Quantum Mechanics at ICTP

Modern applications of quantum mechanics--from quantum cryptology to quantum computing--are just a few of the topics to be discussed at the "Workshop on New Trends in Quantum Dynamics and Quantum Entanglement" taking place at ICTP from 21 to 25 February.

The workshop, which is co-sponsored by ICTP, the University of Trieste, the Trieste Physics Consortium and the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, Austria, has attracted more than 150 scientists from 25 countries, most of them young researchers interested in the interdisciplinary nature of the field.

"This is a fast growing field, and there is a lot of interest in new potentials, both conceptually and in applications," said workshop organizer Angelo Bassi of the University of Trieste.

ICTP Director Fernando Quevedo provided a welcoming address at the workshop's opening, followed by an historical overview of the field at ICTP by GianCarlo Ghirardi, Professor Emeritus, University of Trieste and co-leader of ICTP's Associates Programme, while Vahid Karimipour, a professor at Sharif University, Tehran and a co-organizer of the workshop, provided an Iranian perspective of the field.

The workshop was preceded by a week-long school for physics students to provide them with background material about quantum dynamics and entanglement theory at a graduate level.

For more details about the workshop, visit its website.