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  • Monday, 12 June 2006
    • 08:00 - 09:00 Registration Formalities
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
      • 08:00 Registration Formalities 1h0'
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Algebraic methods for quantum mechanics: part I
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Algebraic methods for quantum mechanics: part I 1h0'
        Speaker: D. PETZ (Alfred Renyi Inst. of Mathematics, Budapest, Hungary)
    • 10:00 - 11:00 Quantum probability quantum information theory: part I
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 10:00 Quantum probability quantum information theory: part I 1h0'
        Speaker: H. MAASSEN (Radboud University, Dept. Math., Nijmegen, Netherlands)
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 11:00 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Classical information theory: part I
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 11:30 Classical information theory: part I 1h0'
        Speaker: Y. SUHOV (Univ. Cambridge, Centre for Math. Sciences, Stat. Lab., Cambridge, U.K.)
    • 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 12:30 Lunch break 2h0'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Algebraic methods for quantum mechanics: part II
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 14:30 Algebraic methods for quantum mechanics: part II 1h0'
        Speaker: D. PETZ (Alfred Renyi Inst. of Mathematics, Budapest, Hungary)
    • 15:30 - 16:30 Quantum probability quantum information theory part II
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 15:30 Quantum probability quantum information theory part II 1h0'
        Speaker: H. MAASSEN (Radboud University, Dept. Math., Nijmegen, Netherlands)
    • 16:30 - 17:00 Coffee break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 16:30 Coffee break 30'
    • 17:00 - 18:00 Classical information theory: part II
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 17:00 Classical information theory: part II 1h0'
        Speaker: S. MICHALAKIS (UC at Davis, Dept. Mathematics, Davis, CA, U.S.A.)
  • Tuesday, 13 June 2006
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Algebraic methods for quantum mechanics: part III
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Algebraic methods for quantum mechanics: part III 1h0'
        Speaker: D. PETZ (Alfred Renyi Inst. of Mathematics, Budapest, Hungary)
    • 10:00 - 11:00 Quantum probability quantum information theory: part III
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 10:00 Quantum probability quantum information theory: part III 1h0'
        Speaker: H. MAASSEN (Radboud University, Dept. Math., Nijmegen, Netherlands)
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 11:00 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Field-theoretical methods: part I
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 11:30 Field-theoretical methods: part I 1h0'
        Speaker: R. ALICKI (Univ. Gdansk, Theoretical Physics & Astrophysics, Gdansk, Poland)
    • 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 12:30 Lunch break 2h0'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Classical information theory: part III
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 14:30 Classical information theory: part III 1h0'
        Speaker: Y. SUHOV (Univ. Cambridge, Centre for Math. Sciences, Stat. Lab., Cambridge, U.K)
    • 15:30 - 16:30 Entanglement: part I
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 15:30 Entanglement: part I 1h0'
        Speaker: P. HORODECKI (Gdansk Univ. of Tech., Theoretical & Math. Physics, Gdansk, Poland)
    • 16:30 - 17:00 Coffee break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 16:30 Coffee break 30'
    • 17:00 - 18:00 Physical implementation: part I
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 17:00 Physical implementation: part I 1h0'
        Speaker: A.E.M. BUCHLEITNER (MPI Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany)
  • Wednesday, 14 June 2006
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Field-theoretical methods: part II
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Field-theoretical methods: part II 1h0'
        Speaker: R. ALICKI (Univ. Gdansk, Theoretical Physics & Astrophysics, Gdansk, Poland)
    • 10:00 - 11:00 Field-theoretical methods: part III
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 10:00 Field-theoretical methods: part III 1h0'
        Speaker: R. ALICKI (Univ. Gdansk, Theoretical Physics & Astrophysics, Gdansk, Poland)
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 11:00 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Entanglement: part II
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 11:30 Entanglement: part II 1h0'
        Speaker: P. HORODECKI (Gdansk Univ. of Tech., Theoretical & Math. Physics, Gdansk, Poland)
    • 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 12:30 Lunch break 2h0'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Physical implementation: part II
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 14:30 Physical implementation: part II 1h0'
        Speaker: A.E.M. BUCHLEITNER (MPI Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany)
    • 15:30 - 16:30 Physical implementation: part III
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 15:30 Physical implementation: part III 1h0'
        Speaker: A.E.M. BUCHLEITNER (MPI Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany)
    • 16:30 - 17:00 Coffee break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 16:30 Coffee break 30'
    • 17:00 - 18:00 Photonic realization of quantum information protocols: part I
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 17:00 Photonic realization of quantum information protocols: part I 1h0'
        Speaker: M. GENOVESE (I.N.Ri.M., Torino, Italy)
    • 19:30 - 21:00 Reception
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
      • 19:30 Reception 1h30'
  • Thursday, 15 June 2006
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Entanglement: part III
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Entanglement: part III 1h0'
        Speaker: P. HORODECKI (Gdansk Univ. of Tech., Theoretical & Math. Physics, Gdansk, Poland)
    • 10:00 - 11:00 Quantum entropy and information: part I
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 10:00 Quantum entropy and information: part I 1h0'
        Speaker: N. DATTA (Univ. Cambridge, DPMMS, Cambridge, U.K.)
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 11:00 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Quantum entropy and information: part II
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 11:30 Quantum entropy and information: part II 1h0'
        Speaker: N. DATTA (Univ. Cambridge, DPMMS, Cambridge, U.K)
    • 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 12:30 Lunch break 2h0'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Photonic realization of quantum information protocols: part II
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 14:30 Photonic realization of quantum information protocols: part II 1h0'
        Speaker: M. GENOVESE (I.N.Ri.M., Torino, Italy)
    • 15:30 - 16:30 Quantum cryptography: part I
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 15:30 Quantum cryptography: part I 1h0'
        Speaker: D.B.J. BRUSS (Heinrich-Heine-Univ., Theoretische Phys. III, Dusseldorf, Germany)
    • 16:30 - 17:00 Coffee break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 16:30 Coffee break 30'
    • 17:00 - 18:00 Quantum algorithms: part I
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 17:00 Quantum algorithms: part I 1h0'
        Speaker: J. KEMPE (LRI, Univ. Paris-Sud, Orsay Cedex, France)
  • Friday, 16 June 2006
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Quantum algorithms: part II
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Quantum algorithms: part II 1h0'
        Speaker: J. KEMPE (LRI, Univ. Paris-Sud, Orsay Cedex, France)
    • 10:00 - 11:00 Quantum cryptography: part II
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 10:00 Quantum cryptography: part II 1h0'
        Speaker: D.B.J. BRUSS (Heinrich-Heine-Univ., Theoretische Phys. III, Dusseldorf, Germany)
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 11:00 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Quantum algorithms: part III
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 11:30 Quantum algorithms: part III 1h0'
        Speaker: J. KEMPE (LRI, Univ. Paris-Sud, Orsay Cedex, France)
    • 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 12:30 Lunch break 2h0'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Quantum entropy and information: part III
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 14:30 Quantum entropy and information: part III 1h0'
        Speaker: N. DATTA (Univ. Cambridge, DPMMS, Cambridge, U.K)
    • 15:30 - 16:30 Quantum cryptography: part III
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 15:30 Quantum cryptography: part III 1h0'
        Speaker: D.B.J. BRUSS (Heinrich-Heine-Univ., Theoretische Phys. III, Dusseldorf, Germany)
    • 16:30 - 17:00 Coffee break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 16:30 Coffee break 30'
    • 17:00 - 18:00 Photonic realization of quantum information protocols: part III
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 17:00 Photonic realization of quantum information protocols: part III 1h0'
        Speaker: M. GENOVESE (I.N.Ri.M., Torino, Italy)
    • 18:00 - 18:15 Closing Remarks
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 18:00 Closing Remarks 15'
  • Monday, 19 June 2006
    • 08:15 - 09:30 Registration Formalities with the Secretary
      • 08:15 Registration Formalities with the Secretary 1h15'
    • 09:30 - 10:10 Classical capacity of arbitrary quantum channels
      • 09:30 Classical capacity of arbitrary quantum channels 40'
        Speaker: N. DATTA (DPMMS, Univ. Cambridge, U.K.)
    • 10:10 - 10:50 Adiabaticity in open quantum systems
      • 10:10 Adiabaticity in open quantum systems 40'
        Speaker: D.A. LIDAR (Dept.Chemistry & Electr.Engg., Univ. Southern California, Los Angeles, U.S.A.)
    • 10:50 - 11:20 Coffee break
      • 10:50 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:20 - 12:00 State tomography for qubits
      • 11:20 State tomography for qubits 40'
        Speaker: D. PETZ (Alfred Renyi Inst.Mathematics, Budapest, Hungary)
    • 12:00 - 12:40 Recent studies at INRiM on polarisation entanglement transmission
      • 12:00 Recent studies at INRiM on polarisation entanglement transmission 40'
        Speaker: M. GENOVESE (I.N.Ri.M., Torino, Italy)
    • 12:40 - 14:30 Lunch Break
      • 12:40 Lunch Break 1h50'
    • 14:30 - 15:10 Entanglement in finitely correlated states
      • 14:30 Entanglement in finitely correlated states 40'
        Speaker: S. MICHALAKIS (Univ. California at Davis, Dept. Mathematics, Davis, U.S.A.)
    • 15:10 - 15:50 Entanglement on mixed stabiliser states
      • 15:10 Entanglement on mixed stabiliser states 40'
        Speaker: K.M.R. AUDENAERT (QOLS, Physics, Blackett Lab., Imperial College, London, U.K.)
    • 15:50 - 16:20 Coffee break
      • 15:50 Coffee break 30'
    • 16:20 - 17:00 Generic entanglement is physical
      • 16:20 Generic entanglement is physical 40'
        Speaker: M.B. PLENIO (Optics Section, Blackett Lab., Imperial College, London, U.K.)
    • 17:00 - 17:20 Entanglement in Gaussian matrix product states
      • 17:00 Entanglement in Gaussian matrix product states 20'
        Speaker: G. ADESSO (Univ. Salerno, Italy / D.A.M.T.P., Quantum Computation, Mathematical Sciences, Univ. Cambridge, U.K.)
    • 17:20 - 17:40 The search for mutually unbiased bases
      • 17:20 The search for mutually unbiased bases 20'
        Speaker: A.M. ERICSSON (Physics Dept., Stockholm Univ., Sweden)
  • Tuesday, 20 June 2006
    • 09:30 - 10:10 Entanglement, area and the problem of finding ground states of many-body systems
      • 09:30 Entanglement, area and the problem of finding ground states of many-body systems 40'
        Speaker: J. EISERT (Inst. Physics, Univ. Potsdam, Germany/Inst. Mathematical Sciences, Imperial College, London, U.K.)
    • 10:10 - 10:50 Quantum key distributions beyond entanglement distillation
      • 10:10 Quantum key distributions beyond entanglement distillation 40'
        Speaker: M. HORODECKI (Inst. Theoretical Physics & Astrophysics, Univ. Gdansk, Poland)
    • 10:50 - 11:20 Coffee break
      • 10:50 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:20 - 12:00 Decoherence by controlled quantum baths
      • 11:20 Decoherence by controlled quantum baths 40'
        Speaker: R. FAZIO (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy)
    • 12:00 - 12:40 Quantum error correction and compression problems
      • 12:00 Quantum error correction and compression problems 40'
        Speaker: K. ZYCZKOWSKI (Institute of Physics, Jagellonian Univ., Cracow, Poland)
    • 12:40 - 14:30 Lunch Break
      • 12:40 Lunch Break 1h50'
    • 14:30 - 15:10 The really mean king uses biased bases\"
      • 14:30 The really mean king uses biased bases\" 40'
        Speaker: R.F. WERNER (Inst. Mathematische Physik, TU Braunschweig, Germany)
    • 15:10 - 15:50 Passage between finite dimensional classical and quantum phase spaces
      • 15:10 Passage between finite dimensional classical and quantum phase spaces 40'
        Speaker: H. NARNHOFER (Inst. Theoretische Physik, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria)
    • 15:50 - 16:20 Coffee break
      • 15:50 Coffee break 30'
    • 16:20 - 17:00 Special properties of special quantum channels
      • 16:20 Special properties of special quantum channels 40'
        Speaker: M. WOLF (MPI fuer Quantenoptik, Garching bei Munchen, Germany)
    • 17:00 - 17:40 Cloning: states, observables and noise
      • 17:00 Cloning: states, observables and noise 40'
        Speaker: M.G.A. PARIS (Univ. di Milano, Dipt. Fisica, Milano, Italy)
    • 17:40 - 18:00 Classicality in discrete Wigner functions
      • 17:40 Classicality in discrete Wigner functions 20'
        Speaker: E.F. GALVAO (Univ. Fed. Fluminense, Inst. Fisica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
  • Wednesday, 21 June 2006
    • 09:30 - 10:10 Entanglement controlled electron transport
      • 09:30 Entanglement controlled electron transport 40'
        Speaker: G.M. PALMA (Univ. Palermo, Dipt. Fisica, Palermo, Italy)
    • 10:10 - 10:50 Qualifying and quantifying entanglement in continuous variable systems
      • 10:10 Qualifying and quantifying entanglement in continuous variable systems 40'
        Speaker: F. ILLUMINATI (Univ. Salerno, Dipt.Fisica E.R. Caianiello, Baronissi, Italy)
    • 10:50 - 11:20 Coffee break
      • 10:50 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:20 - 12:00 Order to chaos transition in quantum spin chains
      • 11:20 Order to chaos transition in quantum spin chains 40'
        Speaker: T. PROSEN (Dept. Physics, Univ. Ljubljana, Slovenia)
    • 12:00 - 12:40 Generalized entanglement as a framework for exploring complex systems
      • 12:00 Generalized entanglement as a framework for exploring complex systems 40'
        Speaker: L. VIOLA (Dartmouth College, Dept. Physics & Astronomy, Hanover, New Hampshire, U.S.A.)
    • 12:40 - 14:30 Lunch Break
      • 12:40 Lunch Break 1h50'
    • 14:30 - 15:10 Entanglement is equivalent to non-simulability by classical correlations
      • 14:30 Entanglement is equivalent to non-simulability by classical correlations 40'
        Speaker: L. MASANES (Univ. Bristol, Dept. Mathematics, Bristol, U.K.)
    • 15:10 - 15:50 Spinor ultracold gases
      • 15:10 Spinor ultracold gases 40'
        Speaker: A. SANPERA (Univ. Aut. De Barcelona, Fisica Teorica, Barcelona, Spain)
    • 15:50 - 16:20 Coffee break
      • 15:50 Coffee break 30'
    • 16:20 - 17:00 Ideal broadcasting, purification and time-reversal for mixed states
      • 16:20 Ideal broadcasting, purification and time-reversal for mixed states 40'
        Speaker: C. MACCHIAVELLO (Univ. Pavia, Dipt. Fisica "A.Volta", Pavia, Italy)
    • 17:00 - 17:40 Purification of quantum trajectories and dark subspaces
      • 17:00 Purification of quantum trajectories and dark subspaces 40'
        Speaker: J.D. MAASSEN (Radboud Univ., Dept. Mathematics, Nijmegen, Netherlands)
    • 17:40 - 18:00 Robustness of optimal working points for non-adiabatic holonomic quantum computation
      • 17:40 Robustness of optimal working points for non-adiabatic holonomic quantum computation 20'
        Speaker: G. FLORIO (Univ. Bari, Dipt. Fisica, Bari, Italy)
    • 19:30 - 19:30 Reception - Adriatico Terrace
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
      • 19:30 Reception - Adriatico Terrace
  • Thursday, 22 June 2006
    • 09:30 - 10:10 Universal resources for measurement-based quantum computation
      • 09:30 Universal resources for measurement-based quantum computation 40'
        Speaker: H.J. BRIEGEL (Inst. Theoretische Physik, Uni. Innsbruck, Austria)
    • 10:10 - 10:50 Spin chains in quantum information processing
      • 10:10 Spin chains in quantum information processing 40'
        Speaker: S. BOSE (Univ. College London, Dept. Physics & Astronomy, London, U.K.)
    • 10:50 - 11:20 Coffee break
      • 10:50 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:20 - 12:00 A characterization of multipartite entanglement
      • 11:20 A characterization of multipartite entanglement 40'
        Speaker: S. PASCAZIO (Univ. Bari, Dipt. Fisica, Bari, Italy)
    • 12:00 - 12:40 Dynamics of qubit systems in a spin star environment
      • 12:00 Dynamics of qubit systems in a spin star environment 40'
        Speaker: F. PETRUCCIONE (KwaZulu-Natal, Pure & Applied Physics, Durban, South Africa)
    • 12:40 - 14:30 Lunch Break
      • 12:40 Lunch Break 1h50'
    • 14:30 - 15:10 Hybrid quantum computing
      • 14:30 Hybrid quantum computing 40'
        Speaker: L.C. KWEK (Nanyang Tech. Univ., NIE, Singapore)
    • 15:10 - 15:50 Optomechanical networks for continuous variable quantum information processing
      • 15:10 Optomechanical networks for continuous variable quantum information processing 40'
        Speaker: D. VITALI (Univ. di Camerino, Dipt. Matematica e Fisica, Camerino, Italy)
    • 15:50 - 16:20 Coffee break
      • 15:50 Coffee break 30'
    • 16:20 - 17:00 Hilbert-space formulation of quantum mechanics from purely operational axioms
      • 16:20 Hilbert-space formulation of quantum mechanics from purely operational axioms 40'
        Speaker: G.M. D'ARIANO (INFM, Unita di Pavia, Dipt. Fisica A. Volta, Pavia, Italy)
    • 17:00 - 17:40 Untangled entanglement in solid state
      • 17:00 Untangled entanglement in solid state 40'
        Speaker: Wonmin SON (Univ. Leeds, Quantum Information Group, Leeds, U.K.)
    • 17:40 - 18:00 Quantum operations induced by classical randomness
      • 17:40 Quantum operations induced by classical randomness 20'
        Speaker: I. TSOHANTJIS (Technical Univ. Crete, Inst. Matter Structure & Laser Physics, Crete, Greece)
  • Friday, 23 June 2006
    • 09:30 - 10:10 Self-testing of quantum circuits
      • 09:30 Self-testing of quantum circuits 40'
        Speaker: M. MOSCA (Univ. Waterloo, Dept. of C&O, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada)
    • 10:10 - 10:50 Comparison of some methods of quantum state tomography
      • 10:10 Comparison of some methods of quantum state tomography 40'
        Speaker: A. JAMIOLKOWSKI (Nicholas Copernicus Univ., Inst. of Physics, Torun, Poland)
    • 10:50 - 11:20 Coffee break
      • 10:50 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:20 - 12:00 Review of multiplicativity results for product maps
      • 11:20 Review of multiplicativity results for product maps 40'
        Speaker: C.K. KING (Northeastern Univ, Dept. Mathematics, Boston, MA, U.S.A.)
    • 12:00 - 12:40 Pauli diagonal channels constant on axes
      • 12:00 Pauli diagonal channels constant on axes 40'
        Speaker: M.B. RUSKAI (Tufts University, Medford, MA, U.S.A.)
    • 12:40 - 14:30 Lunch Break
      • 12:40 Lunch Break 1h50'
    • 14:30 - 15:10 Typical subspaces for quantum sources and applications
      • 14:30 Typical subspaces for quantum sources and applications 40'
        Speaker: T. KRUEGER (TU Berlin, Fach. Mathematik, Berlin, Germany)
    • 15:10 - 15:50 Unravelling entanglement
      • 15:10 Unravelling entanglement 40'
        Speaker: C.L. VIVIESCAS (MPI Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany)
    • 15:50 - 16:20 Coffee break
      • 15:50 Coffee break 30'
    • 16:20 - 16:40 Quantum Kolmogorov complexity
      • 16:20 Quantum Kolmogorov complexity 20'
        Speaker: C. MORA (Univ. Innsbruck, Theoretische Physik, Innsbruck, Austria)
    • 16:40 - 17:00 Inseparability criteria based on matrices of moments
      • 16:40 Inseparability criteria based on matrices of moments 20'
        Speaker: M. PIANI (Univ. Gdansk, Inst. Theoretical Physics & Astrophysics, Gdansk, Poland)
    • 17:00 - 17:15 CLOSING REMARKS
      • 17:00 CLOSING REMARKS 15'