Title:

Error exponents in quantum information theory

Time: Wednesday, May 1st 2024, 10:45 – 12:15, 13:45 – 15:15

 

Abstract:

This tutorial is about error exponents in some primitive quantum information theoretic tasks, namely quantum hypothesis testing and classical-quantum channel coding. The goal of the tutorial is to review some known results in this area and discuss some open problems. We start with a review of basic results in classical information theory. Next, after a brief discussion of the formalism of quantum physics, we review the aforementioned results in quantum information theory. We finish with some open problems. Knowledge of information theory is beneficial to follow the talks, yet prior knowledge of quantum information theory or quantum physics is not necessary.

 

Biography:

Salman Beigi received B.Sc. from the Department of Mathematics at Sharif University of Technology in 2004. He received Ph.D. from the Department of Mathematics of MIT in 2009 under the supervision of Peter Shor. Before joining IPM, he was a postdoc at Institute for Quantum Information at Caltech. He is a member of the editorial advisory board of the Journal of Mathematical Physics.