Thermodynamics of Information Processing

by Dr Takahiro Sagawa (University of Tokyo)

Monday 6 Jul 2015, 15:30 → 17:00 Asia/Tokyo

Nishina Hall (RIKEN Wako)

Thermodynamics of Information Processing&quot http://ithes.science-server.com/colloquium/ Prof. Takahiro Sagawa (Dept. of Applied Phys., Univ. of Tokyo) http://noneq.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index_e.html date/time: 15:30-17:00 July 6 (Mon), 2015 place: Nishina Hall (Building 13,  E-4 area in the following map) http://www.riken.jp/~/media/riken/access/wako-map/map2_p_150105.pdf Abstract: In this decade, thermodynamics of information has attracted renewed attentions in light of modern nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, leading to a new field of "information thermodynamics." This topic is related to the foundation of the second law of thermodynamics, which dates back to the thought experiment of "Maxwell's demon" in the nineteenth century. In this talk, I will review the recent progress in information thermodynamics, in both terms of theory and experiment. Theoretically, I will focus on the generalization of the second law of thermodynamics to information processing, where information contents and thermodynamic variables are treated on an equal footing. I will also talk about our experimental realization of Maxwell's demon with a single electron. Moreover, I will talk about our recent result on an application of information thermodynamics to biological signal transduction of E. Coli chemotaxis. See more iTHES Colloquium