CALL FOR PAPERS

                   15th International Conference on
                      Quantum Physics and Logic
                              (QPL 2018)

                            June 3-7, 2018
                           Halifax, Canada

                 https://www.mathstat.dal.ca/qpl2018/

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The 15th International Conference on Quantum Physics and Logic
(QPL 2018) will take place at Dalhousie University June 3-7, 2018.

The conference brings together researchers working on mathematical
foundations of quantum physics, quantum computing, and related areas,
with a focus on structural perspectives and the use of logical tools,
ordered algebraic and category-theoretic structures, formal languages,
semantical methods, and other computer science techniques applied to
the study of physical behaviour in general. Work that applies
structures and methods inspired by quantum theory to other fields
(including computer science) is also welcome.

QPL 2018 will be co-located with the 34th Conference on the
Mathematical Foundations of Programming Semantics (MFPS 2018), which
takes place from June 6–9.

IMPORTANT DATES

  April 1: abstract submission
  April 6: paper submission
  May 11: notification of authors
  May 25: final papers ready
  June 3–7: conference

INVITED SPEAKERS

  Dominic Horsman (University of Grenoble)
  Debbie Leung (University of Waterloo)
  Neil J. Ross (Dalhousie University)
  Robert Spekkens (Perimeter Institute)

TUTORIALS

  Teiko Heinosaari (University of Turku):
  "Compatibility of Quantum Measurements and Channels"

  Ciáran Lee (University College London):
  "Computation in General Probabilistic Theories"

SUBMISSIONS

  Prospective speakers are invited to submit one (or more) of the
  following:

  - Original contributions consist of a 5-12 page extended abstract
    that provides sufficient evidence of results of genuine interest
    and enough detail to allow the program committee to assess the
    merits of the work. Submissions of works in progress are
    encouraged but must be more substantial than a research proposal.

  - Extended abstracts describing work submitted/published elsewhere
    will also be considered, provided the work is recent and relevant
    to the conference. These consist of a 3 page description and should
    include a link to a separate published paper or preprint.

  The conference proceedings will be published in Electronic
  Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science (EPTCS) after the
  conference. Only "original contributions" are eligible to be
  published in the proceedings.

  Submissions should be prepared using LaTeX, and must be submitted in
  PDF format. Use of the EPTCS style is encouraged. Submission is done
  via EasyChair:

  https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=qpl2018

  There will be an award for the best student paper at the discretion
  of the program committee. Papers eligible for the award are those
  where all the authors are students at the time of submission.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

  Giulio Chiribella (University of Oxford, co-chair)
  Peter Selinger (Dalhousie University, co-chair)
  Samson Abramsky (University of Oxford)
  Antonio Acín (Institute of Photonic Sciences)
  Richard Blute (University of Ottawa)
  Anne Broadbent (University of Ottawa)
  Dan Browne (University College London)
  Bob Coecke (University of Oxford)
  Ross Duncan (University of Strathclyde)
  Teiko Heinosaari (University of Turku)
  Chris Heunen (University of Edinburgh)
  Matthew Hoban (University of Oxford)
  Dominic Horsman (University of Durham)
  Bart Jacobs (Radboud University)
  Kohei Kishida (Dalhousie University)
  Aleks Kissinger (Radboud University)
  Joachim Kock (Universitat Autònoma Barcelona)
  Ciáran Lee (University College London)
  Matt Leifer (Chapman University)
  Martha Lewis (University of Amsterdam)
  Paul-André Melliès (CNRS, Université Paris Diderot)
  Mio Murao (University of Tokyo)
  Daniel Oi (University of Strathclyde)
  Ognyan Oreshkov (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
  Prakash Panangaden (McGill University)
  Anna Pappa (University of Edinburgh)
  Dusko Pavlovic (University of Hawaii)
  Simon Perdrix (CNRS, University of Grenoble)
  Paolo Perinotti (Università di Pavia)
  Neil J. Ross (Dalhousie University)
  Ana Belén Sainz (Perimeter Institute)
  Pawel Sobocinski (University of Southampton)
  Robert Spekkens (Perimeter Institute)
  Isar Stubbe (Université du Littoral)
  Benoît Valiron (Université Paris-Saclay)
  Jamie Vicary (University of Oxford)
  Mingsheng Ying (University of Technology Sydney)
  Margherita Zorzi (Università di Verona)

STEERING COMMITTEE

  Bob Coecke (University of Oxford)
  Prakash Panangaden (McGill University)
  Peter Selinger  (Dalhousie University)

LOCAL ORGANIZERS

  Neil J. Ross  (Dalhousie University)
  Peter Selinger  (Dalhousie University)

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For further information, please contact qpl2018@easychair.org.


(last updated: Mar 29, 2018)