Einstein, Bohr and John Bell: Entanglement, Hidden Variables and Quantum Computers

Chief Data Scientist at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Tony Hey, will explore the early days of quantum theory, the stalemate between Bohr and Einstein, and the possible common sense solution put forward by Bell.

The progress of quantum computing – “not a Turing machine” – will be reported by someone working in the dynamic centre of current work on the “quantum universe”.

Date: Wednesday 26th March

Time: Doors open 7pm, talk starts 7.30pm

Venue: The Amey Theatre, Abingdon School, Park Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DE

About the speaker:

Professor Tony Hey CBE began his career as a theoretical physicist with a doctorate in particle physics from the University of Oxford. Following various moves, as Dean of Engineering at Southampton University, he established one of the first open access digital research repositories. After leaving Southampton in 2001, he lead the UK’s ground-breaking ‘eScience’ initiative. He recognizes the importance of Big Data for science and with Professor Anne Trefethen, wrote one of the first papers on the growing importance of curating and linking scientific data: ‘The Data Deluge: An e-Science Perspective’.

After a move to the US, he returned to the UK in 2015 to take up the role of Chief Data Scientist at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and founded a new ‘Scientific Machine Learning’ group. The group is applying machine learning technologies to the ‘Big Scientific Data’ generated by the Diamond Synchrotron, the ISIS neutron and muon source, the Electron Microscopy facility and the Central Laser Facility, all located at Harwell Campus.