Foundations of Physics @Harvard - The Quantum Measurement Problem (June 29, 2021)

Mini-Workshop on the Quantum Measurement Problem

Tuesday, June 29, 2021
12:00pm (noon)–4:00pm (East Coast time)

[Registration Form]

• This is a free Zoom event (no registration fee)
• The meeting ID and password will be shared with those who register
• Each talk will be 45 minutes, followed by 15 minutes for questions
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Questions or comments: Jacob Barandes, firstname_lastname(at)harvard.edu (organizer)

11:45–12:00
Informal introductions

12:00–1:00
“The Measurement Problem and its Solution in the Framework of the Many-Worlds Interpretation”
Lev Vaidman – Tel Aviv University
Video (YouTube)

1:00–2:00
“The Measurement Problem as a Solution to Chemical Problems”
Vanessa Seifert – University of Bristol
Video (YouTube)

2:00–3:00
“Consciousness and the Collapse of the Wave Function”
Pre-Print (arXiv PDF)
David Chalmers – New York University
Kelvin McQueen – Chapman University
Video (YouTube)

3:00–4:00
Open discussion
Video (YouTube)

Participants

Emily Adlam, Guido Bacciagaluppi, Jacob Barandes (organizer), Adam Becker, Charles Bédard, India Bhalla-Ladd, Tomasz Bigaj, Michel Bitbol, Fritz Bopp, Ewa Borsuk, Léa Bresque, Thomas Breuer, Sebastian Castedo, Eric Cavalcanti, David Chalmers (speaker), Kade Cicchella, Ana-Maria Crețu, Elise Crull, Michael Cuffaro, Catalina Curceanu, Radwa Dawood, Laura de La Tremblaye, Rick DeJonghe, Maaneli Derakhshani, Mauro Dorato, Aurélien Drezet, Irene Dziallas, John Earman, Nina Emery, Johannes Fankhauser, Vincenzo Fano, Laura Felline, Sebastian Fortin, Matthew Fox, Alexander Franklin, Isaac Friend, Miguel Gallego, Daniel Grimmer, Bixin Guo, Mina Himwich, Mario Hubert, Nick Huggett, John Huth, Arkadiusz Jadczyk, Gregg Jaeger, Mahmoud Jalloh, Ding Jia, Johannes Kleiner, Luca Kosina, Nikitas Koutoupes, Moritz Kriegleder, Aaron Kruk, Marian Kupczynski, Samuel Kuypers, James Ladyman, Klaas Landsman, Otto Lange, Lawrence Lee, Barry Loewer, Luis Lopez, Leon Loveridge, Joanna Luc, Rupert Macey-Dare, Alie Male, Cristian Mariani, Tiago Martinelli, Clement Mawby, Logan McCarty, Kerry McKenzie, Kelvin McQueen (speaker), Alexander Meehan, Xiangyi Meng, Ryan Miller, Hamed Mohammady, Damon Moley, F. A. Muller, Wayne Myrvold, Paul Näger, Charlie Nation, Ali Nayeri, Travis Norsen, John Norton, Makinde Ogunnaike, Andrea Oldofredi, Ismael Lucas Paiva, Joseba Pascual Alba, Fleur Petit, Francisco Pipa, Tomasz Placek, Arkady Plotnitsky, Krzysztof Pomorski, Felipe Portales Oliva, Javier Ramiro Poveda Figueroa, Josh Quirke, Michele Reilly, Pascal Rodríguez Warnier, Jerome Romagosa, Robert Rynasiewicz, Hassaan Saleem, Simon Saunders, Jonathan Schonfeld, Chip Sebens, Vanessa Seifert (speaker), Orly Shenker, John Sipe, Zachary Stanley, Susan Sterrett, Noel Swanson, Tuomas Tahko, Qiaochu (Sapphire) Tang, Nicetu Tibau Vidal, Pablo Toussaint, Lev Vaidman (speaker), Tein van der Lugt, Karen Villa, Maria Violaris, Isaac Wilhelm, Alastair Wilson, Tian Zhang, Frank Zona

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Mini-Workshop on the Quantum Measurement Problem

Tuesday, June 29, 202112:00pm (noon)–4:00pm (East Coast time)

[Registration Form]

11:45–12:00Informal introductions

12:00–1:00“The Measurement Problem and its Solution in the Framework of the Many-Worlds Interpretation”Lev Vaidman – Tel Aviv UniversityVideo (YouTube)

1:00–2:00“The Measurement Problem as a Solution to Chemical Problems”Vanessa Seifert – University of BristolVideo (YouTube)

2:00–3:00“Consciousness and the Collapse of the Wave Function”Pre-Print (arXiv PDF)David Chalmers – New York UniversityKelvin McQueen – Chapman UniversityVideo (YouTube)