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UID:/NewsandEvents/Archives/2011/newsitem/3913/15-
 July-2011-Workshop-Quantum-Physics-meets-TARK-Gron
 ingen-NL
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SUMMARY:Workshop "Quantum Physics meets TARK", Gro
 ningen, NL
ATTENDEE;ROLE=Speaker:Samson Abramsky (Oxford Univ
 ersity) and Adam Brandenburger (Stern School of Bu
 siness, New York)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110715
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110715
LOCATION:Groningen, NL
DESCRIPTION:The aim of this workshop is to explore
  the connections between traditional TARK topics a
 nd Quantum Physics. While TARK traditionally focus
 es on the theoretical aspects of rationality and k
 nowledge, quantum mechanics and quantum computatio
 n focus on the fundamental link between physical r
 eality and informational (knowledge-acquiring) act
 ions, such as observations and measurements. We th
 ink one can gain new insights from combining metho
 ds and concepts coming from these two lines of res
 earch. On the one hand, we are interested in how t
 echniques from quantum physics can help us reason 
 about knowledge or rational decision making. On th
 e other hand, we are interested in how the logical
  and game-theoretical techniques traditionally ass
 ociated with TARK (coming from epistemic logic, be
 lief revision, dynamic logic, temporal logic, prob
 abilistic learning, resource-sensitive logics, epi
 stemic game theory, decision-theoretic methods etc
 .) can be used to formalize physical theories, rea
 son about their concepts or their applications, an
 d provide some principled understanding of their f
 oundations.    Topics of interest include but are 
 not limited to:  classical correlations versus qua
 ntum correlations;  classical games versus quantum
  games;  classical information flow versus quantum
  information flow;  logical methods for quantum co
 mputation;  quantum logic and its relation to logi
 cs of knowledge and action;  the use of quantum me
 thods and concepts in decision theory, game theory
  and logic;  game-theoretical logical semantics an
 d foundations of quantum mechanics.    Main Websit
 e: http://www.ai.rug.nl/conf/quantumTARK/   Please
  send your submission by Wednesday May 4, 2011.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div>\n      <p>\n   
      The aim of this workshop is to explore the co
 nnections between\n        traditional TARK topics
  and Quantum Physics. While TARK\n        traditio
 nally focuses on the theoretical aspects of\n     
    rationality and knowledge, quantum mechanics an
 d quantum\n        computation focus on the fundam
 ental link between physical\n        reality and i
 nformational (knowledge-acquiring) actions, such\n
         as observations and measurements. We think
  one can gain new\n        insights from combining
  methods and concepts coming from these\n        t
 wo lines of research. On the one hand, we are inte
 rested in\n        how techniques from quantum phy
 sics can help us reason about\n        knowledge o
 r rational decision making.  On the other hand, we
 \n        are interested in how the logical and ga
 me-theoretical\n        techniques traditionally a
 ssociated with TARK (coming from\n        epistemi
 c logic, belief revision, dynamic logic, temporal\
 n        logic, probabilistic learning, resource-s
 ensitive logics,\n        epistemic game theory, d
 ecision-theoretic methods etc.) can be\n        us
 ed to formalize physical theories, reason about th
 eir\n        concepts or their applications, and p
 rovide some principled\n        understanding of t
 heir foundations.\n      </p>\n      <p>\n        
 Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
 <br/>\n         classical correlations versus quan
 tum correlations;<br/>\n         classical games v
 ersus quantum games;<br/>\n         classical info
 rmation flow versus quantum information flow;<br/>
 \n         logical methods for quantum computation
 ;<br/>\n         quantum logic and its relation to
  logics of knowledge and action;<br/>\n         th
 e use of quantum methods and concepts in decision 
 theory, game theory and logic;<br/>\n        game-
 theoretical logical semantics and foundations of q
 uantum mechanics.\n      </p>\n    \n      <p>\n  
       \n        Main Website: <a target="_blank" h
 ref="http://www.ai.rug.nl/conf/quantumTARK/">http:
 //www.ai.rug.nl/conf/quantumTARK/</a>\n      </p>\
 n    </div><div>\n        Please send your submiss
 ion by Wednesday May 4, 2011.\n        </div>
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 July-2011-Workshop-Quantum-Physics-meets-TARK-Gron
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