PhD Proposal: Akram Touil
Location
Off Campus : via WebEx
Date & Time
October 26, 2020, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Description
ADVISOR: Dr. Sebastian Deffner
TITLE: From Black Holes to Quantum Computers: The Universality of Information Dynamics
ABSTRACT: Establishing a thermodynamic cost due to the manipulation and processing of information led to Landauer's famous statement “information is physical”. This thermodynamic view of information hints at a more fundamental underlying concept: the physicality of quantum information. However, a consistent framework to probe the physical nature of information in quantum systems is still lacking. In fact, in order to move closer towards a universal physical description of quantum information, clear links need to be made between the dynamics of quantum information and various physical concepts: emergence of classicality, foundations of statistical mechanics and thermalization, information processing in black holes and quantum computers, etc. This proposal details a research plan for developing a fundamental understanding of major concepts in physics through information dynamics, with emphasis on a quantum thermodynamics perspective.
Proposal will be held using WebEx.
TITLE: From Black Holes to Quantum Computers: The Universality of Information Dynamics
ABSTRACT: Establishing a thermodynamic cost due to the manipulation and processing of information led to Landauer's famous statement “information is physical”. This thermodynamic view of information hints at a more fundamental underlying concept: the physicality of quantum information. However, a consistent framework to probe the physical nature of information in quantum systems is still lacking. In fact, in order to move closer towards a universal physical description of quantum information, clear links need to be made between the dynamics of quantum information and various physical concepts: emergence of classicality, foundations of statistical mechanics and thermalization, information processing in black holes and quantum computers, etc. This proposal details a research plan for developing a fundamental understanding of major concepts in physics through information dynamics, with emphasis on a quantum thermodynamics perspective.
Proposal will be held using WebEx.
