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New Directions in the Foundations of Physics
American Center for Physics, College Park, April 25 - 27, 2008
Sponsored by the University of Maryland, College Park (College of Arts and Humanities, Committee for Philosophy and the Sciences, Institute for Physical Science and Technology), Johns Hopkins University (Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Philosophy Department), Georgetown University (Graduate School, Georgetown College, Philosophy Department), and coordinated through the Foundations of Physics Group (UMCP, JHU, GU).
Friday, April 25
Session 1 (Morning): Historical/Foundational Issues in Relativity and Quantum Mechanics
Chair :
MICHEL JANSSEN
Program in the History of Science,
Technology, and Medicine, Minnesota |
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9:00 - 10:00
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Breakfast Buffet |
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10:00 - 11:20
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"An Act of Creation: The Meitner-Frisch Interpretation of Nuclear Fission" |
ROGER STUEWER
Physics & Astronomy
Minnesota |
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11:20 - 11:40
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Coffee Break |
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11:40 - 1:00
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"Reference, Convention and Gauge" |
ROB RYNASIEWICZ
Philosophy
Johns Hopkins |
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1:00 - 2:30
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Lunch |
Session 2 (Afternoon): Quantum Gravity
Chair :
HARVEY BROWN
Philosophy, Oxford |
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2:30 - 3:50
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"Nonlocality and Stochasticity in Emergent/Quantum Gravity" |
BEI-LOK HU
Physics
Maryland |
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3:50 - 4:10
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Coffee Break |
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4:10 - 5:30
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"Nonlocality in Quantum Gravity" |
BILL UNRUH
Physics
British Columbia |
| 7:00 - 12:00 |
Buffet Party |
Saturday, April 26
Session 3 (Morning): Quantum Correlations
Chair :
CHRIS FUCHS
Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, Canada |
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9:00 - 10:00
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Breakfast Buffet |
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10:00 - 11:20
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"Towards Understanding Quantum Correlations: Simulating Partial Entanglement with Nonlocal Boxes" |
NICOLAS GISIN
Applied Physics
Geneva |
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11:20 - 11:40
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Coffee Break |
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11:40 - 1:00
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"Simulating Quantum Correlations with Finite Communication" |
BEN TONER
Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica
Amsterdam |
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1:00 - 2:30
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Lunch |
| 7:00 - 12:00 |
Buffet Party |
Saturday, April 26
Session 4 (Afternoon): Measurement-Based Quantum Computation
Chair :
JEREMY BUTTERFIELD
Trinity College, Cambridge |
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2:30 - 3:50
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"Foundational Aspects of Measurement-Based Quantum Computing" |
PIETER KOK
Physics & Astronomy
Sheffield |
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3:50 - 4:10
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Coffee Break |
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4:10 - 5:30
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"Computing with Measurements: Axiomatic Foundation,
Logical Mechanisms, Diagrammatic Calculi" |
BOB COECKE
Oxford University Computing Group |
| 7:00 - 12:00 |
Buffet Party |
Sunday, April 27
Session 5 (Morning): Interpreting/Characterizing Quantum Theories
Chair :
JOHN NORTON
HPS, Pittsburgh |
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9:00 - 10:00
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Breakfast Buffet |
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10:00 - 11:20
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"Interpreting QM&infin: The Art of the Possible" |
LAURA RUETSCHE
Philosophy
Pittsburgh
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11:20 - 11:40
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Coffee Break |
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11:40 - 1:00
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"Characterizing Quantum Mechanics" |
WAYNE MYRVOLD
Philosophy
Western Ontario |
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1:00 - 2:30
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Lunch |
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Discussants include: Yakir Aharonov (Quantum Studies, GMU), David Albert (Philosophy, Columbia), Carroll Alley (Physics, UMD), Valia Allori (Philosophy, Northern Illinois), Guido Bacciagaluppi (Center for Time, Sydney), Howard Barnum (LANL), Jossi Berkovitz (IHPST, Toronto), Howard Brandt (US Army Lab), Dieter Brill (Physics, UMD), Harvey Brown (Philosophy, Oxford), Jeffrey Bub (Philosophy & IPST, UMD), Jeremy Butterfield (Trinity College, Oxford), Michael Cifone (Philosophy, UMD), Bill Demopoulos (Philosophy, Western Ontario), Maaneli Derakhshani (Physics, Stony Brook), Michael Dickson (Philosophy, South Carolina), Rob DiSalle (Philosophy, Western Ontario), Michael Fisher (Physics & IPST, UMD), Gordon Fleming (Physics, Penn State), Mathias Frisch (Philosophy, UMCP), Len Goff (Physics, UMD), Philip Goyal (Perimeter Institute, Waterloo), Genco Guralp (Philosophy, JHU), Hilary Greaves (Philosophy, Rutgers), Amit Hagar (Philosophy, Indiana), Hans Halvorson (Philosophy, Princeton), Lucien Hardy (Perimeter Institute, Waterloo), Richard Healey (Philosophy, Arizona), Meir Hemmo (Philosophy, Haifa), Nuck Huggett (Philosophy, Illinois), Ted Jacobson (Physics, UMD), Michel Janssen (Program in Hist of Science, Technology & Medicine, Minnesota), William Kallfelz (Philosophy, UMD), Ruth Kastner (Philosophy, UMCP), Fred Kronz (NSF and Philosophy, U Texas), Christoph Lehner (Max Planck Insitute for the History of Science, Berlin), Matthew Leifer (Perimeter Institute, Waterloo), John Manchak (Logic & Phil. Sci, UC-Irvine), Owen Maroney (Perimeter Institute, Waterloo), Robert McFarland (Physics, UMD), James Mattingly (Philosophy, Georgetown), Charles Misner (Physics, UMD), Jill North (Philosophy, NYU), John Norton (HPS, U Pittsburgh), Daniel Parker (Philosophy, Virginia Tech), Dan Petersen (Philosophy, Michigan), Itamar Pitowsky (Philosophy, Hebrew U), Raj Roy (IPST, UMD), Steve Savitt (Philosophy, UBC), Michiel Seevinck (Foundations of Math & Natural Sciences, Utrecht), Allen Stairs (Philosophy, UMD), Jeff Tollaksen (Quantum Studies, GMU), Paul Teller (Philosophy, UC-Davis), Chris Timpson (Philosophy, Oxford), Wes Van Camp (Philosophy, UMD), Steve Weinstein (Philosophy, Waterloo), Alex Wilce (Math Sciences, Susquehanna U).
The conference will take place at the American Center for Physics, One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, a few minutes walk from the College Park metro station. For a map and directions, see directions. For general information about Washington, DC, see WashingtonInfo.
The number of participants is limited by ACP regulations, so we regret that participation is by invitation only.
For further information, contact Jeffrey Bub at jbub@umd.edu
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