James Hefford
James Hefford
Room
251,
Wolfson Building,
Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QD
United Kingdom
Interests
I am interested in the underlying algebraic structures of quantum theory, in particular how they pertain to possible post-quantum theories - those which exhibit phenomena beyond standard quantum mechanics. Such theories offer invaluable insight into how quantum theory manifests and how we might extend it in the future to capture unexplained phenomena.
Of particular interest is furthering our understanding of generalised decoherence structures including the transition from a post-quantum theory to quantum theory via a hyper-decoherence process. Some of my work involves studying classes of quantum-like theories which exhibit generalised decoherence structures and trying to understand the algebraic and operational characteristics of such theories.
Biography
| Oxford University | DPhil in Computer Science | 2019 - Present |
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| University College London | MRes in Quantum Technologies | 2018 - 2019 |
| Imperial College London | MSci in Mathematics | 2014 - 2018 |
I am also affiliated with the CDT in Delivering Quantum Technologiesat UCL.
Teaching
Oxford:
MT20 - Tutor for Quantum Processes and Computation
Imperial:
2017-2018 - Tutor for first year undergraduates
Selected Publications
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The Safari of Update Structures: Visiting the Lens and Quantum Enclosures
Matthew Wilson‚ James Hefford‚ Guillaume Boisseau and Vincent Wang
In arXiv Preprint. Vol. arXiv:2005.05293. 2020.
Accepted at ACT 2020
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Categories of Semantic Concepts
James Hefford‚ Vincent Wang and Matthew Wilson
In arXiv Preprint. Vol. arXiv:2004.10741. 2020.
Accepted at SemSpace2020
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Hyper−decoherence in Density Hypercubes
James Hefford and Stefano Gogioso
In arXiv Preprint. Vol. arXiv:2003.08318. 2020.
Accepted at QPL 2020
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