“From Qubits to Spacetime,” the title of 2018's Prospects in Theoretical Physics program, took place from July 16–27, 2018, and covered topics ranging from the connections between quantum information and the structure of spacetime, to how information is shared between subsystems and is manipulated by the dynamics, and how quantum effects can be included in black hole thermodynamics.
Introduction to Information Theory by Edward Witten
Holographic Entanglement Entropy I by Matthew Headrick
Quantum Field Theory and Entanglement by Edward Witten
Quantum Information and the Black Hole Interior 1 by Ahmed Almheiri
Light Rays and Black Holes I by Edward Witten
Holographic Entanglement Entropy II by Matthew Headrick
Quantum Information and the Black Hole Interior II by Ahmed Almheiri
Entanglement in QFT by Thomas Faulkner
Light Rays and Black Holes II by Edward Witten
Spacetime Thermodynamics I by Aron Wall
Entanglement in QFT II by Thomas Faulkner
Holographic Entanglement Entropy III by Matthew Headrick
Spacetime Thermodynamics II by Aron Wall
Firewalls, AdS/CFT, and the Complexity of States and Unitaries: A Computer Science Perspective by Scott Aaronson
Entanglement in QFT III by Thomas Faulkner
Firewalls, AdS/CFT, and the Complexity of States and Unitaries: A Computer Science Perspective II by Scott Aaronson
Spacetime Thermodynamics III by Aron Wall
Many-Body Quantum Chaos by Douglas Stanford
Holography and Quantum Error Correction by Daniel Harlow
Holography and Quantum Error Correction II by Daniel Harlow
Many-Body Quantum Chaos II by Douglas Stanford
Holography and Quantum Error Correction III by Daniel Harlow
Toy Models for Black Holes by Juan Maldacena
Many-Body Quantum Chaos III by Douglas Stanford
Exact Quantum Entropy of Black Holes by Atish Dabholkar
Complexity and Gravity by Leonard Susskind
Toy Models for Black Holes II by Juan Maldacena
Exact Quantum Entropy of Black Holes II by Atish Dabholkar
Complexity and Gravity II by Leonard Susskind
Toy Models for Black Holes III by Juan Maldacena
Complexity and Gravity III by Leonard Susskind
Prospects in Theoretical Physics is an intensive two-week summer program typically designed for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars considering a career in theoretical physics. First held by the School of Natural Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study in the summer of 2002, the PiTP program is designed to provide lectures and informal sessions on the latest advances and open questions in various areas of theoretical physics. Prospects in Theoretical Physics builds on the strong relationship of the research groups at the Institute and Princeton University, and many faculty members from the physics departments at both institutions are actively involved in the program together with scientists from neighboring institutions.
