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Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

Research Scientist

Areas of research: Quantum Foundations Quantum Information

(519) 569-7600 x7516

Teaching Affiliations
If you are interested in working with me as a PhD student, you should send me an email at [email protected], Perimeter Institute is committed to diversity within its community and I welcome applications from underrepresented groups.
Research Interests
I study how quantum resources can be used to generate non-classical correlations, ultimately seeking a quantitative characterization and a qualitative explanation of quantum correlations. In particular I am interested in:
• Causal structure in the language of Bayesian Directed Acyclic Graphs
• Quantifying the quantum-over-classical advantage in network-based information-theoretic tasks
• Contrasting quantum Hilbert space dimension with classical cardinality of latent variables
• Quantum Contextuality, in particular, algorithms for quantifying Universal Noncontextuality
• A resource theory of quantum nonclassicality, including Nonlocality and Contextuality
Recent Publications
  • Ansanelli, M. M., Wolfe, E., & Spekkens, R. W. (2025). The Observational Partial Order of Causal Structures with Latent Variables. arxiv:2502.07891v2
  • Smith, I. D., Wolfe, E., & Spekkens, R. W. (2025). Fully quantum inflation: quantum marginal problem constraints in the service of causal inference. arxiv:2501.12320v2
  • Centeno, D., & Wolfe, E. (2024). On the Significance of Intermediate Latents: Distinguishing Quantum Causal Scenarios with Indistinguishable Classical Analogs. arxiv:2412.10238v2
  • Ying, Y., Ansanelli, M. M., Di Biagio, A., Wolfe, E., Schmid, D., & Cavalcanti, E. G. (n.d.). Relating Wigner's Friend Scenarios to Nonclassical Causal Compatibility, Monogamy Relations, and Fine Tuning. Quantum, 8, 1485. doi:10.22331/q-2024-09-26-1485
  • Ansanelli, M. M., Wolfe, E., & Spekkens, R. W. (2024). Everything that can be learned about a causal structure with latent variables by observational and interventional probing schemes. doi:10.48550/arxiv.2407.01686
  • Ciudad-Alañón, M., Boghiu, E. -C., Abiuso, P., & Wolfe, E. (2024). Escaping the Shadow of Bell's Theorem in Network Nonlocality. arxiv:2406.15587v2
  • Pozas-Kerstjens, A., Boghiu, C. E., & Wolfe, E. (2024). The Inflation package for causal inference [Computer Software]. https://github.com/ecboghiu/inflation/releases
  • Lauand, P., Bekele, B. N., & Wolfe, E. (2024). Quantum Non-classicality from Causal Data Fusion. arxiv:2405.19252v1
  • Lauand, P., Bekele, B. N., & Wolfe, E. (2024). Causal Data Fusion with Quantum Confounders. arxiv:2405.19278v1
  • Khanna, S., Ansanelli, M. M., Pusey, M. F., & Wolfe, E. (2024). Classifying causal structures: Ascertaining when classical correlations are constrained by inequalities. Physical Review Research, 6(2), 023038. doi:10.1103/physrevresearch.6.023038
  • Selby, J. H., Wolfe, E., Schmid, D., Sainz, A. B., & Rossi, V. P. (2024). Linear Program for Testing Nonclassicality and an Open-Source Implementation. Physical Review Letters, 132(5), 050202. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.132.050202
  • Schmid, D., Fraser, T. C., Kunjwal, R., Sainz, A. B., Wolfe, E., & Spekkens, R. W. (n.d.). Understanding the interplay of entanglement and nonlocality: motivating and developing a new branch of entanglement theory. Quantum, 7, 1194. doi:10.22331/q-2023-12-04-1194
  • Selby, J. H., Schmid, D., Wolfe, E., Sainz, A. B., Kunjwal, R., & Spekkens, R. W. (2023). Contextuality without Incompatibility. Physical Review Letters, 130(23), 230201. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.130.230201
  • Selby, J. H., Schmid, D., Wolfe, E., Sainz, A. B., Kunjwal, R., & Spekkens, R. W. (2023). Accessible fragments of generalized probabilistic theories, cone equivalence, and applications to witnessing nonclassicality. Physical Review A, 107(6), 062203. doi:10.1103/physreva.107.062203
  • Boghiu, E. -C., Wolfe, E., & Pozas-Kerstjens, A. (n.d.). Inflation: a Python library for classical and quantum causal compatibility. Quantum, 7, 996. doi:10.22331/q-2023-05-04-996
  • Polino, E., Poderini, D., Rodari, G., Agresti, I., Suprano, A., Carvacho, G., . . . Sciarrino, F. (n.d.). Experimental nonclassicality in a causal network without assuming freedom of choice. Nature Communications, 14(1), 909. doi:10.1038/s41467-023-36428-w
  • Suprano, A., Polino, E., Poderini, D., Rodari, G., Agresti, I., Milani, G., . . . Sciarrino, F. (n.d.). Nonlocality detection in photonic triangle networks. In CLEO 2023 (pp. ff3a.2). Optica Publishing Group. doi:10.1364/cleo_fs.2023.ff3a.2
  • Tezzin, A., Wolfe, E., Amaral, B., & Jones, M. (2022). Impossibility Theorem for Extending Contextuality to Disturbing Systems. arxiv:2212.06976v1
  • Cao, H., Renou, M. -O., Zhang, C., Massé, G., Coiteux-Roy, X., Liu, B. -H., . . . Wolfe, E. (2022). Experimental Demonstration that No Tripartite-Nonlocal Causal Theory Explains Nature’s Correlations. Physical Review Letters, 129(15), 150402. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.129.150402
  • Suprano, A., Poderini, D., Polino, E., Agresti, I., Carvacho, G., Canabarro, A., . . . Sciarrino, F. (2022). Experimental Genuine Tripartite Nonlocality in a Quantum Triangle Network. PRX Quantum, 3(3), 030342. doi:10.1103/prxquantum.3.030342
  • Suprano, A., Poderini, D., Polino, E., Agresti, I., Carvacho, G., Canabarro, A., . . . Sciarrino, F. (2022). Experimental genuine tripartite nonlocality in a quantum triangle network. doi:10.48550/arxiv.2204.00388
Seminars
  • Welcome and Opening Remarks, Causal Inference & Quantum Foundations Workshop, 2023/04/17, PIRSA:23040102