The conference will celebrate recent breakthroughs in quantum physics and honor the 80th birthday of Yakir Aharonov. These subjects will be discussed by some of the most distinguished scientists from all over the world. During the conference, Chapman will also inaugurate a new Institute for Quantum Studies headed by Yakir Aharonov and Jeff Tollaksen. In another gesture to acknowledge Yakir and his work, Chapman is dedicating an alcove in our library on the evening of August 18. Aharonov received the 2010 National Medal of Science for discovering several cornerstones of modern physics. The Alcove will house the medal and numerous historical items associated with Yakir's research and honors.
-Dates: August 16 (Thursday evening) through August 18 (Saturday evening), 2012
-Conference location: Chapman University, 1 University Drive, Orange, CA 92651
-Building: Argyros Forum (building #1 on map). Room: 2nd floor Boardroom
-Hotel: Hilton Anaheim/Orange Suites, telephone: (714) 938-1111
400 N. State College Blvd. Orange, CA 92868 (www.anaheimsuites.hilton.com)
-Transportation from airport: Super shuttle 800-258-3826 (www.supershuttle.com) or
Towncar (714) 765-9871 or Taxi (714) 333-7926
Inquiries can be made to Doug Dechow at dechow@chapman.edu or phone (714) 532-7781.
Invited Speakers
Including tentative presentation titles; all talks are 30 minutes including Q&A
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Aaronson, Scott |
MIT (Title: “The Ghost in the Quantum Turing Machine”) |
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Aharonov, Yakir |
Chapman University and Emeritus Tel-Aviv University (Title: “A new approach to quantum interference using dynamical nonlocality”) |
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Berry, Sir Michael |
University of Bristol (Title: “Weak Value Probabilities”) |
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Botero, Alonso |
Universidad de los Andes (Title: “Entanglement and weak values: a quantum miracle cookbook”) |
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Briggs, Andrew |
University of Oxford (Title: “Experimental implementations of quantum paradoxes”) |
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Casher, Aharon |
Chapman/Tel Aviv University (Title: “On the norm of Super-Oscillatory Functions”) |
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Chiao, Raymond |
UC Merced (Title: “Observation of a novel Aharonov-Bohm-like effect in two linked superconducting rings composed of different materials”) |
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Davies, Paul |
Arizona State University (Title: “Quantum post - selection in cosmology”) |
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Englert, Francois |
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium |
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Gefen, Yuval |
Weizmann Institute, Israel (Title: “Weak Values: From Great Expectations to Real Implementations”) |
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Greene, Brian |
Columbia University |
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Gisin, Nicolas |
University of Geneva, Switzerland (Title: “Quantum nonlocality based on finite-speed influences leads to signaling”) |
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Gross, David |
Director, Kavli Institute; UCSB (2004 Nobel Laureate in Physics) |
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Hartle, James |
UCSB |
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Howell, John |
University of Rochester |
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Jordan, Andrew |
University of Rochester (Title: “Weak values: the progression from quantum foundations to tool”) |
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Leggett, Sir Anthony |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2003 Nobel Laureate in Physics) |
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Loyd, Seth |
MIT (Title: “Forward to the past: the quantum mechanics of time travel”) |
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Nussinov, Shmuel |
Chapman/Tel Aviv University (Title: “A pre and post selected network picture for universal evolution”) |
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Parks, Allen |
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren (Title: “Weak Energy: Form and Function”) |
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Pearle, Philip |
Hamilton University (Title: “Topics in Collapse”) |
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Popescu, Sandu |
University of Bristol |
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Reznik, Benni |
Tel Aviv University |
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Rohrlich, Daniel |
Ben Gurion University , Israel (Title: “Thinking outside the box”) |
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Steinberg, Aephraim |
University of Toronto |
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Susskind, Leonard |
Stanford |
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Turok, Neil |
Director, Perimeter Institute |
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Unruh, Bill |
University of British Columbia, Vancouver |
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Vaidman, Lev |
Tel Aviv University (Title: “Paradoxes of the Aharonov-Bohm and Aharonov-Casher”) |