Workshop "Bits, Quanta, and Complex Systems:
modern approaches to photonic information processing"

  
Brussels, 30 April - 3 May 2008

 

Scope:

This event, entitled "Solvay workshop on Bits, Quanta, and Complex systems: modern approaches to photonic information processing", will be held  in Brussels from Wednesday April 30th (morning) to Saturday May 3rd (noon), 2008, in the Palace of the Royal Academies of Sciences. It will be devoted to the recent scientific advances at the interface between photonics, physics (including both nonlinear and quantum physics), and information sciences. It will be a great opportunity to listen to some of the world renowned experts in these interconnected disciplines, as well as to discover new trends  that result from the convergence of these fields.

The workshop will consist of 7 half-day sessions, with one discussion leader and 3 invited speakers per session. All other participants will have the opportunity to present their recent research during the 3 poster sessions, which will be organized every day after lunch and will be an important part of the workshop.

The topics covered during the workshop will range from the foundations of quantum optics (non-locality, entanglement, Bell tests) and nonlinear  optics (synchronization, consistency, chaos) to information processing and communication based on both quantum and nonlinear physics  (quantum cryptography, chaos-based cryptography, linear optics quantum computing, biomimetic nonlinear information processing).

 

Scientific Committee

  

Organizing Committee

  
Fortunato Tito Arecchi (University of Firenze, Italy)   Jean Bricmont (UCL, Belgium)
Nicolas Gisin (University of Geneva, Switzerland)   Nicolas Cerf, Conference Chair (ULB, Belgium)
Philippe Grangier (Institut d'Optique, Palaiseau, France)   Thomas Durt (VUB, Belgium)
Serge Haroche (Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France)   Ingo Fischer (Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland)
Peter Knight (Imperial College, London, UK)   Marc Henneaux (ULB, Belgium)
Gerard J. Milburn (University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia)   Serge Massar (ULB, Belgium)
David A.B. Miller (Stanford University, USA)   Irina Veretennicoff (VUB, Belgium)
Claudio R. Mirasso (Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain)      
Rajarshi Roy (University of Maryland, College Park, USA)      
Thomas Walther (Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany)      
Anton Zeilinger (Universität Wien, Austria)      

 

List of Invited Speakers
Fortunato Tito Arecchi (University of Firenze, Italy)
Alain Aspect (Institut d'Optique, Palaiseau, France)
Gilles Brassard (Université de Montréal, Canada)
Michel Brune (Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France)
John Dudley (Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France)
Artur Ekert (University of Cambridge, UK)
Akira Furusawa (University of Tokyo, Japan)
Elisabeth Giacobino (Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Paris, France)
Nicolas Gisin (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
Philippe Grangier (Institut d'Optique, Palaiseau, France)
Serge Haroche (Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France)
Ido Kanter (Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
Peter Knight (Imperial College, London, UK)
Franklin Lambert (VUB, Brussels, Belgium)
Laurent Larger (Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France)
Julien Laurat (Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Paris, France)
Daan Lenstra (TU Delft, The Netherlands)
Gerd Leuchs (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany)
Serge Massar (ULB, Brussels, Belgium)
Gerard J. Milburn (University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia)
David A.B. Miller (Stanford University, USA)
Claudio R. Mirasso (Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain)
Eugene Polzik (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Gerhard Rempe (Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Garching, Germany)
Rajarshi Roy (University of Maryland, College Park, USA)
Wolf Singer (Max-Planck-Institut für Hirnforschung, Frankfurt/Main, Germany)
Atsushi Uchida (University of Saitama, Japan)
Thomas Walther (Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany)
Andrew White (University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia)
Hugo Zbinden (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
Anton Zeilinger (Universität Wien, Austria)

 

 

  • Programme & poster sessions - Each participant presenting a poster will have at his/her disposal
    a panel of height 2 m and width 1 m. The posters will be displayed in three sessions (see poster sessions).
  • Location
 Royal Academy of Science,Humanities and Fine Arts of Belgium - Brussels
Hertogsstraat 1 - Rue Ducale 1 ( MAP) - Metro station "Parc" (line 1) or "Trône" (line 2) - MAP
  • Pre-registration
 It is not possible anymore to register.
  • Fee

There is a registration fee of 220 EUR that includes the lunches, the coffee breaks and the banquet, OR of 150 EUR without the banquet. This fee should be paid either by bank transfer or in cash at the workshop. Instructions have been given in the invitation emails.
  • Banquet
 The banquet will take place on May 2nd at the Hotel Métropole.
  • Accommodation

Hotel reservations must be made directly by the participants (except for invited
speakers). The following link might be useful: Hotels in Brussels - www.booking.com
Hotels that we often use for our visitors are: Hôtel Opéra - Hôtel Arlequin - Hôtel Saint-Nicolas - Fondation Universitaire - Hôtel Capital.

Contact person: Isabelle.Juif@ulb.ac.be

 

Support from Solvay S.A., the Belgian "Loterie Nationale - Nationale Loterij", the "Communauté française de Belgique" and the Fondation David et Alice Van Buuren is gratefully acknowedged.