PROGRAM
QMATH KICK-OFF CONFERENCE
NOVEMBER 7-9, 2016
 H.C. ØRSTED INSTITUTE 
AUDITORIUM 4
UNIVERSITETSPARKEN 5
2100 COPENHAGEN Ø
Monday November 7
Lunch on your own before the conference starts.
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 12:30-13:00  | 
 Registration  | 
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 13:00-13.10  | 
 Welcome  | 
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 13:10-14:00  | 
 Eugene Polzik, University of Copenhagen  | 
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 14:00-14:30  | 
 Gorjan Alagic, QMATH, University of Copenhagen Internet cryptography for quantum states  | 
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 14:30:15:00  | 
 Torben Krüger, IST Austria Local eigenvalue statistics for random matrices  | 
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 15:00-15:30  | 
 Coffee and tea  | 
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 15:30-16:20  | 
 Renato Renner, ETH Zürich An Information-Theoretic View on the Copenhagen Interpretation  | 
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 16:20-16:30  | 
 Break  | 
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 16:30-17:30  | 
 Reinhard Werner, University of Hannover (Outreach Lecture) The simple argument that changed the world view of physics  | 
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 20:30-  | 
 Bar Barkowski, Nørre Farimagsgade 57 (At your own expense)  | 
Tuesday November 8
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 09:30-10:30  | 
 Official opening and presentation of the center: 
 
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 10:30-11:00  | 
 Coffee and tea  | 
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 11:00-11:50  | 
 Harry Buhrman, QuSoft Amsterdam Quantum Computing and Complexity Theory  | 
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 11:50-12:20  | 
 Shelby Kimmel, University of Maryland What is the connection between the effective resistance of electrical circuits and quantum algorithms?  | 
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 12:20-13:50  | 
 Lunch  | 
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 13:50-14:40 1  | 
 Krzysztof Gawedzki, ENS de Lyon A field-theoretic construction of topological invariants for crystals with time-reversal symmetry  | 
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 14:40-15:30  | 
 Charles Marcus, QDev, University of Copenhagen Scaling relations in the Superconductor- insulator transition  | 
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 15.30-16:00  | 
 Coffee and tea  | 
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 16:00-16:50  | 
 Charles Bennett, IBM Watson Scientific Multiculturalism in Quantum Informatics  | 
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 18:00-20:30  | 
 Conference dinner at Oysters and Grill, Sjællandsgade 1B, 2200 Copenhagen N  | 
Wednesday November 9
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 09:30-10:20  | 
 Klaus Mølmer, University of Aarhus The Ichtyosaur in the room  | 
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 10:20-10:50  | 
 Coffee and tea  | 
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 10:50-11:20  | 
 Jeroen Zuiddam, CWI Amsterdam Creating networks of entangled pairs: tensor  | 
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 11:20-11:50  | 
 Jérémy Sok, QMATH, University of Copenhagen Dirac operators with magnetic links  | 
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 11:50-12:20  | 
 Roberto Ferrara, QMATH, University of Copenhagen Private states, quantum data hiding and the swapping  | 
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 12:20-13:50  | 
 Lunch  | 
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 13:50-14:40  | 
 Robert Seiringer, IST Austria  | 
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 14:40-15:10  | 
 Coffee and tea  | 
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 15:10-16:00  | 
 Ivan Damgaard, University of Aarhus The Orthogonal Vector Problem and Applications to Leakage Resilient Cryptography  | 
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 16:00  | 
 Wrap-up & Farewell  |