ELFT HÍRADÓ

["Laszlo E. Szabo" <leszabo AT phil.elte.hu>]

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Subject: [quantum-foundations] PhD position in quantum foundations at the 
University of York
Date: Saturday, January 22, 2011
From: Bob Coecke 
<Bob.Coecke AT comlab.ox.ac.uk>
To: 
quantum-foundations AT maillist.ox.ac.uk

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     *PhD project in quantum foundations: Structural Aspects of Qudit systems
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This is a theoretical project that addresses foundational aspects of quantum
information processing
with a focus on structural features of qudit systems. While much effort has
been spent on investigating
quantum state spaces, relatively little is known about the structure of
quantum observables. The
mathematical duality of states and observables provides a guarantee that
whatever one learns about
one side is relevant for the other, so that it is to be expected that
studying structures of quantum
observables will provide a new angle and open up new questions.

The project includes:
– Determination of criteria for the joint measurability of qudit observables
– Study of the connection between approximate joint measurability and
approximate cloning
– Search for prototype models of joint measurements of noncommuting quantum
observables
– Implications for the quantum-classical contrast

Contact details for more information:

Professor Paul Busch
Department of Mathematics
University of York, York YO10 5DD
paul.busch AT york.ac.uk

tel: +44 1904 323082

See also

http://www.whiterose.ac.uk/Optimising_Quantum_Processes

http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~pb516/WhiteRosePhDStudentship_York.htm

http://maths.york.ac.uk/www/Gsp.

Funding Notes

Preferred first degree: Theoretical Physics, Mathematics.
Scholarship covers home fees and stipend.

Application deadline: 15 February 2011 or until position is filled.

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L a s z l o  E.  S z a b o
Professor of Philosophy
DEPARTMENT OF LOGIC, INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY
EOTVOS UNIVERSITY, BUDAPEST
http://phil.elte.hu/leszabo