Schedule for First Week 21 – 26 Nov. 2016
Schedule for Second Week 28 Nov. - 3 Dec. 2016
Schedule for Third Week 5 – 10 Dec. 2016
First Week of School: Theoretical Topics
21 – 26 Nov. 2016
Monday, 21 November 2016
08:45 – 09:15: Registration
09:15 – 09:25: Opening remarks by Prof. Rajesh Gopakumar, Director ICTS
09:25 – 09:30: Welcome remarks by Organisers
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09:30 – 11:00 |
11:30 – 13:00 | 14:30 – 16:00 | 16:30 – 18:00 |
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Monday 21 |
Vacchini |
Matzkin |
Vacchini |
Matzkin |
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Tuesday 22 |
Vacchini |
Matzkin |
Vacchini |
Matzkin |
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Wednesday 23 |
Lazarovici |
Grossardt |
Lazarovici |
Grossardt |
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Thursday 24 |
Lazarovici |
Grossardt |
Lazarovici |
Grossardt |
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Friday 25 |
Sorkin |
Singh |
Sorkin |
Patel |
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Saturday 26 |
Sorkin |
Bassi |
Singh |
Bassi |
TOPICS
Angelo Bassi: Models of Spontaneous wave function collapse
Dustin Lazarovici: The measurement problem and some mild solutions
Andrè Grossardt: Quantum mechanics and gravitation – what we know, what we don't know, and what we think we know
Alex Matzkin: Weak measurements
Tejinder Singh: Trace Dynamics: Quantum theory as an emergent phenomenon
Rafael Sorkin: The quantum measure (and how to measure it)
Bassano Vacchini: Introduction to non-Markovian open quantum systems dynamics
Apoorva Patel: Quantum trajectory formalism for weak measurements
Second week of School: Experimental Topics
28 Nov. - 3 Dec. 2016
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09:30-11:00 |
11:30-13:00 |
14:30-16:00 |
16:30-18:00 |
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Day 1, Mon 28/11/2016 |
Saikat: Feeback Control: Taming atoms and nano-drums with electronic feedback |
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Kiesel: Quantum Cavity Optomechanics: Part II |
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Day 2, Tue 29/11/2016 |
Ulbricht: Testing fundamental physics with table-top experiments: Part I |
Vinante: Detection of weak forces and quantum foundational problems: Part I |
Kiesel: Quantum Cavity Optomechanics: Part III |
Tutorial/Kiesel |
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Day 3, Wed 30/11/2016 |
Faccio:Optical Models for Gravity, part I - optical media that change in time |
Vinante: Detection of weak forces and quantum foundational problems: Part II |
Ulbricht: Testing fundamental physics with table-top experiments: Part II |
Tutorial/Vinante |
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Day 4, Thu 01/12/2016 |
Faccio: Optical Models for Gravity, part II - superfluids made of light and rotating spacetimes |
Sinha: Experimental Quantum Measure: Connection with the Superposition principle and the Born Rule: Part I |
Sinha: Experimental Quantum Measure: Connection with the Superposition principle and the Born Rule: Part II |
Tutorial/Faccio |
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Day 5, Fri 02/12/2016 |
Faccio: Optical Models for Gravity, part III - Newton-Schrodinger equation in optics |
Weihs: Photonic Entanglement and Quantum Communication: Part I |
Weihs: Photonic Entanglement and Quantum Communication: Part II
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Tutorial/Weihs |
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Day 6, Sat 03/12/2016 |
Arndt: Matterwaves I: Realizations and ideas around coherent Matter-Wave beam splitters |
Arndt: Matterwaves II: Concepts and realization of matter-wave interferometers with atoms and molecules
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Arndt: Matterwaves III: Applications of matter-wave interferometers with atoms and molecules |
Tutorial/Arndt |
THIRD WEEK: DISCUSSION MEETING
5 – 10 Dec. 2016
Monday, December 5
| 09:30 - 10:15 | Markus Arndt | A tale of two limits: Quantum interferometry exploring the limits of high mass and biological complexity |
| 10:15 - 11:00 | Tjerk Oosterkamp | A clock containing a massive object in a superposition of states; what makes Penrosian wavefunction collapse tick? |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | TEA /COFFEE | |
| 11:30 - 12:15 | Daniele Faccio | Optical simulations of problems in quantum cosmology |
| 12:15 - 13:00 | Gregor Weihs | Multipath Interference Experiments Probe the Foundations of Quantum Physics |
| 13:00 - 14:30 | LUNCH | |
| 14:30 - 15:15 | Nikolai Kiesel | Levitated Cavity Optomechanics |
| 15:15 - 15:30 | Tom van der Reep | Smoothly breaking unitarity |
| 15:30 - 15:45 | Joseph Paul Cotter | In search of multi-path interference using large m |
| 15:45 - 16:00 | Nalini Dattatreya Gurav | Zeno and Anti-Zeno effects in Quantum Mechanics |
| 16:00 - 16:15 | Souradeep sasmal | A proposed steering criterion using Generalised Uncertainty Relation |
| 16:15 - 16:45 | TEA / COFFEE |
Tuesday, December 6
| 09:30 - 10:15 | Jerome Martin | Cosmic Inflation and Quantum Mechanics |
| 10:15 - 11:00 | Aephraim Steinberg | How to count one photon and get a(n average) result of 1000… (in binary) |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | TEA /COFFEE | |
| 11:30 - 12:15 | Urbasi Sinha | Quantum Superposition, Weak measurements and Higher dimensional quantum systems |
| 12:15 - 13:00 | T. S. Mahesh | Exploring Quantum Physics using Spin Ensembles |
| 13:00 - 14:30 | LUNCH | |
| 14:30 - 15:15 | Daniel Bedingham | Collapse models and spacetime symmetries |
| 15:15 - 15:30 | Ashutosh Singh | Manipulation of entanglement sudden death in an all-optical experimental set-up |
| 15:30 - 15:45 | Debarshi Das | Probing quantum nonlocality of bipartite qutrits by generalising Wigner's argument |
| 15:45 - 16:00 | Sourav Datta | Coupled atom-cavity system: a quantum sensor |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | TEA / COFFEE | |
| 16:30 - 16:45 | Sumanta Chakraborty | Information Retrieval from Black Holes |
| 16:45 - 17:00 | Fatemeh Ahmadi | On a New Formulation of Microphenomena and Relativ |
Wednesday, December 7
Thursday, December 8
| 09:30 - 10:15 | Adrian Kent | Quantum Reality via Late Time Photodetection |
| 10:15 - 11:00 | Thomas Durt | Non-Linear Quantum Mechanics and de Broglie's Double Solution Program |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | TEA /COFFEE | |
| 11:30 - 12:15 | Rafael Sorkin | The quantum measure (and how to measure it) |
| 12:15 - 13:00 | Sumati Surya | Covariant Observables in Causal Set Quantum Gravity |
| 13:00 - 14:30 | LUNCH | |
| 14:30 - 15:15 | Lajos Diósi | Gravity-related alterations of non-relativistic quantum theory |
| 15:15 - 16:00 | Andre Grossardt | Quantum mechanics for non-inertial observers |
| 16:00 -16:30 | TEA / COFFEE | |
| 16:30 - 16:45 | Shiladitya Mal | Sharing of Nonlocality of a single member of an En |
| 16:45 - 17:00 | Anirudh Reddy | Entropy and Geometry of Quantum States |
Friday, December 9
| 09:30 - 10:15 | T. Padmanabhan | GR And QG: The Next Hundred Years |
| 10:15 - 11:00 | Daniel Sudarsky | Dynamical Reduction in General Relativistic Contexts |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | TEA /COFFEE | |
| 11:30 - 12:15 | Parampreet Singh | Consistent quantum histories and the probability for singularity resolution |
| 12:15 - 13:00 | Ward Struyve | Must space-time be singular? |
| 13:00 - 14:30 | LUNCH | |
| 14:30 - 15:15 | Suvrat Raju | The Information Paradox and State-Dependence |
| 15:15 - 15:30 | Antoine Tilloy | An alternative to the Schrodinger Newton approach |
| 15:30 - 15:45 | Sayantani Bera | A New Stochastic Schrodinger Newton equation |
| 15:45 - 16:15 | TEA / COFFEE | |
| 16:15 - 17:15 | -- | Summary Talks |