A short introduction
Dr. Cavalcanti is a theoretical physicist exploring the fundamental nature of the quantum world from a quantum information perspective. His research expertise includes quantum information theory, foundations of quantum mechanics, quantum atom-optics, probability and decision theory, causal networks philosophy of physics, among other topics. He is currently an ARC Future Fellow and an Associate Professor at the Centre for Quantum Dynamics at Griffith University, in sunny Queensland, Australia. He is based on Griffith’s largest campus, in the beachside city of Gold Coast.Publications:
The end of physics as we know it?
Prof. Dr. Caslav Brukner, Prof. Dr. Renato Renner and Dr. Eric Cavalcanti just won the Paul Ehrenfest Best Paper Award for Quantum Foundations. Their different no-go theorems make us reconsider the fundamental nature of reality. Bell’s theorem in quantum mechanics already confronted us with the fact that locality and ‘physical realism,’ in the sense that particles have predetermined physical properties prior to measurement, cannot both be true. But in certain variations of the Wigner’s Friend thought experiment an additional metaphysical assumption is now also put in question: the absoluteness of facts. In different words: can we safely assume that a measurement outcome for one observer is a measurement for all observers?
Panel discussion, the physics of first-person perspective (day 1)
A panel discussion with Markus Müller, Caslav Brukner, Nuryia Nurgalieva and Eric Cavalcanti, closing the first day of ‘The Physics of First-Person Perspective’ conference.
Experimental metaphysics with first-person perspectives
Dr. Eric Cavalcanti, from Griffith University Center for Quantum Dynamics, discusses ways to inform metaphysics by leveraging laboratory experiments with quantum systems in a superposition.
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