Quantum Computing Workshop

[Amit Hagar @ Konstanz]

A special 2-day workshop on "What's Quantum in Quantum Computing?"
PPM Group, The University of Konstanz.
19-20 May 2005.

Quantum computing is one of the most exciting areas in quantum mechanics today, and many people hold great expectations that it would materialize in the building of a large-scale quantum computer that would perform tasks intractable for classical computers. Enormous practical problems await such an ambitious project, yet, irrespective of these, there also exists a theoretical question that so far remains open, namely – what are the physical resources that are responsible for the putative quantum ‘speed-up’ of computation? Identifying these resources will help us better characterize the ontological differences between classical and quantum theories and to solve some of the philosophical puzzles of the latter. Unifying physics and philosophy, an answer to this question will most certainly enhance not only the construction and the implementation of new quantum algorithms, but also our understanding of the quantum world. 

Speakers:

Guido Bacciagaluppi (IHPST)
Jonathan Barrett (Perimeter)
Angelo Bassi (Munich)
Caslav Brukner (Imperial)
Shahar Dolev (HUJI)
Berry Groisman (Bristol)
Alexei Grinbaum (Paris)
Meir Hemmo (Haifa U)
Tal Mor (Technion)
Rob Raussendorf (Caltech)
Rob Spekkens (Perimeter) 
Karl Svozil (TUV)

For more information: http://www.uni-konstanz.de/ppm/Events.htm#whatIsQuantum

Amit Hagar and Ari Duwell
PPM Group, Konstanz

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