Why the quantum? Insights from classical theories with a statistical restriction
Robert Spekkens Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Quantum foundations concerns the conceptual and mathematical underpinnings of quantum theory. In particular, we search for novel quantum effects, consider how to interpret the formalism, ask where the formalism comes from, and how we might modify it. Research at Perimeter Institute is particularly concerned with reconstructing quantum theory from more natural postulates and reformulating the theory in ways that elucidate its conceptual structure. Research in the foundations of quantum theory naturally interfaces with research in quantum information and quantum gravity.
Robert Spekkens Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Roman Sverdlov University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Chris Fuchs University of Massachusetts Boston
Steve Weinstein University of Waterloo
Petros Wallden University of Athens
Johannes Kofler University of Vienna
Gabriel Catren Centre de Recherche en Epistémologie Appliquée
Jukka Kiukas Leibniz University Hannover
Owen Maroney University of Oxford