[This sender failed our fraud detection checks and may not be who they appear to be. Learn about spoofing at http://aka.ms/LearnAboutSpoofing] Please note that the deadline for abstract submission is a week from now! * SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS 15th International Conference on Quantum Physics and Logic (QPL 2018) June 3-7, 2018 Halifax, Canada https://www.mathstat.dal.ca/qpl2018/ * * * The 15th International Conference on Quantum Physics and Logic (QPL 2018) will take place at Dalhousie University June 3-7, 2018. The conference brings together researchers working on mathematical foundations of quantum physics, quantum computing, and related areas, with a focus on structural perspectives and the use of logical tools, ordered algebraic and category-theoretic structures, formal languages, semantical methods, and other computer science techniques applied to the study of physical behaviour in general. Work that applies structures and methods inspired by quantum theory to other fields (including computer science) is also welcome. QPL 2018 will be co-located with the 34th Conference on the Mathematical Foundations of Programming Semantics (MFPS 2018), which takes place from June 6-9. IMPORTANT DATES April 1: abstract submission April 6: paper submission May 11: notification of authors May 25: final papers ready June 3-7: conference INVITED SPEAKERS Dominic Horsman (University of Grenoble) Debbie Leung (University of Waterloo) Neil J. Ross (Dalhousie University) Robert Spekkens (Perimeter Institute) TUTORIALS Teiko Heinosaari (University of Turku): "Compatibility of Quantum Measurements and Channels" Ciaran Lee (University College London): "Computation in General Probabilistic Theories" SUBMISSIONS Prospective speakers are invited to submit one (or more) of the following: - Original contributions consist of a 5-12 page extended abstract that provides sufficient evidence of results of genuine interest and enough detail to allow the program committee to assess the merits of the work. Submission of substantial albeit partial results of work in progress is encouraged. - Extended abstracts describing work submitted/published elsewhere will also be considered, provided the work is recent and relevant to the conference. These consist of a 3 page description and should include a link to a separate published paper or preprint. The conference proceedings will be published in Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science (EPTCS) after the conference. Only "original contributions" are eligible to be published in the proceedings. Submissions should be prepared using LaTeX, and must be submitted in PDF format. Use of the EPTCS style is encouraged. Submission is done via EasyChair: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=qpl2018 There will be an award for the best student paper at the discretion of the programme committee. Papers eligible for the award are those where all the authors are students at the time of submission. PROGRAM COMMITTEE Giulio Chiribella (University of Oxford, co-chair) Peter Selinger (Dalhousie University, co-chair) Samson Abramsky (University of Oxford) Antonio Acin (Institute of Photonic Sciences) Richard Blute (University of Ottawa) Anne Broadbent (University of Ottawa) Dan Browne (University College London) Bob Coecke (University of Oxford) Lidia del Rio (ETH Zurich) Ross Duncan (University of Strathclyde) Teiko Heinosaari (University of Turku) Chris Heunen (University of Edinburgh) Matthew Hoban (University of Oxford) Dominic Horsman (University of Durham) Bart Jacobs (Radboud University) Kohei Kishida (Dalhousie University) Aleks Kissinger (Radboud University) Joachim Kock (Universitat Autonoma Barcelona) Ciaran Lee (University College London) Matt Leifer (Chapman University) Martha Lewis (University of Amsterdam) Paul-Andre Mellies (CNRS, Universite Paris Diderot) Michael Moortgat (Utrecht University) Mio Murao (University of Tokyo) Daniel Oi (University of Strathclyde) Ognyan Oreshkov (Universite Libre de Bruxelles) Prakash Panangaden (McGill University) Anna Pappa (University of Edinburgh) Dusko Pavlovic (University of Hawaii) Simon Perdrix (CNRS, University of Grenoble) Paolo Perinotti (Universita di Pavia) Neil J. Ross (Dalhousie University) Ana Belen Sainz (Perimeter Institute) Pawel Sobocinski (University of Southampton) Robert Spekkens (Perimeter Institute) Isar Stubbe (Universite du Littoral) Benoit Valiron (Universite Paris-Saclay) Jamie Vicary (University of Oxford) Mingsheng Ying (University of Technology Sydney) Margherita Zorzi (Universita di Verona) STEERING COMMITTEE Bob Coecke (University of Oxford) Prakash Panangaden (McGill University) Peter Selinger (Dalhousie University) LOCAL ORGANIZERS Neil J. Ross (Dalhousie University) Peter Selinger (Dalhousie University) * For further information, please contact qpl2018@easychair.org. [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]