Carlo Maria Scandolo
From 2009 to 2012, I studied for a Bachelor's degree in Physics at the University of Padua, Italy, where I graduated in 2012 with 110/110 summa cum laude (full marks with honours), with a BSc thesis on the foundations of special relativity (A critical analysis of the postulates of special relativity", supervisor: Kurt Lechner).
After that, from 2012 to 2014, I studied for a Master's degree in Theoretical Physics again at the University of Padua, Italy, where I graduated in 2014 with 110/110 summa cum laude (full marks with honours), with an MSc thesis on the foundations of quantum mechanics and general probabilistic theories (Entanglement and thermodynamics in general probabilistic theories, supervisor: Giulio Chiribella, internal supervisor: Pieralberto Marchetti).
From 2009 to 2014, I was part of an excellence programme at the University of Padua, Italy, the Galilean School of Higher Education. Every year, the Galilean School of Higher Education admits 14 fresher students in the whole area of sciences. Admission is subjected to passing a demanding entrance examination. Students are then required to maintain a high GPA for their entire degree course, and to take additional and specially dedicated courses, otherwise they are expelled. Students are granted free meals, free accommodation, plus a yearly textbook allowance. At the end, a dedicated Master’s degree is awarded upon successful completion of all the Galilean degree course.
I graduated in 2015 with 100/100 summa cum laude (full marks with honours), with a thesis on resource theories in general probabilistic theories (A generalized approach to resource theories, supervisor: Pieralberto Marchetti).
From 2015 to 2018 I was a PhD student at the University of Oxford, Department of Computer Science and St. Anne's College, UK, under the supervision of Jon Barrett. Here I worked on topics in quantum foundations and quantum information theory, especially on general probabilistic theories.
I defended my PhD thesis (Information-theoretic foundations of thermodynamics in general probabilistic theories) in October 2018, passing with no corrections.
Before going to Oxford as a PhD student, I did one year (2014 - 2015) of doctoral research at Tsinghua University, IIIS, Beijing, China, under the supervision of Giulio Chiribella.
From November 2018 to September 2020 I was a postdoctoral researcher in Gilad Gour's group, at the University of Calgary, AB, Canada, Department of Mathematics & Statistics.
Since September 2020 I have been assistant professor of mathematical physics at the University of Calgary, AB, Canada, Department of Mathematics & Statistics.
Address: Calgary, AB, Canada
After that, from 2012 to 2014, I studied for a Master's degree in Theoretical Physics again at the University of Padua, Italy, where I graduated in 2014 with 110/110 summa cum laude (full marks with honours), with an MSc thesis on the foundations of quantum mechanics and general probabilistic theories (Entanglement and thermodynamics in general probabilistic theories, supervisor: Giulio Chiribella, internal supervisor: Pieralberto Marchetti).
From 2009 to 2014, I was part of an excellence programme at the University of Padua, Italy, the Galilean School of Higher Education. Every year, the Galilean School of Higher Education admits 14 fresher students in the whole area of sciences. Admission is subjected to passing a demanding entrance examination. Students are then required to maintain a high GPA for their entire degree course, and to take additional and specially dedicated courses, otherwise they are expelled. Students are granted free meals, free accommodation, plus a yearly textbook allowance. At the end, a dedicated Master’s degree is awarded upon successful completion of all the Galilean degree course.
I graduated in 2015 with 100/100 summa cum laude (full marks with honours), with a thesis on resource theories in general probabilistic theories (A generalized approach to resource theories, supervisor: Pieralberto Marchetti).
From 2015 to 2018 I was a PhD student at the University of Oxford, Department of Computer Science and St. Anne's College, UK, under the supervision of Jon Barrett. Here I worked on topics in quantum foundations and quantum information theory, especially on general probabilistic theories.
I defended my PhD thesis (Information-theoretic foundations of thermodynamics in general probabilistic theories) in October 2018, passing with no corrections.
Before going to Oxford as a PhD student, I did one year (2014 - 2015) of doctoral research at Tsinghua University, IIIS, Beijing, China, under the supervision of Giulio Chiribella.
From November 2018 to September 2020 I was a postdoctoral researcher in Gilad Gour's group, at the University of Calgary, AB, Canada, Department of Mathematics & Statistics.
Since September 2020 I have been assistant professor of mathematical physics at the University of Calgary, AB, Canada, Department of Mathematics & Statistics.
Address: Calgary, AB, Canada
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To bridge the gap between the objective dynamics of particles and the subjective world of probabilities, one of the core issues in the foundations of statistical mechanics, we propose four information-theoretic axioms. They are satisfied by quantum theory and more exotic alternatives, including a suitable extension of classical theory where classical systems interact with each other creating entangled states. The axioms identify a class of theories where every mixed state can be modelled as the reduced state of a pure entangled state. In these theories it is possible to introduce well-behaved notions of majorisation, entropy, and Gibbs states, allowing for an information-theoretic derivation of Landauer's principle. The three resource theories define the same notion of resource if and only if, on top of the four axioms, the dynamics of the underlying theory satisfy a condition called “unrestricted reversibility”. Under this condition we derive a duality between microcanonical thermodynamics and pure bipartite entanglement.
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To bridge the gap between the objective dynamics of particles and the subjective world of probabilities, one of the core issues in the foundations of statistical mechanics, we propose four information-theoretic axioms. They are satisfied by quantum theory and more exotic alternatives, including a suitable extension of classical theory where classical systems interact with each other creating entangled states. The axioms identify a class of theories where every mixed state can be modelled as the reduced state of a pure entangled state. In these theories it is possible to introduce well-behaved notions of majorisation, entropy, and Gibbs states, allowing for an information-theoretic derivation of Landauer's principle. The three resource theories define the same notion of resource if and only if, on top of the four axioms, the dynamics of the underlying theory satisfy a condition called “unrestricted reversibility”. Under this condition we derive a duality between microcanonical thermodynamics and pure bipartite entanglement.