Quantum Systems In and Out of Equilibrium:

Fundamentals, dynamics and applications

The aim of this meeting is to bring together scientists interested in Quantum aspects of Thermalization, Quantum Transport, Quantum Effects in Macroscopic Systems (condensed matter, biology, etc.), Quantum Computation, Open Quantum Systems, Quantum Fluctuations and Large Deviations, and Quantum Thermodynamics.

Main speakers:

• Antonio Acín, ICFO, Spain, Detecting entanglement and non-locality in many-body quantum systems

• Hans J. Briegel, University of Innsbruck, Austria. Projective simulation for learning and agency

• Andreas Buchleitner, University of Freiburg, Germany. Quantum dynamics on networks - the interplay of structure, indistinguishability, and interactions

• Jianshu Cao, MIT, U.S.A. Quantum Transport: Coherence, and Symmetry, and Diffusivity

• Abhishek Dhar, TIFR, India. The quantum Langevin approach for transport

• Massimiliano Esposito, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg. Dissipation in open quantum systems

• Giovanni Gallavotti, Universitá di Roma, "La Sapienza", Italy, Equivalence reversible-irreversible for NS and other equations

• Juan P. Garrahan, University of Nottingham, U.K. Glasses, dynamical constraints, and slow relaxation in quantum many-body systems

• Michael Kastner, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. Noninvasive measurement of dynamic correlation functions

• Wolfgang Lechner, IQOQI, Austria, Coherent quantum annealing with parity constraints

• Igor Lesanovsky, University of Nottingham, U.K. Exploring far-from-equilibrium physics of dissipative spin systems with highly excited atoms

• Miguel Angel Martín Delgado, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, Topological heat transport and symmetry-protected boson currents 

• Theodorus M. Nieuwenhuizen, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Dynamics of quantum measurement and the quantum measurement problem

• Beatriz Olmos, University of Nottingham, U.K. Topological properties of a dense atomic lattice gas

• Jonathan Oppenheim, University College London, U.K. From quantum information thermodynamics to stochastic thermodynamics

• Mauro Paternostro, Queen's University Belfast, U.K. Landauer’s principle for non-equilibrium quantum processes

• Sandu Popescu, University of Bristol, U.K. TBA

• Javier Prior, Univeridad Politécnica de Cartagena, Spain. Long-lasting coherence in biological complexes: from microscopic models to actual experiments

• Tomaz Prosen, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Strongly correlated nonequilibrium steady states with currents --- classical and quantum picture 

• Hal Tasaki, Gakushuin University, Japan. What is thermal equilibrium and how do we get there?

• David Zueco, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain. Emergent causality and the N-photon Scattering matrix in waveguide QED