The Relativistic Quantum Information North (RQI-N) Conference will take place June 21-24, 2016 at the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) of the University of Waterloo. IQC is in the building called the Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre (QNC). The lectures will take place in the big lecture hall: QNC Room 0101.
Monday, June 20
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7:00-10:00 |
Welcome Reception in the Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre, second floor kitchen |
Tuesday, June 21
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8:00 |
Registration and coffee |
| 8:45 | Introduction |
| 9:00 | Juan León, Instituto de Física Fundamental (CSIC) Remote states, Reeh-Schlieder theorem, and Tsirelson problem |
| 9:40 | Andrzej Dragan, University of Warsaw
Effect of gravity on localized two-mode Gaussian quantum states |
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10:20 |
Coffee break |
| 10:40 | Aidan Chatwin-Davies, California Institute of Technology The Cosmological Signature of Covariant Bandlimitation |
| 10:55 | Jason Pye, University of Waterloo Locality and entanglement in bandlimited quantum field theory |
| 11:10 | Nicholas Funai, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics Using quantum energy teleportation to create exotic spacetimes |
| 11:25 |
Tim Ralph, University of Queensland |
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12:05 |
Lunch |
| 1:30 | Nick Menicucci, RMIT University Sonic relativity and the observers who hear its call |
| 2:10 | José de Ramón Rivera, Universidad Complutense de Madrid On thermalization timescales, KMS detailed balance and AntiUnruh phenomena |
| 2:25 |
Guillaume Verdon-Akzam, Institute for Quantum Computing |
| 2:40 | Eric Brown, ICFO - Institute of Photonic Sciences Accelerating in a Thermal Bath |
| 2:55 | Esteban Castro-Ruiz, University of Vienna Entanglement of quantum clocks through gravity |
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3:10 |
Coffee break |
| 3:30 | Daniel Terno, Macquarie University Spin and localisation of relativistic fermions |
| 4:10 | Belinda Pang, California Institute of Technology On decoherence under gravity: a perspective from the Equivalence Principle |
| 4:25 | Krzysztof Lorek, University of Warsaw Unruh effect as a two-mode Gaussian channel |
| 4:40 | Filip Kiałka, University of Warsaw Spatial entanglement of nonvacuum Gaussian states |
| 6:00 | Dinner at the Grad House *Registration required, meal and one soft drink included |
Wednesday, June 22
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8:30 |
Coffee |
| 9:00 |
Barry Sanders, University of Calgary |
| 9:40 | Ralf Schützhold, Universität Duisburg-Essen Partner modes and bi-partite vs multi-partite entanglement |
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10:20 |
Coffee break |
| 10:40 | Grant Salton, Stanford University Spacetime Replication of Continuous Variable Quantum Information |
| 10:55 | Alejandro Pozas-Kerstjens, ICFO - The Institute of Photonic Sciences Vacuum Entanglement Harvesting from the Electromagnetic Field with Hydrogen-like Atoms |
| 11:10 | Allison Sachs, Institute for Quantum Computing Toward fermionic entanglement harvesting |
| 11:25 | Adrian Lupascu, Institute for Quantum Computing |
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12:05 |
Group picture |
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12:20 |
Lunch |
| 1:30 | Ivette Fuentes, University of Vienna Gravity in the quantum lab |
| 2:10 | Daniel Grimmer, Institute for Quantum Computing Emergent open dynamics under general repeated interactions |
| 2:25 | Paulina Corona Ugalde, Institute for Quantum Computing A generalized model of repeated quantum interactions |
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2:40 |
Aharon Brodutch, Institute for Quantum Computing Non-Local Measurements Via Quantum Erasure |
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2:55 |
Coffee break |
| 3:20 | Masahiro Hotta, Tohoku University |
| 4:00 | Alexander Smith, University of Waterloo and Macquarie University Tools for relativistic quantum reference frames |
| 4:15 | Mehdi Ahmadi, University of Calgary Communication between inertial observers with partially correlated reference frames |
| 4:30 | Natacha Altamirano, Perimeter Institute and University of Waterloo Gravity as an Emergent Quantum Measurement: Cosmological Applications |
| 4:45 | Elliot Nelson, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics Quantum Decoherence during Inflation due to Gravity |
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5:00 |
Self-arranged dinner |
| 7:00 | Public lecture: Bill Unruh, The University of British Columbia The detection of gravitational waves on earth Registration is required |
Thursday, June 23
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8:30 |
Coffee |
| 9:00 | Jeff Steinhauer, Technion Observation of thermal Hawking radiation and its entanglement in an analogue black hole |
| 9:40 | Silke Weinfurtner, The University of Nottingham Hydrodynamic simulations of rotating and non-rotating black holes |
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10:20 |
Coffee break |
| 10:40 | Yasaman Yazdi, Perimeter Institute and University of Waterloo Entanglement entropy in causal set theory |
| 10:55 | Alessio Belenchia, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzatih Phenomenology of discrete spacetime |
| 11:10 | Le Phuc Thinh, Centre for Quantum Technologies and QuTech Certified randomness in a relativistic quantum field |
| 11:25 | Chris Wilson, Institute for Quantum Computing Towards relativistic quantum simulations with superconducting circuits |
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12:05 |
Lunch |
| 1:30 | Miles Blencowe, Dartmouth College Effective field theory approach to gravitationally induced decoherence |
| 2:10 | Benedikt Richter, LMU Munich and IST Lisbon Universality of Black Hole Quantum Computing |
| 2:25 | Ana Blasco, Universidad Complutense de Madrid A glimpse of the early universe without real light |
| 2:40 | Aida Ahmadzadegan, University of Waterloo and Macquarie University Concomitant frequencies: amplifying the Unruh effect |
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2:55 |
Coffee break |
| 3:20 | Magdalena Zych, University of Queensland Puzzling out the mass-superselection rule |
| 4:00 | Keith Ng, University of Waterloo Scalar fields in a shell: the response of an Unruh-Dewitt detector inside, and what it means for us outside |
| 4:15 |
Marvy Onuma-Kalu, University of Waterloo |
| 4:30 | C.T. Marco Ho, University of Queensland Black Hole Field Theory with a Firewall |
| 4:45 | Valentina Baccetti, Macquarie University Nowhere to hide: A study on evaporating black holes formation and information loss problem |
| 5:00 | Daiqin Su, University of Queensland Particle generation by gravitational perturbations around a black hole |
| 6:30 | Banquet at the University Club *soft drinks are provide alcoholic drinks are extra |
Friday, June 24
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8:30 |
Coffee |
| 9:00 |
Jorma Louko, University of Nottingham |
| 9:40 | Shih-Yuin Lin, National Changhua University of Education |
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10:20 |
Coffee break |
| 10:40 | Igor Pikovski, ITAMP, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Quantum technology based gravitational wave detectors |
| 10:55 | Nathan McMahon, University of Queensland Experimental Tests of Gravitational Decoherence |
| 11:10 | Francesco Vedovato, University of Padova Quantum Interference Along Satellite-Ground Channels |
| 11:25 | Bill Unruh, University of British Columbia Optical Dumb holes -- Thermal emission from model of refractive index in analog optical black holes |
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12:05 |
Lunch |
| 1:30 | Robert H. Jonsson, University of Waterloo Symmetric couplings limit relativistic quantum communication |
| 1:45 | Fumika Suzuki, University of British Columbia Biexciton scattering by an impurity with internal entanglement |
| 2:00 | Agata Chęcińska, University of Warsaw Effect of relativistic motion on witnessing non-classicality of quantum states |
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2:15 |
Coffee break |
| 2:35 | Maxime Jacquet, University of St Andrews Spontaneous emission from an analogue event horizon in a dispersive dielectric |
| 2:50 | Fabio Scardigli, AUM Kuwait and Politecnico Milano GUP parameter from quantum corrections to the Newtonian potential |
| 3:05 | Margaret Hawton, Lakehead University Biorthogonal quantum mechanics in spacetime |
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3:20 |
Closing remarks |
Saturday, June 25
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9:00 |
Optional Niagara Falls trip (self funded) |