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Modern Topics in Quantum Information
OVERVIEW
Quantum information theory has grown so diverse that it is now impossible to include all its strands in a single event. For this reason, this event will consist of 2 more specialized workshops (at the first and third weeks) with a broad conference in between (second week). We encourage the participants from the workshops to also take part in the conference.
For a preliminary book of abstracts click here. More abstracts to be added.
For the complete list of participants click here.
- QUANTUM FOUNDATIONS AND QUANTUM INFORMATION WORKSHOP (30.07.18- 03.08.18)
The field of quantum information evolved out of asking fundamental questions about the effect of quantum physics upon information processing. Within this context, the aim of this Workshop will be the discussion of a few topics that have emerged in recent years. An underlying feature of all recent development has been the search to understand, from more intuitive principles, why quantum mechanics describes nature so well. On one hand, this gave rise to the device-independent approach to quantum information, where solely by interacting through classical, experimental data we can manipulate quantum mechanical devices for certain tasks without needing to rely on any particular assumptions about implementations. On the other, it has shown that in order to understand quantum theory, unavoidably we have to revisit our most basic notions of cause and effect, what naturally led to a very promising direction of research, connecting causality, artificial intelligence and machine learning with problem in quantum information.
The workshop will cover on the following topics (but will not be limited to): Quantum correlations, Quantum cryptography, Quantum thermodynamics, Quantum Causality, Quantum machine learning, Quantum many-body systems, Quantum information-inspired experiments.
The workshop will have a key-note talk of 1 hour per day. Every other participant is also a potential speaker and can also give a talk about their work: we will have available an auditorium, 2 seminar rooms and 2 discussions rooms. To give a minimum structure to the workshop we have scheduled in advance 17 talks (30 minutes each). To maximize interactions and collaborations we expect that most of the other talks will be self-organized by the participants during the event (including potential parallel sessions and discussions).
For the dynamical program click here. (Participants can edit and include talks and discussions. Send an email to rchaves@iip.ufrn.br to get the editing permission)
Key-note speakers:
Antonio Acin, ICFO Barcelona, Spain
Caslav Brukner, IQOQI Vienna, Austria
Francesco Buscemi, Nagoya University, Japan
Paul Skrzypczyk, University of Bristol, UK
Philip Walther, University of Vienna, Austria
- MODERN TOPICS ON QUANTUM INFORMATION CONFERENCE (06.08.18- 10.08.18)
The discovery that the microscopic laws of physics allow for a fundamental speedup over any classical approach to computation has arguably been the single most important boost to quantum information theory. After the initial excitement, there was a period of increased scepticism about whether the daunting engineering challenges of actually constructing a quantum computer could be overcome. However, significant progress e.g. in solid-state based qubit implementations over the past few years have increased the interest in quantum computation the point where now several leading technology corporations are now funding projects with the goal of demonstrating computational quantum supremacy. In parallel to that quantum information has also interconnected with several other areas, being nowadays an essential tool in other areas within physics (e.g. condensed matter physics, gravity, thermodynamics) as well as outside (e.g. machine learning, statistical and causal inference). The conference will cover topics that are of particular recent interest and that represent the broadness of quantum information.
The conference will cover on the following topics (but will not be limited to):Quantum computation, Quantum machine learning, Quantum cryptography, Quantum information and condensed matter physics, Quantum information and gravity, Quantum thermodynamics, Quantum information-inspired experiments.
There will be space available for those presenting posters. For the program click here and for the abstracts here
Key-note speakers:
Fernando Brandão, Caltech, USA
Jens Eisert, Free University of Berlin, Germany
Laura Mancinska, Copenhagen, Denmark
Luiz Davidovich, UFRJ, Brazil
Stephen Walborn, UFRJ, Brazil
- CONVEXITY AND QUANTUM INFORMATION WORKSHOP (13.8.18- 17.08.18)
There has been an extremely fruitful interchange of ideas between quantum information and the field of convex geometry.
Convex optimization theory, for instance, is overtly concerned with the applied problem of solving certain optimization problems that are important e.g. in engineering. More interestingly, though, it is also provides increasingly important theoretical tools with applications to computational complexity theory. One major reason is that the convex optimization technique of semi-definite programming (SDP) is one of the most powerful methods for systematically deriving relaxations that give approximate solutions to otherwise computationally hard problems. For many tasks e.g. in graph theory or signal analysis, SDPs give rise to the best-known approximate algorithms.
In turn, since the set of states and operations in quantum theory are defined by semi-definite constraints, it is plausible that SDPs are relevant in this context. This is indeed true, and SDPs provide powerful techniques e.g. for identifying and quantifying entanglement. However, the past few years have seen a reversal in the flow of ideas in that several researchers from quantum information used physics-inspired concepts to contribute to convex optimization theory. Examples include the high-profile solution of a long-standing open problem showing that there is no efficient SDP formulation of the Traveling Salesperson Problem; the development of converging hierarchies of SDP-relaxations to problems specified by polynomials in non-commuting variables; the use of methods from quantum information to develop the first general theory of low-rank matrix recovery using SDPs; and the very recent discovery that quantum computers offer exponential speedups for solving certain SDPs.
Lastly, there is increased interest in exploring probabilistic theories that generalize quantum theory. They are naturally described in terms of "states" and "effects", which form pairs of dual convex cones. A significant amount of research has gone into characterizing the physical properties of such theories in terms of the convex geometry of these sets.
The workshop will have a key-note talk of 1 hour per day. Every other participant is also a potential speaker and can also give a talk about their work: we will have available an auditorium, 2 seminar rooms and 2 discussions rooms. To give a minimum structure to the workshop we have scheduled in advance 16 talks (30 minutes each). To maximize interactions and collaborations we expect that many other talks will be self-organized by the participants during the event (including potential parallel sessions and discussions).
For the dynamical program click here
Key-note speakers:
Boaz Barak, Computer Science, Harvard University, USA
Howard Barnum, University of New Mexico, USA
Jean B. Lasserre,LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse France, TMBI (Univ. Toulouse)
Omar Fawzi, Computer Science, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France
Miguel Navascues, Physics, IQOQI Vienna, Austria
REGISTRATION
In order to assist the organizing staff to timely issue invitation and visa letters, book accommodation and communicate important information, the prospective participants are kindly asked to register by clicking on the "Register" button at the top of this page.
Please notice that the registration is done in 2 steps. First one has to create an account at the IIP website, input some information and choose a password. After that you have to register in the event "Modern Topics in Quantum Information" and fill the required information (abstract, dates, etc). In the field "Please inform here any other relevant information" please indicate to which part of the event you are submmiting your talk/poster (1st or 2nd Workshop or for the Conference).
Registration deadline for talk submission and support request: May 19, 2018
Registration deadline for participation in the events: June 30, 2018
REGISTRATION FEE
The policy of the International Institute of Physics with respect to organization of events demands collecting a registration fee from the participants. Members of the local community (institutions in Natal) are considered as free listeners and are exempt from paying the fee. Participants will have daily fee transport to the conference venue (bus shuttle), coffee-breaks and lunch. The conference fee as well include the conference dinner.
For those participanting one week only
Students = R$300 Brazilian reais
Postdocs/Professionals = R$ 500 Brazilian reais
For those participanting longer than one week
Students = R$450 Brazilian reais
Postdocs/Professionals = R$ 800 Brazilian reais
*Registration fee is accepted in cash only.
** Information about lodging will be posted soon.
ACCOMMODATION
The organizing committee has made a preliminary block reservation for conference participants in two hotels:
Visual Praia hotel
Single room: R$235,00 Brazilian reais per night
Double room: R$ 253,00 Brazilian reais per night
Hotel Pousada O Tempo e o Vento
Single room: R$ 90,00 Brazilian reais per night
Double room: R$ 140,00 Brazilian reais per night
For booking, please contact the hotel of your choice directly.
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
Available for those who qualify for financial help. You may apply for financial support when filling out your registration form (Registration page).
For more information, please contact our events department at: events@iip.ufrn.br
