Workshop on Information Engines at the Frontiers of Nanoscale Thermodynamics
Abstract
The objective of this workshop is to identify novel approaches to exploiting and understanding mechanisms underlying information processing in nonlinear nonequilibrium systems, especially at the nanoscale and within biological substrates. The workshop will exchange ideas from research in: Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics, Classical and Quantum Information, Statistical Mechanics, Biophysics, and Nonlinear Dynamics. Several specific topics will be discussed: 1. What does it mean for a system to be an information engine? 2. What is the interplay between energy, entropy, and information generation, storage and transfer? 3. What are the latest developments in the area of the thermodynamics of quantum computation? 4. How do biological systems transfer and process information? 5. What are the latest experimental developments in both biological and nanoscale information engines?
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jan 12, 2017
- Source ID
- W911NF1610092
Entities
People
- James P. Crutchfield
Organizations
- Army Contracting Command
- United States Army
- University of California, Davis