How "quantum" is this?
Statistical tests of quantumness, from foundations to technologies
Giovedì 16 marzo 2023, 17.00 CEST
Dipartimento di Fisica, aula U2-02
Università di Milano-Bicocca
Piazza della Scienza 3, 20126 Milano
Abstract and material
With the increasing expectations for quantum technologies, a fundamental question common to a variety of areas of quantum information science is how to define the boundary between classical (that is, classically simulatable) and quantum (that is, truly beyond classical theory) devices, and how to provide criteria for certifying and benchmarking the "degree of quantumness" of any given device. Certainly, such a question is inherently multifaceted and allows for many (often non-equivalent) approaches. In this talk, I will focus on statistical tests of various embodiments of quantumness, ranging from bipartite resources to quantum memories and measurements, but keeping in mind a unified conceptual framework that I identify in the theory of "statistical comparisons" from mathematical statistics.