Dear all,
Join us at ETH Zurich to celebrate 50 years of the Kochen-Specker theorem with a summer school on quantum foundations and a workshop on contextuality.
Registration is now open at http://foundations.ethz.ch/
*Deadlines:* Application for student support: *15th April 2017* Registration for the school and/or workshop: *31st May 2017*
*Summer school on quantum foundations: 18-21 June 2017 * *Lectures:* Roger Colbeck, University of York, UK – Bell inequalities Angela Karanjai, University of Sidney, Australia – Epistemic models Matthew Leifer, Chapman University, US – No-go theorems Lluis Masanes, UCL, UK – Axiomatic derivations of quantum theory Sandu Popescu, U. Bristol, UK – Quantum paradoxes Renato Renner, ETH Zurich, Switzerland – Interpretations of quantum theory Katja Ried, U. Innsbruck, Austria – Causality Ana Belén Sainz, Perimeter Institute, Canada – Contextuality Robert W. Spekkens, Perimeter Institute, Canada – Experiment for foundations
Despite there being a large community actively working on quantum foundations, and several specialized workshops for experts, there has been a lack of events directed at junior researchers entering the field, particularly in Europe. This summer school on quantum foundations comes to fill that gap, providing a solid introduction to different approaches and problems within foundations. The school is mostly directed at PhD students and junior postdocs in quantum information and related fields who are interested on quantum foundations. Registration is also open to senior researchers and master students.
*School organizers* Lídia del Rio, ETH Zurich (chair) Markus Müller, Western University
*Contextuality workshop: 22-23 June 2017
**Speakers:* Simon Kochen, U. Princeton, USA Alastair Abbott, Institut Néel, France Joseba Alonso, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Jürg Fröhlich, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Nicolas Gisin, U. Geneva, Switzerland Otfried Gühne, U. Siegen, Germany Chris Fuchs*, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA Mark Howard, U. Sheffield, Canada Robert Raussendorf, U. British Columbia, Canada Ana Belén Sainz, Perimeter Institute, Canada Robert W. Spekkens, Perimeter Institute, Canada
The aim of this workshop is to bring together to the ETH Zurich, the place where the Kochen-Specker theorem was conceived, leading researchers in all contextuality-related fields in order to develop broader perspectives, draw connections between different approaches, stimulate collaborations, and envision objectives for future research.
*Workshop organizers* Adán Cabello, U. Sevilla Stefan Wolf, U. Svizzera Italiana
Best wishes, Lídia