Seminars

On an irregular basis various Special Seminars take place at the MPQ. The seminars are organized by scientists of our divisions, administration or staff representatives. The location will be announced with the event.

Single-shot interpretations of von Neumann entropy (Henrik Wilming)

Single-shot interpretations of von Neumann entropy

Date: Feb 13, 2019
Time: 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Henrik Wilming
ETH Zürich
Location: Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics
Room: Hörsaal, Raum B 0.32 / New lecture hall, Room B 0.32

In quanum information theory, the von Neumann entropy usually arises in i.i.d settings, while single-shot settings are commonly characterized by (smoothed) Renyi entropies. I discuss new results that give single-shot interpretations to the von Neumann entropy under appropriate conditions. [more]