Quantum Information: Entanglement of Mathematics & Physics
Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute, University of British Columbia, Canada

September 21-23, 2026

Monday, September 21
Condensed Matter, Topology, and Quantum Many-Body Physics
9:00-9:10 Marcel Franz UBC introduction
9:10-9:20 Satoshi Iso iTHEMS introduction
9:20-9:55 Akira Furusaki Topology of gapped and gapless phases in quantum many-body systems
9:55-10:30 Marcel Franz Altermagnets: A New Phase of Magnetic Quantum Matter
10:50-11:25 Ching-Kai Chiu Time-Reversal Symmetric Majorana Modes in 2D Weyl Heterostructures and Machida-Shibata Lattices
11:25-12:00 Jasmin Bedow Majorana-based Topological Quantum Algorithms in Magnet-Superconductor Hybrid Structures
13:10-13:45 Max McGinley Mixed-state entanglement and complexity
13:45-14:20 Olivia Di Matteo Improving quantum compliation through qudit-based lattice gauge theory simlulations
14:40-15:15 Shunji Matsuura Quantum Krylov Learning
15:15-16:20Discussions
Tuesday, September 22
Quantum Information, Quantum Computing, and Quantum Error Correction
9:00-9:35 Bartosz Regula How to really define entropies of quantum states?
9:35-10:10 Ryuji Takagi Characterizing universal protocols in quantum information
10:30-11:05 Sisi Zhou Efficient measurement protocols for multi-parameter quantum metrology
11:05-11:40 Masazumi Honda Quantum Error Correction and Lattice gauge theory
12:50-13:25 Daochen Wang An uncertainty principle for entanglement
13:25-14:00 Polina Feldmann A geometric framework for measurement-based quantum computing
14:20-14:55 Yosuke Kubota Homotopy theory and symmetry of quantum spin systems
14:55-16:20Discussions
Wednesday, September 23
Mathematics, QFT, Quantum Error Correction, and Quantum Gravity
9:00-9:35 Yasuyuki Kawahigashi Two-dimensional topological order, tensor networks and operator algebras
9:35-10:10 Carolyn Zhang Fusion-assisted decoding of non-Abelian topological order
10:30-11:05 Masahito Yamazaki Some results/questions in quantum gravity and quantum information
11:05-11:40 Aswin Parayil Mana Higher-order topological phases protected by noninvertible and subsystem symmetries
12:50-13:25 Alex May Magic and communication complexity
13:25-14:00 Masamichi Miyaji Black hole interior volume and topology changes in quantum gravity
14:20-14:55 Mark Van Raamsdonk Observable algebras and entropies for spacetime regions
14:55-16:20Discussions