QTD 2020

Conference on Quantum ThermoDynamics

Online, 19-23 Oct 2020

In recent years we are witnessing a constantly growing interest in understanding thermodynamic phenomena at the quantum scale. Novel fundamental questions arise, such as: how do the laws of thermodynamics emerge in this regime? How are thermodynamic processes affected by the presence of quantum coherences and entanglement? Quantum thermodynamics is also relevant for the design of quantum information technologies and for our understanding of many-body quantum systems.​
All these and related questions will be discussed at QTD 2020, the annual conference on quantum thermodynamics.

IMPORTANT INFOREGISTRATION FOR QTD 2020

IMPORTANT INFO

This year, due the evolving COVID-19 situation, the Conference will be held online and the sessions are open to all attendees.

About Us

A few words about QTD 2020

QTD 2020 is the annual conference on quantum thermodynamics. The main goal of the conference is to discuss the recent advances on quantum thermodynamics, the field that studies thermodynamic processes at the quantum scale. The first edition of the conference was held in Berlin in 2013 and was followed by events in Mallorca, Porquerolles, Erice, Oxford, Santa Barbara and Espoo.

A few words about ICFO

ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences was founded in 2002 by the Government of Catalonia and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), both of which are members of its board of trustees along with the Cellex and Mir-Puig Foundations, philanthropic entities that have played a critical role in the advancement of the institute since 2007. Located in the Mediterranean Technology Park in the metropolitan area of Barcelona, the institute currently hosts 400 people, organized in 26 research groups in 60 state-of-the-art research laboratories. Research lines encompass diverse areas in which photonics plays a decisive role, with an emphasis on basic and applied themes relevant to medicine and biology, advanced imaging techniques, information technologies, a range of environmental sensors, tunable and ultra-fast lasers, quantum science, photovoltaics and the properties and applications of nano-materials such as graphene, among others.

REGISTRATION

If you would like to attend any of the seminars of the online conference, please register clicking on the button

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COMMITTEES

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

  • Alexia Auffèves (Chair)
    Institut Néel Grenoble
  • Michele Campisi
    Università di Firenze
  • Tobias Donner
    ETH Zurich
  • Géraldine Haack
    Université de Genève
  • Nikolai Kiesel
    University of Vienna
  • Jan Klaers
    University of Twente
  • Kater Murch
    Washington University Saint Louis
  • Anna Sanpera Trigueros
    Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

  • Antonio Acin (chair)
    ICFO
  • Mercè Latorre
    ICFO
  • Mohammad Mehboudi
    ICFO

INVITED SPEAKERS

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  • Natalia Ares
    University of Oxford
  • Mitali Banerjee
    Columbia University New York
  • Manabendra Bera
    IISER Mohali
  • Sebastian Deffner
    University of Maryland
  • Igor Dotsenko
    Laboratoire Kastler Brossel
  • Nicole Fabbri
    LENS Firenze
  • Marcus Huber
    IQOQI Vienna
  • Christopher Jarzynski
    University of Maryland
  • Gabriel Landi
    University of São Paulo
  • Patrick Potts
    Lund University
  • Dvira Segal
    University of Toronto

PROGRAM

For this QTD 2020 Online we have prepared different sessions during all week.  See below the details of the PROGRAM.

Click to find more information of the speakers and the links to JOIN IN the Zoom webinars. You can pre-register and add the information to your Calendar.

WELCOME: Monday 19 at 12:45 CEST, that is 15′ before the first seminar starts. We’d like to see you there! 🙂

INVITED TALKS: You will find a Zoom link to join in each individual talk. The sessions will last 45 minutes in total (30′ talk + 15′ Q&A)

We will have 15-minute break between the invited talks.

CONTRIBUTED TALKS: We have prepared 4 Topics: TRANSPORT, ENGINES, OPEN Q SYSTEMS and Q INFORMATION. Each topic consists in 8 talks of 25 minutes in total (15′ talk + 10′ Q&A). There’s a single Zoom link to join in for each Topic.

We will have 5-minute break between the contributed talks.

POSTER SESSION: The QTD Poster Session is already public and it will be available to visit during all the conference. http://s.ic.fo/QTD_PosterSession

Wednesday 21st 12:00-16:00 (CEST) all the poster presenters will be online and available to have chat with you. We’d like to encourage you to contribute with your questions and comments!

QUO VADIS Q THERMO? Discussion session on open problems in the field. Feel free to contribute before the meeting and propose topics for discussion. We count on your participation to make a lively and fruitful event!

IMPORTANT! Visit the Speakers Blog Roll to know more about the talks. Interact with the speakers and leave your questions and comments there!
GO TO SPEAKER’S BLOG ROLL
START TIME (CEST)Monday 19Tuesday 20Wednesday 21Thursday 22Friday 23
CONTRIBUTED TALKSTOPIC: ENGINESTOPIC: Q INFORMATION
08:00

Soham Pal
(Indian Institute of Science Education and Research)
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08:30

Daniel Adam
(Technische Universität Kaiserslautern)
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Faraj Bakhshinezhad
(IQOQI-Vienna)
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09:00Gentaro Watanabe
(Zhejiang University)
JOIN IN		Hyukjoon Kwon
(Imperial College)
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09:30Gian Marcello Andolina
(Scuola Normale Superiore)
JOIN IN		Irénée Frérot
(ICFO)
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10:00Paolo Abiuso
(ICFO)
JOIN IN		Eric Lutz
(University of Stuttgart)
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10:30Marti Perarnau-Llobet
(University of Geneva)
JOIN IN		Ivan Henao
(Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
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11:00Patryk Lipka-Bartosik
(University of Bristol)
JOIN IN		Mohammad Hamed Mohammady
(RCQI, Bratislava)
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11:30Karen Hovhannisyan
(Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics)
JOIN IN		Raam Uzdin
(The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
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12:00BREAKBREAK
12:45QTD 2020 Welcome
INVITED TALKS
13:00Manabendra Bera
(IISER Mohali)
JOIN IN		Marcus Huber
(IQOQI Vienna)
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POSTER SESSION
Igor Dotsenko
(Laboratoire Kastler Brossel)
JOIN IN		Dvira Segal
(University of Toronto)
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14:00Natalia Ares
(University of Oxford)
JOIN IN		Gabriel Landi
(University of São Paulo)
JOIN IN		Nicole Fabbri
(LENS Firenze)
JOIN IN		Christopher Jarzynski
(University of Maryland)
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15:00Patrick Potts
(Lund University)
JOIN IN		Mitali Banerjee
(Columbia University)
JOIN IN		Sebastian Deffner
(University of Maryland)
JOIN IN		Quo vadis Q Thermo? & end of the QTD Conference
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16:00BREAKBREAK
CONTRIBUTED TALKSTOPIC: TRANSPORTTOPIC: OPEN Q SYSTEMS
17:00Bayan Karimi
(Espoo)
JOIN IN		Philipp Strasberg
(Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
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17:30Azat Gubaydullin
(Aalto University)
JOIN IN		Adolfo del Campo
(Donostia International Physics Center)
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18:00Adel Kara Slimane
(CEA)
JOIN IN		Krzysztof Ptaszynski
(Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences)
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18:30Simone Gasparinetti
(Chalmers University of Technology)
JOIN IN		Camille Lombard Latune
(University of KwaZulu-Natal)
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19:00Rafael Sánchez
(Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)
JOIN IN		Juliette Monsel
(Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2))
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19:30Olivier Maillet
(Aalto University)
JOIN IN		Rahul Sawant
(University of Birmingham)
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20:00Mark Mitchison
(Trinity College Dublin)
JOIN IN		Janet Anders
(University of Exeter/Potsdam University)
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20:30Marlon Brenes
(Trinity College Dublin)
JOIN IN		Felipe Barra
(Universidad de Chile)
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CONTACT

Technical Secretariat

Mercè latorre
ICFO’s Event Coordinator
Email: events@icfo.eu