QTDU 2023
Thanks to all those who attended QTDU2023. We preserve here the information from that year.
Welcome to the inaugural Quantum Thermodynamics Down Under (QTDU) conference!
QTDU2023 will be a 4-day in-person conference situated in Brisbane, Australia, and an opportunity for all of us to share our research and foster collaborations with fellow researchers in quantum thermodynamics within Australia and our region of the globe.
We are delighted to welcome our invited speakers:
- Janet Anders, University of Exeter, UK
- Michael Jack, University of Otago, NZ
- Gerard Milburn, The University of Queensland, Australia
- Thomas Busch, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
- Nicole Yunger Halpern, University of Maryland, USA (online)
We look forward to seeing you in Brisbane!
Programme
A compact form of the programme can be downloaded here:
Talk titles follow below.
Both versions of the programme will be updated as further details are confirmed. An abstract booklet will also be forthcoming.
Table of Contents
Tuesday, 7th November
| 8:00--8:50 | Registration Opening & Welcome | |
|---|---|---|
| 8:50--9:00 | ||
| 9:00--10:00 | Thomas Busch | Making statistics work: a quantum engine in the BEC--BCS crossover |
| 10:00--10:30 | Raymon Watson | An interaction driven quantum many-body heat engine enabled by atom-atom correlations |
| 10:30--11:00 | Smoko | |
| 11:00--11:30 | Mile Gu | Quantum energetic advantage for agents responding in real-time |
| 11:30--12:00 | Rahul Shastri | Controlling Coherence in Finite Time Quantum Otto Cycle Through Monitoring |
| 12:00--12:30 | Lewis Williamson | Extracting work from coherence in a many-body bosonic system |
| 12:30--14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00--15:00 | Varinder Singh | Thermodynamic uncertainty relation in degenerate and nondegenerate maser heat engines |
| 15:00--15:30 | Smoko | |
| 15:30--16:00 | Laraib Niaz (online) | A non-traditional quantum heat engine based on electromagnetically induced transparency |
| 16:00--16:30 | Rose Manakil | Spectroscopy to observe Maxwell’s Demon |
| 16:30--17:00 | Discussion Panel | |
Wednesday, 8th November
| 8:30--9:00 | Arrival | |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00--10:00 | Janet Anders | Strong coupling and coherence in quantum thermodynamics |
| 10:00--10:30 | Nicole Yunger Halpern (online) | What happens to entropy production when conserved quantities fail to commute |
| 10:30--11:00 | Smoko | |
| 11:00--11:30 | Gabriella Gonçalves Damas (online) | Optimizing Three-Qubit Quantum Refrigeration with Fermionic Thermal Baths |
| 11:30--12:00 | Mohamed Boubakour | Dynamical Invariant based Shortcut to Thermalization |
| 12:00--12:30 | Kavan Modi | Multitime detailed balance |
| 12:30--14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00--15:00 | Gerard Milburn | The thermodynamics of learning machines |
| 15:00--15:30 | Smoko | |
| 15:30--16:00 | Carolyn Wood | Operational models of temperature superpositions |
| 16:00--16:30 | Joshua Foo | Superpositions of thermalisation states in relativistic quantum field theory |
| 16:30--17:00 | Discussion Panel | |
Thursday, 9th of November
| 8:30--9:00 | Arrival | |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00--9:30 | Eric He | Quantum clock precision studied with a superconducting circuit |
| 9:30--10:00 | Stefan Zeppetzauer | Implementation of a periodic quantum clock based on coherent feedback |
| 10:00--11:00 | Nicole Yunger Halpern (online) | Quantum Steampunk |
| 11:00--11:30 | Smoko | |
| 11:30--12:00 | Thomás Fogarty | Enhancing many-body quantum batteries through symmetrization |
| 12:00--12:30 | Christopher Baker | An optomechanical heat engine based on the superfluid fountain effect |
| 12:30--14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00--15:00 | Michael Jack | Molecular motors: Non-equilibrium statistical mechanics of molecular-scale energy conversion |
| 15:00--15:30 | Smoko | |
| 15:30--16:00 | Konstantina Koteva | Optimization and Comparison of Energetic Performance for Silicon Spin Qubit Quantum Devices |
| 16:00--16:30 | Ruo Cheng Huang | Engines for predictive work extraction from memoryful quantum stochastic processes |
| 16:30--17:00 | Discussion Panel | |
| 18:00--22:00 | Conference Dinner | |
Friday, 10th of November
| 8:30--9:00 | Arrival | |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00--9:30 | Vijit Nautiyal | A finite-time quantum Otto cycle driven by atomic interactions |
| 9:30--10:00 | Liam McClelland | A quantum spin heat engine with trapped Yb+ ions |
| 10:00--10:30 | Matthew Davis | Thermalisation and many-body localisation in a two-dimensional lattice of ultracold polar molecules with disordered filling |
| 10:30--11:00 | Smoko | |
| 11:00--11:30 | Neil Dowling | Quantum Chaos, Scrambling, and (Operator) Entanglement |
| 11:30--12:00 | Tyler Neely | Point vortex thermodynamics realised in Bose-Einstein condensates |
| 12:00--12:30 | Wrap Up & Close | |
| 13:00-- | Social Activity (TBD) | |