Robert Spekkens

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Robert Spekkens
NationalityCanadian
CitizenshipCanadian
Alma materMcGill University, University of Toronto
Known forSpekkens toy model;
quantum contextuality
AwardsBirkhoff-von Neumann Prize of the International Quantum Structures Association (2008); FQXI Essay contest "Questioning the Foundations: Which of Our Assumptions Are Wrong?" (2012)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysicist
InstitutionsPerimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
University of Cambridge
University of Waterloo
Griffith University

Robert W. Spekkens is a Canadian

quantum physicist working in the fields of quantum foundations and quantum information.[1][2][3]

He is known for his work on epistemic view of quantum states (in particular the Spekkens toy model),[4][5][6] quantum contextuality,[7][8][9] quantum resource theories[10][11] and quantum causality.[12][13]

He co-edited the book Quantum Theory: Informational Foundations and Foils.[14]

Career

Spekkens is a faculty member and the leader of the quantum causal inference initiative at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.[15][16] He regularly teaches the course on quantum foundations in the Perimeter Scholars International master's program.[17][18]

He is an adjunct faculty in the Department of Physics of the University of Waterloo[19] and an adjunct research fellow in the Centre for Quantum Dynamics of Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia.[15]

Awards

  • 2012 FQXI Essay contest "Questioning the Foundations: Which of Our Assumptions Are Wrong?"[20]

References

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  2. ^ Cavalcanti, Eric. "Schrödinger's cat gets a reality check". The Conversation. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
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  6. ^ "Entangled photons cast a new light on cause and effect". Physics World. 2015-03-30. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
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  8. ISSN 0370-1573
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  9. ^ Musser, George (2016-01-19). "Quantum Weirdness Now a Matter of Time". Quanta Magazine. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
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  11. S2CID 119185952
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  12. S2CID 118518558
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  13. S2CID 43563970
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  14. S2CID 118699215
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  15. ^ a b "Robert Spekkens | Perimeter Institute". perimeterinstitute.ca. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  16. ^ "Quantum causal inference initiative | Perimeter Institute". perimeterinstitute.ca. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
  17. ^ "12/13 PSI - Found Quantum Mechanics | PIRSA". pirsa.org. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
  18. ^ "PSI master's program | Perimeter Institute". perimeterinstitute.ca. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
  19. ^ "Robert Spekkens". Physics and Astronomy. 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  20. ^ "The Paradigm of Kinematics and Dynamics Must Yield to Causal Structure by Robert W. Spekkens". fqxi.org. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
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