Randomness and order in the exact sciences

175th Anniversary Symposium

organized by the

Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters
Section for Mathematics and Physics

2 – 4 September 2013
House of the Estates
Säätytalo, Helsinki, Finland
      

Wednesday 4 September
Quantum physics in the large and small

Stig Stenholm, KTH Royal Institute of Technology: Introduction.
Professor Emeritus and Member of the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters and of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. His broad research interests include quantum optics and quantum information.

Jan Ambjørn, University of Copenhagen and Radboud University Nijmegen: The fractal structure of two-dimensional quantum gravity.
Professor at The Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copehagen, Denmark and at Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Member of the Royal Danish Academy of Science. Reasearch interests: quantum gravity, string theory and quantum field theory.

Lars Bergström, Stockholm University: The mystery of the Dark Matter of the Universe.
Professor of physics and Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Secretary of the Nobel Committee for Physics. Broad interests in particle and astroparticle physics.

Paula Eerola, University of Helsinki: Elementary particles as seen by the LHC.
Professor of Experimental Elementary Particle Physics. Member of the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, and of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Her research interests include the physics of elementary particles and in particular heavy quark phenomena.

Kari Enqvist, University of Helsinki: Origin of structure in the universe.
Academy of Finland Research professor. Member of the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters. His research interests include the early universe and cosmology.

Peter Knight, Imperial College London: Quantum Correlations, Information and Entropy.
Professor of Quantum Optics and Principal of the Kavli Royal Society International Centre. Knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. His research interests include theoretical quantum optics, strong field physics and especially quantum information science.

Kalle-Antti Suominen, University of Turku: Quantum world beyond ensembles.
Professor of Physics and Chair of the Physics and Astronomy Section of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters. Currently the vice-rector for research at the University of Turku. His research interests include time-dependent and open quantum systems and quantum information.

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