About Agra EMERITUS PATRON Prof. P. S. Satsangi Agra—the city of the inimitable Taj Mahal—has a heritage and culture that dates back to the Mughal era. Situated Chairman, Advisory Committee on Education on the banks of the river Yamuna, it is home to several Dayalbagh Educational Institutions world famous Heritage monuments which include the Taj Mahal, Red Fort, Itmad-ud-Daulah and the tomb of PATRON Emperor Akbar at Sikandra. The city of Fatehpur Sikri (a Prof. P.K. Kalra, Director DEI UNESCO World Heritage City) is situated 45 kms from Agra. There is an amazing fortified heritage monument on Dayalbagh road commemorating the Samadh of Found- STEERING COMMITTEE er-Saint of Radhasoami Faith which is in the final stages Prof. Stuart Hameroff, University of Arizona of construction. Agra is also famous for its leather goods, Prof. Harald Atmanspacher, ETH Zurich handicrafts, zari, zardozi, marble and stone carving, and Prof. Peter Walling, Baylor University Medical Centre inlay work. Situated three and a half hour’s by road from New Delhi, it is well connected by rail (major stations Prof. Adenauer G. Casali, University of Sao Paulo being Agra Cantt., Agra Fort and Raja Ki Mandi (nearest to Dr. Mason Bretan, Georgia Institute of Technology Dayalbagh). The weather in Agra in November end is cool Prof. Mani Lal Bhaumik, University of California at Los Angeles (Max. temp. 13°C, Min. temp. 10°C). Prof. Peter H. Roe, University of Waterloo Prof. Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan, University of Waterloo About Dayalbagh Educational Institute Shri M.A. Pathan, Tata Petrodyne The Dayalbagh Educational Institute is located amidst Prof. Prem K. Kalra, IIT Delhi the tranquil environs of Dayalbagh, a self-contained Prof. Huzur Saran, IIT Delhi colony renowned for its serene environment and secular establishments, in which its inhabitants lead an active, disciplined and co-operative community life dedicated INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE to service, conforming to the high spiritual ideals of their faith. On the outskirts of the historic city of Agra, the Prof. Mangal Sunder Krishnan, IIT Madras campus is situated in garden settings, away from the din Prof. Debabrata Goswami, IIT Kanpur and noise of the city. Nestled between lush green fields, Prof. B.R. Mehta, IIT Delhi it provides an excellent ambience and academic setting Prof. Pami Dua, University of Delhi which is in harmony with nature. This, along with a simple, Dr. Apurva Narayan, University of Waterloo disciplined and principled life, undoubtedly contributes to the strength of the social, moral and spiritual fiber of the Prof. Anand Mohan, DEI, Agra institute’s educational system. Ms. Sneh Bijlani, DEI, Agra Dr. Rahul Sharma, DEI, Agra ACCOMMODATION Dr. Dayal Pyari Srivastava, DEI, Agra Limited accommodation is available on request as per Dr. Bani Dayal Dhir, DEI, Agra, Forum Coordinator requirement on payment basis. Dr. Vishal Sahni, DEI, Agra, Convener COLLABORATING INSTITUTIONS n University of Waterloo, Canada n Michigan State University, USA ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE n University of Arizona, USA Dr. Vishal Sahni n Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Convener, QANSAS-2018 n University of Sao Paulo, Brazil Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University) n Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich Dayalbagh, Agra – 282 005 n Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, India e-mail: [email protected] n Indian Institute of Technology – Kanpur, India Website n Indian Institute of Technology – Delhi, India http://www.dei.ac.in/dei/quantumNano/ n Indian Institute of Technology – Madras, India eroff Theory, Sir Roger Penrose and Prof. Stuart Hameroff, Scope of the school proponents of Quantum Bayesianism, Prof. Chris Fuchs and The objective of this school is to give a strong background Prof. Ruediger Schack and experimentalists including Prof. on quantum and nano computing to interested students, Anirban Bandyopadhyay. QANSAS 2014 featured renowned scientists and young researches. The participants are not researchers including Prof. Leonard Mlodinow, Prof. Mani Lal assumed to have any prior knowledge on the field and could Bhaumik and Prof. Mark Juergensmeyer. QANSAS 2015 featured come from computer science, electrical, electronics and stalwarts like Prof. Gyorgy Buzsaki, Prof. Semir Zeki, Prof. Leon mechanical engineering, physics or mathematics. Scientists Chua, Prof. Anthony Zee, Prof. William Klemm, Prof. Elizabeth already familiar with the subject are also welcome, for they will Behrman and Prof. Jack Tuszynski. QANSAS 2016 featured Prof. learn something from internationally renowned researchers in Rafael Yuste, Prof. Craig Hogan, Prof. Ian Underwood and Dr. the field. Joel Wallman. QANSAS 2017 featured stalwarts including Prof. Sir Timothy O’Shea, Prof. Stuart Hameroff, Prof. Peter Roe and The school involves intense training in the foundations, ramifi- Prof. Michael Hudson. cations, and current frontiers of quantum information science Quantum & Nano Computing and its physical implementation at the nanoscale. It will cover the entire range of this newly emerged and truly interdisci- plinary field, from mathematics over theoretical and experi- Panel Discussion at DEI mental physics to computer science. A series of lectures and The culmination of QANSAS 2018 will be a Panel Discussion on ‘Consciousness, Decoherence and Measurement Problem in Dayalbagh Educational Institute has embarked on a mission seminars will cover basic concepts to challenging problems of Quantum Theory’ with leading experts from quantum infor- entitled ‘Vision 2031’ to emerge as one of the topmost Univer- cutting edge research, along a steep learning curve. mation and consciousness from around the world deliberating sities in the country in the next two decades. This transfor- the various aspects of the problem and possible solutions. mation has spurred the process of establishment of MoUs with several leading national and international institutes like University of Maryland, University of Waterloo, IIT Kanpur, IIT Registration / Poster Submission Delhi and TIFR Mumbai to name a few. To encourage young students and researchers in the field Several Indian, American and Canadian campuses have formed and provide them a forum to present and discuss their work a consortium – Quantum and Nano Computing Systems Centre with the invited speakers, QANSAS 2018 will also feature (QANCENTRE) which utilizes the latest distance learning student posters which will remain on display on all the technologies such as videoconferencing, webcasts, e-lectures, days of the School. Participants of QANSAS 2018 can send online courses for promoting quantum-nano education in a single paragraph abstract of their Poster by email to India, Canada and US and provides opportunities to young ‘[email protected]’ along with the form below. scientists and researchers. One of the activities at the Joint Centre is an annual Winter School where young scientists and Name : researchers get an opportunity to rub shoulders with leading scientists from around the world. The goal of this Winter School Qualification : is to introduce a general audience of computer scientists, physicists, and mathematicians with little or no background in Institution : quantum information processing to the exciting and growing field of quantum information science. Please describe your research interests in the field (in The Schools hosted by DEI have attracted leading interna- about 100 words) : tional scientists and researchers in the fields of Quantum and Nano Computing like Dr. Charles Bennett, Dr. Lov Grover, Sir Roger Penrose, Prof. Stuart Hameroff, Prof. Vlatko Vedral, Prof. Gilles Brassard, Prof. Richard Jozsa, Prof. Lajos Diosi, Special Forum on Prof. Artur Ekert and Nobel Laureates Prof. Douglas Osheroff and Prof. Robert Richardson (Physics, 1996) among others, in ‘Consciousness : Integrating Eastern events such as and Western Perspectives’ e-mail : n Indo-US Shared Vision Workshop on Soft, Quantum and A new addition to the QANSAS series, starting from QANSAS Nano Computing (SQUAN 2007) in February 2007 2012 is the special forum on Consciousness as a pre-school Please use individual forms for each author / co-author. n Indo-Canadian-American Quantum and Nano Computing event, to be held on November 21, 2018 with oral presentations Conclave (QANCLAVE 2007) in December 2007 and poster session. Many scientists are currently studying what Important Dates n International School on Quantum and Nano Computing happens in the brain and how the mind relates to the outside Systems and Applications QANSAS 2008 in December 2008, world, but quantifying what gives us consciousness is proving to Last date for Poster Abstract submission: QANSAS 2009 in December 2009, QANSAS 2010 in December be a challenging task. To attempt an answer to such questions, 2010, QANSAS 2011 in December 2011, QANSAS 2012 in DEI hosted the Twentieth Conference on Toward a Science of September 15, 2018 (email to [email protected]) Consciousness (TSC 2013) in March 2013 with experts from November-December 2012, QANSAS 2013 in November-De- Notification of Participant List: September 30, 2018 cember 2013, QANSAS 2014 in November 2014, QANSAS 2015 all corners of the world and organizes at annual East-West Forum at the TSC series of conferences. QANSAS 2013 included in November 2015, QANSAS 2016 in November 2016 and Last date for Registration : October 15, 2018 QANSAS 2017 in November 2017 stalwarts in the field including founders of the Penrose-Ham-