Workshop on Quantum Information and Spacetime

Branching Time in SYK-like Models

Pengfei Zhang

The branching time in SYK-like models is defined as the average time separation of rungs when computing the out-of-time-order correlator. We argue that a parametrically large branching time is necessary to obtain holographic models with non-trivial...

The connections between disordered quantum systems (specifically the SYK model), ensemble averaging, and two-dimensional dilaton gravity underlie much of the recent progress on holography and quantum gravity. I will discuss simple disordered systems...

Quantum Complexity of Experiments

Jordan Cotler

We introduce a theoretical framework to study experimental physics using quantum complexity theory. This allows us to address: what is the computational complexity of an experiment? For several 'model' experiments, we prove that there is an...