
Higher-Dimensional Algebra: A Language for Quantum Spacetime
John Baez University of California, Riverside
Quantum foundations concerns the conceptual and mathematical underpinnings of quantum theory. In particular, we search for novel quantum effects, consider how to interpret the formalism, ask where the formalism comes from, and how we might modify it. Research at Perimeter Institute is particularly concerned with reconstructing quantum theory from more natural postulates and reformulating the theory in ways that elucidate its conceptual structure. Research in the foundations of quantum theory naturally interfaces with research in quantum information and quantum gravity.
John Baez University of California, Riverside
Wayne Myrvold Western University
Avshalom Elitzur Israeli Institute for Advanced Research
James Hartle University of California, Santa Barbara
Robert Spekkens Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Scott Aaronson The University of Texas at Austin