International Conference on Quantum Foundation and Technology:
Frontier and Future

The past two decades have witnessed the emergence and explosive development of quantum information science and technology (QIST), which requires concerted efforts from a wide variety of different disciplines including quantum physics, mathematics, computer science, information science, chemistry, material science, and engineering. The ultimate aim of QIST is to understand how fundamental principles of quantum physics, such as quantum superposition, quantum entanglement, non-locality, no-cloning theorem, no-signaling constraint, and so on, can be harnessed to perform important tasks that are classically formidable or impossible, e.g., to dramatically improve our ability to generate, store, process, transmit and acquire information. The flourishing of QIST will also provide more and more new insights into and substantial impacts on fundamental issues regarding quantum theory in particular and physics in general, say, a thorough understanding of quantum entanglement and the non-local properties of quantum systems. Although a great number of brilliant results have been obtained in the last few years, there still remain many open questions and mysteries, theoretical or experimental, which persist in challenging our understanding and imagination.

The International Conference on Quantum Foundation and Technology: Frontier and Future (ICQFT'09) to be held in Shanghai from 17th July to 22nd July 2009 will bring together most active researchers in different branches of QIST from around the world, including many of the key scientists, to review remarkable highlights, present and discuss recent important developments and breakthroughs, and reflect on the challenges to be overcome in the future, from both foundational and technical aspects, so as to stimulate more rapid progress in this exciting field.

Shanghai is one of the most beautiful and most developed cities in China, rich in history and culture with an international outlook and a warm welcome. For more information about this attractive city, please visit http://www.shanghai.gov.cn/shanghai/node17256/index.html.

On 22nd July we will have an exciting tour to one of the best observing point to observe the total solar eclipse. Depending on the weather and the transportation, the observing point can be Tianhuangping Pumped Storage Power Plant reservoir in Anji City or the south lake in Jiangxing city, or somewhere in Pinghu citiy. The solar eclipse will last more than five minutes in all the three cities and we will enjoy the longest view of the rare event in the 21st century. You can have more information from http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEpubs/20090722/rp.html.

Conference Topics

Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:
  • Quantum foundations
  • Quantum information theory (quantum communication, quantum computation etc.)
  • Physical implementations of quantum information processing (with photons, ions, atoms, NMR, solid-state devices, and so on)
  • Quantum optics
  • Cold-atom physics
  • Condensed matter physics

Organized by

  • The Quantum Physics and Quantum Information Division, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China
  • Orgnization Committee

Supported by

  • The Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • The National Natural Science Foundation of China
  • University of Science and Technology of China

Important Dates

  • June 20, 2009, Deadline for abstract submission
  • June 30, 2009, Notification of acceptance
  • June 20, 2009, Deadline for registration via the conference website
  • July 17, 2009, Registration
  • July 18-21, 2009, All oral and poster sessions
  • July 22, 2009, Observing the total solar eclipse



Contact

Mailing Address: Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
Phone: (86) 0551 3600205
Fax: (86) 0551 3606493