Robert Spekkens
Canadian theoretical quantum physicist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert W. Spekkens is a Canadian theoretical quantum physicist working in the fields of quantum foundations and quantum information.[1][2][3]
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Robert Spekkens | |
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Nationality | Canadian |
Citizenship | Canadian |
Alma mater | McGill University, University of Toronto |
Known for | Spekkens toy model; quantum contextuality |
Awards | Birkhoff-von Neumann Prize of the International Quantum Structures Association (2008); FQXI Essay contest "Questioning the Foundations: Which of Our Assumptions Are Wrong?" (2012) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physicist |
Institutions | Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics University of Cambridge University of Waterloo Griffith University |
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He is known for his work on epistemic view of quantum states (in particular the Spekkens toy model),[4][5][6] quantum contextuality,[7][8][9] quantum resource theories[10][11] and quantum causality.[12][13]
He co-edited the book Quantum Theory: Informational Foundations and Foils.[14]