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International Workshop: What is Quantum Information? |
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May 18–22, 2015 - Buenos Aires - Argentina |
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| Monday 18 - Morning | ||||
| Chair: Christopher Fuchs | ||||
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9:30 - 10:30 |
"About the concept of information" | OLIMPIA LOMBARDI AND SEBASTIAN FORTIN | ||
| CONICET, University of Buenos Aires (Argentina) | ||||
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffe break | |||
| 11:00 - 12:00 | "Analyzing Shannon information and quantum information" | ARMOND DUWELL | ||
| University of Montana (USA) | ||||
| 12:00 - 13:00 | "Some approaches to answering the question ‘What is quantum | CHRISTOPHER TIMPSON | ||
| information?’; and why it might matter" | Brasenose College (United Kingdom) | |||
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |||
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Tuesday 19 - Morning |
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Chair: Armond Duwell |
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| 9:30 - 10:30 | "Whose information? Information about what?" | JEFFREY BUB | ||
| University of Maryland (USA) | ||||
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffe break | |||
| 11:00 - 12:00 | "Quantum theory from quantum information? | CHRISTOPHER FUCHS | ||
| (What would Feynman say?)" | University of Massachussetts (USA) | |||
| 12:00 - 13:00 | "Distinguishing influence from inference in quantum theory" | ROBERT SPEKKENS | ||
| Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (Canada) | ||||
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |||
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Thursday 21 - Morning |
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Chair: Robert Spekkens |
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| 9:30 - 10:30 | "Quantum Particles and information" | DENNIS DIEKS | ||
| Utrecht University (Netherlands) | ||||
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffe break | |||
| 11:00 - 12:00 | "Characterizing quantum reality" | ADRIAN KENT | ||
| Cambridge University (United Kingdom) | ||||
| 12:00 - 13:00 | "Information and entanglement-assisted communication from a | CRISTIAN LÓPEZ AND OLIMPIA LOMBARDI | ||
| manipulability account of causation" | CONICET, University of Buenos Aires (Argentina) | |||
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |||
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Friday 22 - Morning |
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Chair: Christopher Timpson |
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| 9:30 - 10:30 | "Quantum correlations: Where, how and why" | ADAN CABELLO | ||
| University of Sevilla (Spain) | ||||
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffe break | |||
| 11:00 - 12:00 | "On the relative character of quantum correlations" | ANGELO PLASTINO, GUIDO BELLOMO | ||
| AND ANGEL R. PLASTINO | ||||
| CONICET, National University of La Plata (Argentina) | ||||
| 12:00 - 13:00 | "Classical models of quantum systems and quantum information" | FEDERICO HOLIK AND LEONARDO VANNI | ||
| CONICET, University of Buenos Aires (Argentina) | ||||
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Friday 22 - Afternoon |
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Chair: Olimpia Lombardi |
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| Closing session: | ||||
| 14:30 - 15:20 | Bub, Cabello, Dieks, Duwell, Fuchs, Kent, Lombardi, Plastino, Spekkens, Timpson. | |||
| Each one: five minutes of conclusions and problems to discuss (video) | ||||
| 15:20 - 15:35 | Coffe break | |||
| 15:35 - 17:00 | Open discussion | |||
| 17:00 - 17:30 | Bub, Cabello, Dieks, Duwell, Fuchs, Kent, Lombardi, Plastino, Spekkens, Timpson. | |||
| Each one: a one-sentence conclusion and one open question | ||||
| 17:30 | All together for empanadas party. | |||
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Saturday 23 |
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| Full day | Country day and Gaucho Party at Estancia Santa Susana. | |||
| Leaving from Novotel at 9:30 hs, back in Novotel at 17:30 hs. | ||||
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Pictures of the workshop
Videos of the workshop
Pictures of the excursion
The number of participants is limited by available seating, so we regret that participation is by invitation only.
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