NBIA Colloquium via Zoom by Renato Renner (ETH, Zurich)

We would like to invite you to this week’s (Zoom) Colloquium on

                          Friday, Feb 12 at 3:15 PM

Speaker: Renato Renner (ETH, Zurich)

Title: Testing quantum theory with thought experiments

Abstract: The validity of quantum theory has been confirmed by countless experiments over more than a century. So far, however, due to technological limitations, all these experiments are constrained to microscopic systems. Whether quantum theory is also valid on larger scales is thus still an open question. In my talk, I will show how this question can be attacked using a theorist's tool, namely thought experiments. In particular, I will explain an argument that challenges the idea that quantum theory (in the form we know it today) can correctly describe complex systems.

Bio: Renato Renner received his PhD from the ETH Computer Science Department for a thesis in quantum cryptography. He spent two years as a postdoctoral fellow in the Centre for Quantum Computation at the University of Cambridge. Since 2007 he is a professor for Theoretical Physics at ETH Zurich. His group works on Quantum Information and the Foundations of Quantum Physics.

To participate on Friday, click on

https://ucph-ku.zoom.us/j/61333932427 

The colloquium will be moderated by Evert Van Nieuwenburg and we strongly encourage you to participate actively by asking questions during the talk. Evert will briefly remind you how this can be done just before the colloquium starts.