Input, Output, Insight: Inference from Black Boxes – Contextuality, Bell Inequalities, and Beyond

System-agnostic black box methods in quantum information include contextuality, communication matrices, device-independent cryptography, and any other approach to quantum information where quantum devices are described as uncharacterized black boxes with inputs and outputs. Some of these approaches, such as contextuality, were developed to address problems in foundations of quantum theory and they are currently finding their way towards applications in quantum information. Others were already developed with applications in mind.

This seminar will bring together the experts in various flavors of system-agnostic methods from both academia and industry, together with early-carreer researchers and PhD students. The goal is to discuss and compare the various methods, and to encourage cross-pollination of ideas, as well as to discuss recent theoretical progress and applications of these methods in quantum computing, quantum key distribution, and others.

The conference language will be English. The Wilhelm and Else Heraeus-Foundation bears the cost of full-board accommodation for all participants.