[PhilPhys] Workshop on Entanglement, Paris 28-29 November 2014

[Pierre Uzan]

                         WORKSHOP on ENTANGLEMENT

                 28-29 November 2014, University Paris-Diderot

This workshop is organized under the auspices of laboratory SPHERE, 
History and Philosophy of Science, University Paris-Diderot, CNRS.

    Initially, the concept of entanglement has been coined by 
Schrödinger to describe a fundamental property of a composed, physical 
system whose parts have interacted in their common past (Schrödinger, 
1935):
“When two systems, of which we know the states by their respective 
representatives, enter into temporary physical interaction due to 
known forces between them, and when after a time of mutual influence 
the systems separate again, then they can no longer be described in 
the same way as before, viz. by endowing each of them with a 
representative of its own. I would not call that one but rather the 
characteristic trait of quantum mechanics, the one that enforces its 
entire departure from classical lines of thought. By the interaction 
the two representatives [the quantum states] have become entangled.”
    Entanglement is the central concept of quantum mechanics, which 
can explain non-locality phenomena, as in all EPR-like experiments. 
Entanglement can even be used as a physical resource in information 
protocols, like quantum cryptography or quantum teleportation.
    Moreover, as recently suggested by some researchers, the concept 
of entanglement can be represented within the framework of a 
generalized, possibly weakened, version of quantum theory where all a 
priori references to the physical world have been relaxed –which thus 
gives rise to applications beyond the strict material domain.

    This workshop aims to deal with the concept of entanglement 
according to its different aspects and its possible interpretations. 
Historical, physical, metaphysical, informational and generalized 
approaches to this very fruitful  concept will be addressed.


Confirmed participants:

Alexander Afriat (SPHERE, Université Paris-Diderot)
Roberto Angeloni (SPHERE, Université Paris-Diderot)
Harald Atmanspacher (Collegium Helveticum, ETH Zurich / IGPP Freiburg, 
Germany)
Guido Bacciagaluppi (University of Aberdeen)
Michael Esfeld (University of Lausanne)
Thomas Filk (University of Freiburg, Germany)
Alexei Grinbaum (CEA-Saclay, SPEC/LARSIM)
Hartman Roemer (Freiburg University, Germany)
Pierre Uzan (SPHERE, Université Paris-Diderot)
Harald Walach (European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), 
Germany)


Organization of the workshop : Pierre Uzan and Roberto Angeloni 
(SPHERE)

More detailed information about the workshop will be provided on:
http://www.sphere.univ-paris-diderot.fr/spip.php?article1392