Relativistic Quantum Information 2 Workshop
Sylvia Jones Boardroom, Customs House, Brisbane
24th – 25th November 2008
Programme
Monday 24th
9am Introductory remarks
9:15 Achim Kempf, Perimeter Institute, Canada
Reconciling spacetime continuity and discreteness using methods of information theory
10:00 Cristhian Avila-Sánchez, University of Leeds, UK
Dynamics, Statistics and Quantum-Relativistic Computing Properties of Quantum Fields
10:45 —Morning Tea—
11:15 Stephan Olson, Louisiana State University
Generally covariant quantum theory and the measurement postulate
12:00 Gerard Milburn, University of Queensland
Quantum limits to estimating spacetime curvature
12:45 —Lunch—
2:00 Stephen Bartlett, University of Sydney
Quantum Information and Closed Timelike Curves: An Epistemic Perspective
2:45 Timothy Ralph, University of Queensland
Quantum Connectivity of Space-Time and Gravitationally Induced Decorrelation of Entanglement
3:30 —Afternoon Tea—
4:00 Discussion - Theoretical Directions in RQI - led by Gerard Milburn
5:00 —-end of day—-
Tuesday 25th
9:00 Robert Mann, University of Waterloo, Canada
Speeding up Entanglement Degradation
9:45 Shih-Yuin Lin, National Center for Theoretical Sciences, Taiwan
Reference Frame and Spatial Dependence of Entanglement Dynamics
10:30 —Morning Tea—
11:00 James Cresser, Macquarie University
The Spontaneous Decay Rate of Moving Atoms
11:45 Tony Downes, University of Queensland
Optical Fields in Curved Space-Time
12:30 —Lunch—
2:00 Mathieu Cliche, University of Waterloo, Canada
Making the Information-Density with a Minimum Length Cut-off Fully Covariant
2:45 Robert Pfeifer, University of Queensland
Can we entangle gravity waves?
3:30 —Afternoon Tea—
4:00 Discussion - Experimental Directions in RQI – led by Tim Ralph
5:00 —-end of workshop—-
Workshop Organizers: Sponsor:
Tim Ralph Centre for Quantum
Gerard Milburn Computer Technology
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Relativistic Quantum Information Workshop
Sylvia Jones Boardroom, Customs House, Brisbane
15th – 16th November 2007
Programme
Thursday 15th
9am Introductory remarks
9:15 Introduction to relativistic quantum information
Daniel Terno, Macquarie University
10:00 BEC analogues of quantum fields in curved space time
Craig Savage, Australian National University
10:45 —Morning Tea—
11:15 Information and measurement in generally covariant quantum theory
Stephan Olson, Louisiana State University
12:00 Entanglement Signature of an Expanding Universe
Nick Menicucci, University of Queensland
12:45 —Lunch—
2:00 Black holes in higher dimensions
Jason Doukas, University of Melbourne
2:45 Black Hole Thermodynamics and Quantum Information Theory
Alberto Carlini, Macquarie University
3:30 —Afternoon Tea—
4:00 Discussion - Theoretical Directions in RQI - led by Gerard Milburn
5:00 —-end of day—-
Friday 16th
9am Entanglement in Curved Space-Time
Tony Downes, University of Queensland
9:45 Unitary Solution to a Quantum Gravity Information Paradox
Tim Ralph, University of Queensland
10:30 —Morning Tea—
11:00 Quantum Reference Frames
Joan Vaccarro, Griffith University
11:45 Discussion - Experimental Directions in RQI – led by Charles Harb
12:45 —Lunch—
2:00 —end of workshop—-
Workshop Organizers
Tim Ralph
Danny Terno
Sponsor
Defence Science and
Technology Organization