18^th Symposium on Topological Quantum Information

Athens, 8 — 10 June 2015

About

The series of symposia on Topological Quantum Information aims at bringing together researchers interested in understanding topological phases, how they emerge in physical systems, and their potential for facilitating quantum computation.

The 18^th Symposium on Topological Quantum Information will take place in Athens from 8^th to 10^th June 2015. The first two days of the event will be hosted at the Athens University History Museum, on the foothills of the Acropolis (map). The third day will take place at the historic building of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (map)

Focus areas:

• Topological insulators & topological superconductors
• Topological quantum computation
• Topological quantum field theories
• Classification of topological states
• Topological states in cold atoms & materials
• Category theory in physics

Invited Speakers

• C. Chamon (Boston University)
• A. G. Grushin (Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems)
• E. Floratos (University of Athens)
• S. Iblisdir (University of Barcelona)
• L. H. Kauffman (University of Illinois at Chicago)
• P. Kotetes (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
• V. Lahtinen (Freie Universität Berlin)
• S. Lambropoulou (National Technical University of Athens)
• Z. Papic (University of Leeds)
• I. Tsochantzis (University of Athens)
• J. Vicary (University of Oxford)
• A. Wójs (Wrocław University of Technology)

Program

The program in pdf format can be downloaded here.

Participation

To apply for participation, send an email to Stefanos Kourtis with your

• name,
• affiliation, and
• optionally, a title, abstract and co-authors for an oral or poster presentation.

Financial support can be provided for a small number of participants.

Organizers

• Dr. Stefanos Kourtis, TCM Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK
• Prof. Alekos Karanikas, Department of Physics, University of Athens, Greece
• Prof. Jiannis Pachos, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, UK

Previous symposia

• 17th Symposium on Topological Quantum Information, 16—17 April 2015, Garching, Germany.
• 16th Symposium on Topological Quantum Information, 22—23 May 2014, Athens, Greece.
• 15th Symposium on Topological Quantum Information, 15 May 2013, Athens, Greece.
• 14th Symposium on Topological Quantum Information, 13—15 February 2013, Benasque, Spain.
• 13th Symposium on Topological Quantum Information, 21—22 September 2012, Oxford, UK.
• 12th Symposium on Topological Quantum Information, 6—7 February 2012, Institute of Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• 11th Symposium on Topological Quantum Information, 4—5 June 2011, NORDITA, Stockholm, Sweden.
• Royal Society Kavli Meeting on Topology and Physics, 14—17 July 2010, Chicheley Hall, UK.
• 10th Symposium on Topological Quantum Information, 11—12 April 2010, Leeds, UK.
• 9th Symposium on Topological Quantum Information, 11—12 January 2010, Sydney, Australia.
• 8th Symposium on Topological Quantum Information, 29—31 August 2009, Zurich, Switzerland.
• 7th Symposium on Topological Quantum Information, 30 March — 1 April 2009, Paris, France.
• 6th Symposium on Topological Quantum Information, 15—17 September 2008, Dublin, Ireland.
• 5th Symposium on Topological Quantum Information, 12—13 April 2008, Leeds, UK.
• 4th Mini-Symposium on Topological Quantum Information, 10—11 December 2007, Ringberg Castle, Germany.
• 3rd Mini-Symposium on Topological Quantum Information, 29—30 June 2007, IQOQI Innsbruck, Austria.
• 2nd Mini-Symposium on Topological Quantum Information, 6—7 January 2007, Maynooth, Ireland.
• 1st Mini-Symposium on Topological Quantum Information, 29—30 August, 2006, Cambridge, UK.