Robert Spekkens, University of Waterloo

Research

causal inference witnessing nonclassicality bell inequalities entanglement quantum correlations resource theories quantum information quantum communication

Latest funding

Cause and Effect in a Quantum World
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$68,000
Strong notions of nonclassicality: experimental signatures and applications
NSERC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$336,000
Quantum resource theories
NSERC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$255,920

All 3 grants and awards

Cause and Effect in a Quantum World

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Spekkens, Robert

Keywords: causal inference; witnessing nonclassicality; bell inequalities; entanglement; quantum correlations; resource theories; quantum information; quantum communication; statistical model selection; machine learning

$68,000

Strong notions of nonclassicality: experimental signatures and applications

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Spekkens, Robert

$336,000

Quantum resource theories

Principal investigatorNSERC2010Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Spekkens, Robert

$255,920

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: causal inference Dear Professor Spekkens, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on causal inference connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Cause and Effect in a Quantum World" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]