[quantum-info] Fwd: Workshop on Quantum Networks.

[Daniel Gottesman]

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From: Antonio Acín <antonio.acin at icfo.es>
Date: Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 5:33 PM
Subject: Workshop on Quantum Networks.
To: Antonio Acín <antonio.acin at icfo.es>


Dear all,

registration for the “Workshop on Quantum Networks” is now open at
http://qbnetworks.icfo.eu/. The workshop will take place in Barcelona from
30 March to 1 April and is sponsored by the Foundational Questions
Institute (FQXI) under the project ""Quantum Bayesian networks: the physics
of nonlocal events”.

Causality is a crucial concept for our understanding of nature. In
relativity, the objective properties of a system are dictated by the causal
relations between events in spacetime. While quantum mechanical predictions
comply with relativity, objective properties do not satisfy the same causal
relations—the phenomenon known as non-locality. Quantum mechanics is
consistent with special relativity at an operational level but appears to
violate it at an ontological level. This reveals a deep subtlety in the way
that quantum theory and relativity co-exist. Understanding this subtlety
will be crucial to understanding how physical theories lead to a notion of
things happening through the language of causality. The aim of the workshop
is to explore all these different concepts, bringing together researchers
interested in causality within quantum physics.

There will be five invited speakers:

Jonathan Barrett
Cyril Branciard
Giulio Chiribella
Dominik Janzing
Rob Spekkens

In addition, we anticipate accepting additional contributed talks and
posters. We are taking abstract submissions through the website.

Deadline for registration: 7 March

Deadline for abstract submission: 29 February. Results will be announced on
4 March.


We hope you find the workshop of your interest and are able to attend.

We look forward to meeting you in Barcelona!

Antonio Acin
Rafael Chaves
Matty Hoban
Raymond Lal

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Antonio Acin
ICREA Research Professor
ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences
Mediterranean Technology Park
Av. Carl Friedrich Gauss, 3
08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain
T: +34 93 553 40 62
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E: antonio.acin at icfo.es
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