Perimeter Institute in Canada is hosting a Quantum Foundations Summer School (QFSS) this summer from August 27th to 31st 2007. This is a new opportunity for your Graduate Students to learn about Quantum Foundations and enjoy a visit to Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.
The Institute will host up to 40 Graduate Students with all expenses paid – including international travel, a per diem, a banquet, and accommodation. Applications are encouraged from all Graduate Students studying in any area of fundamental physics (string theory, particle physics, cosmology, quantum gravity, quantum information and other disciplines).
Eligible students must apply by Sunday, May 20, 2007. The details appear below and are also available online.
Quantum Foundations Summer School (QFSS)
Graduate Students in theoretical physics are encouraged to apply to attend the new Quantum Foundations Summer School (QFSS) this summer at Canada’s Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI). The event will be held from August 27th to 31st, 2007.
The Institute will host up to 40 Graduate Students with all expenses paid – including international travel, a per diem, a banquet, and accommodation.
Applications are encouraged from all Graduate Students working in all areas of fundamental physics (including particle physics, string theory, cosmology, quantum gravity, quantum information as well as other disciplines). Places at the school will be awarded to the highest ranked students applying independently of research specialty.
The deadline for applications is May 20th 2007. Successful applicants will be notified shortly afterwards. Applications are to be made online.
About QFSS
The school offers participants the chance to learn about the exciting research underway in the area of Quantum Foundations and to enjoy an all expenses paid visit to Canada’s Perimeter Institute.
In Quantum Foundations one seeks to recognize, analyze, and resolve the conceptual tensions within various frameworks and theories in fundamental physics, where quantum theory is or might be applied, with the aim of developing or replacing existing physical theories.
Lectures at the school will cover some or all of the following subjects: The measurement problem, Bell’s theorem and entanglement, the time-symmetric formulation of quantum theory and weak measurements, decoherence and emergence of classicality, foundational issues in quantum gravity, quantum foundations in the light of quantum information, operational formulations of quantum theory, macroscopic quantum interference, interpretations of quantum theory.
The school will comprise approximately 10 two-hour lectures. In addition, students will be divided into small tutorial groups (of two or three) and assigned a tutor for the duration of the school.
The lecturers include:
- Jeremy Butterfield
- Chris Fuchs
- Chris Isham*
- Adrian Kent
- Tony Leggett*
- Sandu Popescu
- Ben Schumacher*
- Rob Spekkens
- Wojciech Zurek*
(* provisionally accepted)
Organizers:
- Howard Burton, Executive Director of Perimeter Institute
- Lucien Hardy, Faculty, Perimeter Institute
Additional information about Perimeter Institute can be found online.
