Relativistic Quantum Information

Over the past few years, a new field of high research intensity has emerged, known as Relativistic Quantum Information (RQI). The field of RQI aims to understand the relationship between special and general relativity, and quantum information. In particular, so-called quantum entanglement bits (e-bits) are a necessary resource in all of quantum communication and quantum computation. One of the key goals of the field of RQI is to develop a theory of e-bits in realistic spacetimes described by Lorentzian manifolds. This offers exciting new challenges because it combines information theory with quantum theoretic and general relativistic questions. Deep questions concerning the relationship between information processing and the structure of spacetime will be considered. This conference will bring together the most prominent researchers in RQI, as well as some of their best postdoctoral fellows and graduate students. The workshop is timely because of newly emerging prospects for experimental tests of phenomena of relativistic quantum information, for example, using quantum communication with satellite-based instruments or Berry’s phase tests of the Unruh effect.

Participants:

David Aasen, University of Waterloo
Paul Alsing, Air Force Research Laboratory, Information Directorate
Shrobona Bagchi, Harish-Chandra Research Institute
Hector Bombin, Perimeter Institute
Leron Borsten, Imperial College London
Kamil Bradler, McGill University
Wilson Brenna, University of Waterloo
Eric Brown, University of Waterloo
Caslav Brukner, University of Vienna
David Edward Bruschi, University of Nottingham
Hilary Carteret, Wilfrid Laurier University
Horacio Casini, Centro Atomico Bariloche
Aidan Chatwin-Davies, University of Waterloo
Linqing Chen, Perimeter Institute
Luca Di Fiore, Hewlett-Packard
John Dixon, Toronto
William Donnelly, University of Maryland
Jason Doukas, National Institute for Informatics
Andrzej Dragan, University of Warsaw
Michael Duff, Imperial College, London
Christopher Erven, Institute for Quantum Computing
Felix Flicker, Perimeter Institute
Doreen Fraser, University of Waterloo
Nicolai Friis, University of Nottingham
Daniel Gottesman, Perimeter Institute
Lucien Hardy, Perimeter Institute
Margaret Hawton, Lakehead University
Patrick Hayden, McGill University
Thomas Jennewein, University of Waterloo
Robert Jonsson, University of Waterloo
Achim Kempf, Perimeter Institute, University of Waterloo
Adrian Kent, University of Cambridge
Piotr Kolenderski, Institute for Quantum Computing
Dawood Kothawala, University of New Brunswick
Antony Lee, University of Nottingham
Juan Leon, Instituto de Fisica Fundamental, CSIC, Madrid
Peter Levay, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Adam Lewis, University of Toronto
Shih-Yuin Lin, National Changhua University
Seth Lloyd, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jorma Louko, University of Nottingham
Robert Mann, Perimeter Institute, University of Waterloo
Iman Marvian, Perimeter Institute
Robert Martin, University of Cape Town
Eduardo Martin-Martinez, University of Waterloo
William McHarris, Michigan State University
Nicolas Menicucci, University of Sydney
Avijit Misra, Harish-Chandra Research Institute
Miguel Montero, Instituto de Fisica Fundamental (CSIC)
Evgeny Mozgunov, California Institute of Technology
Markus Mueller, Perimeter Institute
Casey Myers, Centre for Engineered Quantum Systems
Rob Myers, Perimeter Institute
Mikhail Panine, University of Waterloo
Jacques Pienaar, University of Queensland
Eric Poisson, University of Guelph
Sandu Popescu, University of Bristol
Christopher Pugh, University of Waterloo
Robabeh Rahimi Darabad, University of Waterloo
Tim Ralph, University of Queensland
Sepehr Rashidi, University of Waterloo
Katja Reid, Perimeter Institute
Benni Reznik, Tel-Aviv University
Yousef Rohanizadegan, Brock University
Carlos Sabin, University of Nottingham
Grant Salton, McGill University
Fabio Scardigli, Academia Sinica Institute of Physics Taipei
Alexander Smith, University of Toronto
Laurel Stephenson Haskins, University of California
Tayebeh Tahmtan, Eastern Mediterranean University
Daniel Terno, Macquarie University
Paulina Corona Ugalde, Perimeter Institute
Anton van Niekerk, Perimeter Institute
Juven Wang, MIT
Eric Webster, University of Waterloo
Peng Xiao, Brock University
Rong Zhou, University of Maryland, College Park
Nosiphiwo Zwane,Perimeter Institute

Paul Alsing, Air Force Research Laboratory, Information Directorate

Organizers: 

Achim Kempf
Markus Mueller
Robert Mann, University of Waterloo