BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260607T054703Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20140509T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20140509T130000 SUMMARY:Entanglement and Speed-up: Philosophical Issues in Quantum Computing UID:20260614T105131Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Stuttgart\, Germany DESCRIPTION:

Workshop title:
Entanglement and Speed-up: Philosophical Issues in Quantum Computing


Date and Venue:
9th\, May\, 2014. University of Stuttgart\, Room 17.11\, Kepplerstr. 1st floor


Unofficial Schedule:
10:00 -11:00 \;Giovanni Cinà\; (ILLC\, University of Amsterdam):
CONNECTING THE CATEGORICAL AND THE MODAL LOGIC APPROACHES TO QUANTUM MECHANICS

11:15 -12:15 \;Michael Esfeld (University of Lausanne ):
STRUCTURAL REALISM AND THE EXPLANATION OF QUANTUM NON-LOCALITY

13:45-14:45 \;Hans Briegel (University of Innsbruck):
TO BE ANNOUNCED

15:00-16:00: Michael Cuffaro (University of Munich):
THE PHYSICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BELL INEQUALITIES


Short abstracts of the talks are available for consultation at the following website:
http://quantumworkshopstuttgart.wordpress.com


Anyone interested in participating is very welcome\, but kindly asked to register by sending an email \;to the following mailboxes:
giacomo.lini@philo.uni-stuttgart.de
ulrike.pompe-alama@philo.uni-stuttgart.de

Overview:
Since their rising\, quantum computational methods have been a matter of interest for \;physicists\, mathematicians\, and philosophers. This is due to the fact that quantum \;computing is a result of the combined research efforts of multiple disciplines\, and its \;applications can provide a lot of benefits in both the practical and the theoretical domain.

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One of the most discussed topics is related to the origins of what is generally called \;&ldquo\;speed up&rdquo\;\, i.e. the ability of a quantum computer to outperform its classical counterparts. \;In the last years\, the description of the so-called cluster state quantum computer and \;some works on the dequantisation of quantum algorithms have at least undermined &ndash\; if \;not defeated &ndash\; the general idea that at the crudest level\, quantum computation is just \;quantum parallelism. The aim of this workshop is to bring together physicists\, \;mathematicians and philosophers and to consider the possible consequences of exalting \;the role of quantum entanglement at a computational and metaphysical level\, highlighting \;in which sense the discussion about computational speed up can be fruitfully exploited for \;quantum theory and its interpretation.

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