July 2014 - ITP-quantumseminare - lists.phys.ethz.ch

QSIT Seminar - Chiara Marletto - Wednesday July 9, 2014
by Ilona Blatter 07 Jul '14

07 Jul '14

Dear all Please be informed about the following QSIT Seminar. With best regards, Ilona Blatter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Wednesday July 9, 2014 Time: 11:00 Place: ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HIT E 41.1 Host: Renato Renner The Constructor Theory of Information Chiara Marletto University of Oxford, U.K. Abstract: http://www.nccr-qsit.ethz.ch/news/talks/seminars2014/abstract_Marletto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ETH Zurich Dr. Ilona Blatter NCCR QSIT Coordinator Laboratory for Solid State Physics , HPF E 17 Otto-Stern-Weg 1 CH 8093 Zurich ilona.blatter(a)phys.ethz.ch www.nccr-qsit.ethz.ch Phone: +41 44 633 36 06

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next week's group meeting Tuesday E41.1 4pm // additional talk Wednesday E41.1 11am
by Joe Renes 04 Jul '14

04 Jul '14

Hi all, next week's group meeting will take place on *Tuesday* at 4pm. Joseph Emerson from the University of Waterloo will be visiting and give a short presentation. Additionally, on Wednesday at 11am in E41.1 Chiara Marletto from the University of Oxford will give a talk entitled "The Constructor Theory of Information". See the abstract below: "Constructor theory is a new mode of explanation, where theories of physics are expressed solely in terms of which transformations of physical systems are possible and which are impossible. In this seminar I explain how it can be applied to address fundamental problems in physics, particularly those related to 'information'. The Constructor Theory of Information is a theory of information expressed entirely in constructor-theoretic terms. It proposes conjectured laws of physics that are directly about information. Indeed, it does not regard the latter as an a priori mathematical or logical concept, but as something whose nature and properties are determined by the laws of physics alone. The constructor-theoretic approach allows one to cure the circularity at the foundations of existing information theory (namely that information and distinguishability are each defined in terms of the other); and to explain the relationship between classical and quantum information, revealing the single, constructor-theoretic property that underlies the most distinctive phenomena associated with the latter." Best, -joe

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QSIT Seminar - Ryan Bowler - Monday July 7, 2014
by QSIT Seminar 04 Jul '14

04 Jul '14

Dear all Please be informed about the following QSIT Seminar. With best regards, Ilona Blatter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Monday July 7, 2014 Time: 14:00 Place: ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF G 6 Hosts: Jonathan Home Scalable Techniques for Trapped-ion Quantum Information Processing Ryan Bowler NIST, Boulder, CO, USA Abstract: http://www.nccr-qsit.ethz.ch/news/talks/seminars2014/abstract_Bowler --------------------------------------------------- ETH Zurich Dr. Ilona Blatter NCCR QSIT Coordinator Laboratory for Solid State Physics , HPF E 17 Otto-Stern-Weg 1 CH 8093 Zurich ilona.blatter(a)phys.ethz.ch www.nccr-qsit.ethz.ch Phone: +41 44 633 36 06

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QSIT - Advancement of young researchers - Stephan Schnez - Friday July 4, 2014
by Ilona Blatter 02 Jul '14

02 Jul '14

Dear all In the frame of the QSIT Program "Advancement of young researchers" you are invited to the following event: Date: Friday July 4, 2014 Place: ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF G 6 Time: 10:00, Coffee and Gipfeli at 9:45 Host: Thomas Ihn Applied Research in Industry Stephan Schnez ABB Corporate Research, Applied Physics, Baden-Dättwil, CH With best regards, Thomas Ihn --------------------------------------------------- ETH Zurich Dr. Ilona Blatter NCCR QSIT Coordinator Laboratory for Solid State Physics , HPF E 17 Otto-Stern-Weg 1 CH 8093 Zurich ilona.blatter(a)phys.ethz.ch www.nccr-qsit.ethz.ch Phone: +41 44 633 36 06

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