Conceptual Foundations and Foils for Quantum Information Processing

The quest for a complete set of physical or information-theoretic principles that capture the essence of quantum information processing is attracting an increasing number of researchers. This new research trend aims at deriving quantum protocols and connections between them directly from basic principles, without assuming quantum theory and its mathematical dowry of Hilbert spaces and observable algebras. Particularly relevant to the process is the characterization of information-theoretic foils to quantum theory, that is, general probabilistic theories that differ from quantum theory in their information processing capabilities. Ultimately, this research is expected to provide insights in many other areas of fundamental physics and to contribute to the development of a new informational view of nature.

Thanks to the injection of fresh ideas on information processing, the field of quantum foundations is currently experiencing an exceptional growth, with a flourishing of new results and an increasing number of researchers joining the community. This conference aims to capture the excitement pervading the field and to boost its future progress, providing an overview of the main recent trends, bringing together researchers working on quantum foundations and quantum information processing, promoting the exchange of ideas and the development of collaborative work in a relaxed atmosphere. We encourage all interested researchers to take part in this exciting occasion.

The conference represents the continuation of a series of focused workshops organized in Cambridge and ETH Zurich during the past four years and is expected to have a much broader audience due to the increasing interest gained by the topic and to the enlargement of the community. In order to cover a wider spectrum of contributions, the conference will also feature a poster session where participants are encouraged to present their work.

Speakers:

Scott Aaronson, MIT
Antonio Acín, ICFO Barcelona
Howard Barnum, University of New Mexico 
Jonathan Barrett, Royal Holloway
Charles Bennett, IBM Research
Gilles Brassard, Université de Montréal
Dan Browne, University College London
Caslav Brukner, University of Vienna
Nicolas Brunner, University of Bristol
Bob Coecke, University of Oxford
Roger Colbeck, Perimeter Institute
Mauro D'Ariano, University of Pavia
Chris Fuchs, Perimeter Institute
Lucien Hardy, Perimeter Institute
Tsuyoshi Ito, Institute for Quantum Computing 
Marc Kaplan, Université de Montréal 
Gen Kimura, Shibaura Institute of Technology
Lluis Masanes, ICFO*
Markus Mueller, Perimeter Institute
Jonathan Oppenheim, University of Cambridge
Paolo Perinotti, University of Pavia
Sandu Popescu, University of Bristol
Renato Renner, ETH Zurich
Valerio Scarani, National University of Singapore
Ben Schumacher, Kenyon College
Tony Short, University of Cambridge
Stephanie Wehner, National University of Singapore
Alexander Wilce, Susquehanna University 
Andreas Winter, University of Bristol
* Video conference

Participants:

Mafalda Almeida, Centre for Quantum Technologies
Paul Alsing, Air Force Research Laboratory
Alexandre Bibeau-Delisle, University of Montreal
Cyril Branciard, University of Queensland
Aggie Branczyk, University of Toronto
Steve Brierley, Bristol University
Jeffrey Bub, University of Maryland
Simon Burton, Sydney University
Daniel Cavalcanti, CQT
Patrick Coles, Carnegie Mellon University
Fabio Costa, University of Vienna
Sarah Croke, Perimeter Institute
Saurya Das, University of Lethbridge
Gonzalo de la Torre Carazo, ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences
Nadish de Silva, University of Oxford
Ross Duncan, Universit Libre de Bruxelles
Asa Ericsson, Perimeter Institute
Akbar Fahmi Hashiyani, School of Physics Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM) and Sharif University of Technology
Chris Ferrie, IQC University of Waterloo
Cecilia Flori, Perimeter Institute
Rodrigo Gallego, ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences
Dina Genkina, Perimeter Institute
Vlad Gheorghiu, Carnegie Mellon University
Christian Gogolin, University of Potsdam
Luke Govia, University of Waterloo, IQC
James Graber, Library of Congress
Matthew Graydon, Perimeter Institute, University of Waterloo
Holger Haas, Perimeter Institute
Lukas Helt, University of Toronto
Melvyn Ho, National University of Singapore
Won-Young Hwang, Chonnam National University
Peter Janotta, University of Wuerzburg
Aleks Kissinger, University of Oxford
Robin Kothari, University of Waterloo
Pawel Kurzynski, Centre for Quantum Technologies, Singapore
Raymond Lal, University of Oxford
Daniel Lehmann, Hebrew University
Matthew Leifer, University College London
Debbie Leung, IQC University of Waterloo and Perimeter Institute
Peter Lewis, Imperial College London
Laura Mancinska, University of Waterloo, IQC
Shane Mansfield, Oxford University
Iman Marvian, IQC University of Waterloo and Perimeter Institute
Jonathan McDonald, AFRL Information Directorate
Akimasa Miyake, Perimeter Institute
Sebastian Montes, Perimeter Institute
Alberto Montina, Perimeter Institute
Armin Nikkhah Shirazi, University of Michigan
Karl Johan Paulsson, Oxford University
Marco Piani, University of Waterloo
Jonathan Poritz, Colorado State University - Pueblo
Matthew Pusey, Imperial College London
Rafael Rabelo, Centre for Quantum Technologies
Sadegh Raeisi, Institute for Quantum Information Science
Aldo Rampioni, Springer
Paul Raymond-Robichaud, Universite de Montreal
Denis Rosset, Universit de Genve - GAP Optique
Ana Belen Sainz, ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences
Benno Salwey, Universite de Montreal
Maitagorri Schade, Perimeter Institute
Yutaka Shikano, Tokyo Institute of Technology
John Sipe, University of Toronto
William Sulis, McMaster University
Alessandro Tosini, Department of Physics Alessandro Volta
Dave Touchette, Universite de Montreal
Jon Tyson, University of Waterloo
Cozmin Ududec, University of Waterloo, Perimeter Institute
Eyuri Wakakuwa, University of Tokyo
Joel Wallman, University of Sydney
Michael Westmoreland, Denison University
Christopher Wood, Perimeter Institute, IQC
Sergei Zhukovsky, University of Toronto