Call for Abstracts: Quantum Computation, Quantum Information, and the Exact Sciences

[Michael Cuffaro]

Call for Abstracts: Quantum Computation, Quantum Information, and the 
Exact Sciences
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We invite submissions from both philosophers and scientists exploring 
the connections between the philosophy and foundations of quantum 
computation and quantum information theory (QCIT), and more traditional 
philosophical and foundational questions in physics, computer science, 
information theory, and mathematics. Envisioned topics for contributed 
papers include: QCIT's relevance for our understanding of the structure 
and axiomatics of quantum theory, QCIT's relevance for our understanding 
of physical conceptions of computation and/or information, alternative 
formalisms and mathematical frameworks for characterising QCIT, 
methodological differences and commonalities between QCIT and more 
traditional approaches to the exact sciences, and the metaphysical 
significance (or lack thereof) of the concepts and operational 
definitions of QCIT. This list is not exhaustive.

Dates of the conference: January 30-31, 2015.

Location: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.

Keynote speakers
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Hans J. Briegel, University of Innsbruck, Austria and the Institute for 
Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, Austrian Academy of Sciences, 
Austria.

Leah Henderson, Center for Formal Epistemology, Carnegie Mellon 
University, United States of America.

Christopher Timpson, Brasenose College, University of Oxford, United 
Kingdom.

Organizers: Michael Cuffaro (Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy), 
Samuel Fletcher (Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy), Johannes 
Kofler (Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics).

Submissions
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Submissions, consisting of one short (max. 100 word) and one extended 
(750-1000 word) abstract, will be double-blind reviewed and should be 
submitted through our automated submission system (EasyChair): 
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=qcompinfo2015

Please prepare your submission for blind review by removing any 
identifying information from both your short and long abstract. Your 
short abstract should be pasted directly into the text box provided on 
the submission form. Your long abstract should be saved as a PDF 
document and uploaded via the "Upload a Paper" interface on the 
submission form. Do not tick the "Abstract Only" check box.

Note: you will be able to revise your submission any number of times 
before the submission deadline.

Submission deadline: November 14, 2014 at 11:55PM (GMT).

Notification date: December 2, 2014.

Registration fee (includes the price of the conference dinner): 50€ 
regular fee, 30€ for graduate students.

The conference language is English.

Website where more information on the conference will be posted soon: 
http://www.mcmp.philosophie.uni-muenchen.de/events/workshops/index.html

Best regards,
-- 
Michael Cuffaro
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy
Lehrstuhl für Wissenschaftstheorie
Fakultät für Philosophie, Wissenschaftstheorie und Religionswissenschaft
Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1
80539 München, Deutschland
http://www.michaelcuffaro.com