Information, Black Holes and Quantum Theory: Theoretical physics at the crossroads March 26 – 30, 2018

Black hole physics, in the quantum regime, has many paradoxes in store whose resolution is of fundamental importance for theoretical advances of quantum gravity and quantum field theory and is expected to shed new light on quantum information theory. This workshop aims to provide a thorough, yet pedagogical, introduction to the various physics ideas involved in understanding the problems related to quantum black hole physics, culminating at the hints of the current state of the art of the ongoing research in the field. The workshop will consist of lectures on various topics necessary to understand the subject ranging from, black holes in general relativity, quantum field theory in curved spacetime, quantum information theory, Hawking radiation, and holography.

Workshop Poster

Speakers:

Pervez Hoodbhoy (FCC)
Amer Iqbal (AS-SMS) [Lectures on General Relativity]
Can Kozcaz (Bagazici University)
Mudassir Moosa (UC, Berkeley)
Asghar Qadir (NUST)
Babar Qureshi (MIT)

For more details contact: aqeelmirza@www.sms.edu.pk

Workshop Program

Black Hole Paradoxes
Asghar Qadir

Entanglement Entropy
Mudassir Moosa

Non-locality in Quantum Mechanics: Bohr-Einstein Debates, EPR and Tests
Asghar Qadir

Participants

Adeela Afzal (QAU)
Sohaib Ahmad (GCU Lahore)
Hamza Ahmed (LUMS)
Ishtiaq Ahmed (NCP)
Jamil Ahmed (QAU)
Muhammad Arshad Aleem (UET Lahore)
Asad Ali (QAU)
Askar Ali (QAU)
Wajid Ali (University of Peshawar)
Ali Asad (ITU, UOL)
Muhammad Asim (QAU)
Adeem Aslam (LUMS)
Zuha Azher (FCCU)
Shahnila Aziz (University of Karachi)
Muhammad Zaeem-ul-Haq Bhatti (PU)
Muhammad Bilal Azam (LUMS)
Saba Asif Baig (LUMS)
Usman Alam Gillani (QAU)
Hafiz Arslan Hashim (LUMS)
Sumarna Haroon (NUST)
Asad Hussain (LUMS)
Shahin Iqbal (NCP)
Ahsan Javed (LUMS) Lahore
Muhammad Javed (University of Malakand)
Muhammad Junaid (NCP)
Bilal Khalid (LUMS)
Junaid Saif Khan (LUMS)
Amna Khawer (CIIT)
Sarfraz Nawaz Malik (CIIT Wah)
Abu Bakr Mehmood (LUMS)
Asif Nawaz (LUMS)
Mehwish Qutab (FCCU)
Amir Rahim (NUST)
Rehana Rahim (QAU)
Jibran Rashid (IBA, Karachi)
Abdur Rehman (NCP)
S. M. Jawwad Riaz (CIIT Wah)
Saira Riaz (LCWU)
Anadil Saeed (LGS)
Muhammad Saeed (GCU Lahore)
Hassaan Saleem (PU)
Najam Ul Hassan Shah (IIU, Islamabad)
Zahid Hussain Shamsi (PU)
Muhammad Abdul Wasay (University of Agriculture, Faisalabad)
Zeeshan Yousaf (PU)
Muhammad Zeeshan (CIIT Lahore)
Muhammad Zia (LUMS)