Spring School on the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics

Spring School on the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics June 1–5 2020

COVID-19 Update

March 23. Because of the ongoing pandemic, we do not know whether the spring school can take place. The University of Siegen is currently closed and will not reopen before May. We plan to make a final decision on April 20. The application period is correspondingly extended to April 19.

Scope

The foundations of quantum theory are nowadays a vivid research field, in particular because of the pioneering role it plays for other fields such as quantum information science. The aim of this spring school is to give students and young researchers access to methods and topics important for future research in quantum foundations. This covers the experimental basis of quantum mechanics, the mathematical foundations of quantum theory, quantum correlations, decoherence, quantum measurements, as well as time and gravity.

The school is open for MSc students, PhD students, and other researchers which are new to the field of quantum foundations. The number of participants is limited, please see below for the application procedure. Participants will have the opportunity to present their current research in a poster session and selected participants will be invited to give a talk.

Coordinates

• Date: June 1-5, 2020.
• Venue: Conference Center, Am Obergraben 25, University of Siegen (Germany). Map

Lectures

• Markus Aspelmeyer (Vienna)
• Adán Cabello (Seville)
  Quantum correlations: Bell non-locality and Kochen-Specker contextuality
• Stefan Nimmrichter (Siegen)
  Open quantum systems and decoherence
• Mario Ziman (Bratislava)
  Operational introduction to quantum theory
• Magdalena Zych (Queensland)
  Quantum foundations: the quantum-gravity perspective

Evening talk

• Paul Hoyningen-Huene (Hanover)
  Physics & Philosophy

Schedule (tentative)

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
9–11	Cabello	Ziman	Aspelmeyer	Zych	contributed talks
11–13	Ziman	Cabello	Nimmrichter	Aspelmeyer	Zych
	lunch break
14–16	Cabello (exercises)	poster session	Aspelmeyer (exercises)	Nimmrichter
16–18	Ziman (exercises)	excursion	Nimmrichter (exercises)	Zych (exercises)
			evening talk

Application

Deadline: extended to April 19, 2020.

Please send an email to quantum-foundations-2020@physik.uni-siegen.de with subject “Application of Your Name” providing the following information:

• Name
• Institution
• Status (master student/PhD student/postdoc)
• Supervisor
• Research topics/interests
• Publications (if any)
• Poster title & Abstract

Accommodation

There is no official lodging for the spring school. Special offers will be announced.

Organization

Matthias Kleinmann, Otfried Gühne

Contact

Email: quantum-foundations-2020@physik.uni-siegen.de