueller (Perimeter Institute)
Title: Three-dimensionality of space and the quantum bit: an information-theoretic approach
Victorian Summer School in Ultracold Physics
DATE: 20th January — 31st January 2014
The third Victorian Summer School in Ultracold Atomic Physics will be held in Melbourne, Australia over a two week period during the (Southern hemisphere) summer break. The School will incorporate approximately 6 lectures per day on current topics in ultracold physics presented by leaders in the field, leaving room for additional tutorials and discussions.
Special Theme for 2014: Quantum physics of low-dimensional systems
VSSUP 2014 will include lectures and tutorials on the following topics:
This is a theoretical project that addresses foundational aspects of quantum information processing with a focus on structural features of qudit systems. While much effort has been spent on investigating quantum state spaces, relatively little is known about the structure of quantum observables. The mathematical duality of states and observables provides a guarantee that whatever one learns about one side is relevant for the other, so that it is to be expected that studying structures of quantum observables will provide a new angle and open up new questions.
We study fundamental aspects of quantum theory through the analysis of relevant information processing tasks and algorithms. We are interested in the formulation of physical principles in terms of information processing possibilities.
2011 Postdoctoral Recruitment
