Gregg Jaeger

Teaching Interests

Mathematics; philosophy of science; and physics

Research Interests

Foundations of physics; information theory; and quantum optics

Selected Publications

Books

Quantum Arrangements (In honor of Michael Horne) GreggJ aeger, David Simon, Alexander Sergienko, Daniel Greenberger, Anton Zeilinger (eds.) (Springer, 2021)

The Reduction of Physical Theories (Erhard Scheibe) Brigitte Falkenburg and Gregg Jaeger (transl.) (Springer, 2022)

Quantrum Metrology, Imaging, and Communication. Co-authored with Springer, 2017.

Quantum Objects. Springer, 2014.

Philosophy of Quantum Information and Entanglement. Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Entanglement, Information, and the Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics. Springer, 2009.

Quantum Information: An Overview. Springer, 2007.

Articles

“Topological Qubits as Carriers of Quantum Information in Optics” Gregg Jaeger, David Simon, Alexander Sergienko. Applied Sciences 9, 575 (2019).

“Clockwork Rebooted: Is the universe a computer?” Gregg Jaeger. In: Quantum Foundations, Probability and Information. Heidelberg: Springer (2018), pp. 71-91.

‘”Information and the Reconstruction of Quantum Physics” Gregg Jaeger, Annalen der Physik 531, 1800097 (2018).

“Quantum Potentiality Revisited” Gregg Jaeger, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London A 375, 20160390 (2017).

“Quantum Randomness and Unpredictability” Gregg Jaeger, Fortschritte der Physik 65, 1600053 (2017).

“Overcoming Conceptual Imprecision in Quantum Measurement Theory: Measurement and Macroscopicity” Gregg Jaeger, In Mary Bell and Shan Gao (eds.) Quantum Nonlocality and Reality (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) (2016).

“Uncertainty Relations and Possible Experience” Gregg Jaeger, Mathematics 4, 40 (2016).

“Grounding the Randomness of Quantum Measurement” Gregg Jaeger, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London A 374, 20150238 (2016).

“Do We Really Understand Quantum Mechanics?” Gregg Jaeger, Quantum Information Processing 12, 2637 (2013).

“Generalized Quantum Probability and Entanglement Enhancement Witnessing” Gregg Jaeger, Foundations of Physics 42, 752 (2012).

“Implications of Disentanglement and Locality Induction for Quantum Information Processing” Gregg Jaeger, Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience 8, 375 (2011).

“Individuation in Quantum Mechanics” Gregg Jaeger, Foundations of Physics 41, 299 (2011).

“Quantum Theoretical Approaches and Causality,” Gregg Jaeger, in J. W. Haag, G. R. Peterson, and M. L. Spezio (eds.), The Routledge Companion to Religion and Science (Routledge; London, 2011).

“Individuation in Quantum Mechanics and Space-time” Gregg Jaeger, Foundations of Physics 40, 1369 (2010).

“Special Issue on Foundations of Quantum Information” Gregg Jaeger, Quantum Information Processing 9, 93 (2010).

“Unsharp Quantum Reality” Paul Busch and Gregg Jaeger, Foundations of Physics 40, 1341 (2010).

“Double-slit experiment,” Gregg Jaeger, in Compendium of Quantum Physics D. Greenberger, K. Hentschel, F. Weinert, eds. (Springer, 2009).

“Finite-time destruction of entanglement and non-locality by environmental influences,” Kevin Ann and Gregg Jaeger, Foundations of Physics 39, 790 (2009).

“Non-locality sudden death in tripartite systems” Gregg Jaeger and Kevin Ann, AIP Conference Proceedings Vol. 1101, 78 (2009).

“Which-way/welcher-weg experiment,” Paul Busch and Gregg Jaeger, in Compendium of Quantum Physics D. Greenberger, K. Hentschel, F. Weinert, eds. (Springer, 2009).

Patents

G. Jaeger, “Method and Apparatus for Creating at Least One Qubit in a Quantum Computing Device,” U.S. Patent No. 6,633,053 (2003).

G. Jaeger, “Method and System for the Quantum Mechanical Representation and Processing of Fuzzy Information,” U.S. Patent No. 6,675,154 (2004).

Other Professional Activity and/or Awards

Affiliate of the Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering, 2013.

Peyton Richter Award for Interdisciplinary Teaching, Boston University, 2012.

Member of the steering committee of the BU Center for History and Philosophy of Science (since 2012).

Editorial Board Member for the book series Fundamental Theories of Physics (Springer, since 2009).

Associate Editor, Quantum Information Processing (Springer, since February, 2008).

Associate Editor, ICST Transactions on Quantum Communication (Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, since 2009).

Kavli Fellow, 2008.

Biographic Listing in Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, 2007-present.

Ismail Sensel Award for Excellence in Research, Boston University, 2007.