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About the Workshop
Explaining the natural world in terms of cause and effect is the central pillar of science. Surprisingly, however, only recently a theory of causality was introduced, allowing to model causation in various fields of research. At least those governed by classical mechanics. To shake even more the foundations of causality, Bell’s theorem implies that our most basic notions of cause and effect are incompatible with quantum phenomena. Entangled quantum particles can be so strongly correlated that it seems like they behave as a single information unit, leading to the the apparent “spooky action at a distance” abhorred by Einstein in the phenomenon known as quantum non-locality. Both entanglement and non-locality are the core of the second quantum revolution as they enable the enhanced processing of quantum information in diverse applications. Yet, the understanding of entanglement and non-locality -and its interconnections to how we perceive space and time and manipulate information- has been mostly restricted to simple causal structures. To cope with that, a new research field has emerged to develop the basic framework to reason about causality in a quantum world. Concepts like causal networks, interventions and causal influence are finding more and more applications in quantum information at the same time that ideas and tools initially developed in a quantum setting are also being applied to purely classical phenomena.

It is in this interdisciplinary context that the workshop is inserted. It aims to bring together researchers working on causality, machine learning, artificial intelligence, quantum information and quantum foundations and foster collaborations and the emergence of new and exciting ideas.

The Workshop is organized within the Q-Causal Project Grant ID:61084 funded by the John Templeton Foundation.

Topics
Causal Inference
Causal Structures and Space-Time
Indefinite Causal Orders
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
Quantum Non-locality and Contextuality
Quantum Networks

Chairs
Caslav Brukner, University of Vienna
Rafael Chaves, International Institute of Physics (Brazil)
Fabio Sciarrino, Sapienza University of Rome

Keynote speakers
Nicolas Gisin, Universitè de Genève
Sandu Popescu, University of Bristol
Robert Spekkens, Perimeter Institute

Invited speakers
Antonio Acin, ICFO
Iris Agresti, Sapienza University of Rome
Leandro Aolita, UFRJ
Mateus Arauho, University of Cologne
Jonathan Barrett, University of Oxford
Ämin Baumeler, IQOQI Vienna
Jonathan Bohr Brask, Technical University of Denmark
Cyril Branciard, Institut Néel – CNRS
Gonzalo Carvacho, Sapienza University of Rome
Esteban Castro Ruiz, University of Vienna
Daniel Cavalcanti, ICFO
Eric Cavalcanti, Griffith University
Giulio Chiribella, University of Oxford
Fabio Costa, The University of Queensland
Flaminia Giacomini, University of Vienna
Philippe Guerin, University of Vienna
Pawel Horodecki, Gdańsk University of Technology
Lorenzo Maccone, University of Pavia
Ognyan Oreshkov, Universitè Libre de Bruxelles
Ding Jia, Perimeter Institute
Paolo Perinotti, University of Pavia
Katja Ried, Universität Innsbruck
Giulia Rubino, University of Vienna
Valerio Scarani, Center for Quantum Technologies, NUS
David Schmid, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (Canada)
Aephraim Steinberg, University of Toronto
Márcio Taddei, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Armin Tavakoli, University of Geneva
Mirjam Weilenmann, IQOQI Vienna
Hans J. Briegel, University of Innsbruck (TBC)
Elie Wolfe, University of Connecticut

Local Organizing Committee
Giuliana Pensa, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

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