James Pope

DPhil student in quantum information theory under the supervision of Artur Ekert. My current research is in device-independent key distribution, which theoretically allows for secure cryptography using devices of unknown provenance and perhaps even manufactured and programmed by an adversary. Such security is guaranteed by the violation of a Bell inequality, which confirms that correlations between the devices are nonlocal and have therefore not been observed by an outside party. I am also trying to tackle the rather philosophical question of 'free will' analytically in such scenarios. 

I have some attachment to Vlatko Vedral's research group in the Department of Physics, and frequently visit the Centre for Quantum Technologies in Singapore.