Categories, Quanta, Concepts (CQC)

In recent years, more and more mathematical methods and results from the field of category theory have been employed in the foundations of physics. These methods enable us to reconsider conceptual and structural issues in the foundations of quantum theory and possibly beyond, often providing surprising insights and new points of view. The workshop "Categories, Quanta, Concepts" (CQC) will bring together researchers from a variety of backgrounds, physicists, mathematicians, theoretical computer scientists and philosophers, all with a common interest in the foundations of physics. With talks in the morning and workgroups and in-depth sessions in the afternoon, the workshop will provide ample opportunity for interaction between the participants from this emerging community. The workshop also serves as an ideal platform for PhD students to get insight into the field and to discuss their own work.

Speakers:

Samson Abramsky, Wolfson College, Oxford University
Howard Barnum, CCS-3: Information Sciences, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Harvey Brown, Faculty of Philosophy, Oxford University
Richard Blute, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Ottawa
Bob Coecke, Computing Laboratory, Oxford University
Andreas Doering, Theoretical Physics Group, Imperial College
Ross Duncan, Oxford University
Bill Edwards, Oxford University
Lucien Hardy, Perimeter Institute
Ivan T. Ivanov, Vanier College
Klaas Landsman, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
Daniel Lehmann, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 
Keye Martin, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Mehrnoosh Sadrzadeh, Oxford University
Prakash Panangaden, School of Computer Science, McGill University
Peter Selinger, Mathematics and Statistics, Dalhousie University
Marni Dee Sheppeard, Oxford University
Rafael Sorkin, Perimeter Institute
Robert Spekkens, Perimeter Institute
Mike Stay, Google
Jamie Vicary