Stochastic Thermodynamics with David Wolpert

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Recorded: 2023/05/10 Released: 2023/07/09

Jim talks with David Wolpert about the stochastic thermodynamics of compuation. The discussion focuses on recent developments in the relationship between non-equilibrium processes and information processing, having deep implications on how we view the world and how we apply statistical physics to biological, computational, and other systems.
------------------------------------------- Notes:

1. The articles that we discussed in this program:

• Tasmin, F., N. Fuentes, and D. Wolpert, "The Fundamental Thermodynamic Costs of Communications." (2023) [arXiv]
• Wolpert, D., "Minimal Entropy Production of Interacting Systems." New Journal of Physics 22 113013 (2020) [arXiv]
• Wolpert, D., "The Stochastic Thermodynamcis of Computation." J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 52 193001 (2019). [arXiv] (Review Article)

2. Other papers referred to in this podcast:

• Landauer, R., "Irreversibility and the Heat Generation in the Computing Process" (IEEE Reprint). IBM J. Res. Dev. 5 283 (1961).[Free] [see 4]
• Bennett, C.H., "Logical Reversibility of Computation." IBM J. Res. Dev. 17 525 (1973). [Free] [see 4]
• Sagawa, T., "Thermodynamic and Logical Reversibilities Revisited." J. Stat. Mech. 2014 P03025 (2014).[arXiv]
• Parrondo, J.M.R/, J. M. Horowitz, and T. Sagawa, "Thermodynamics of Information." Nature Physics 11, 131 (2015).
3. Related Episodes of Physics Frontiers:

• Physics Frontiers 68: Quantum Resource Theories
• Physics Frontiers 16: Stochastic Resonance Energy Harvesting
4. Many of the classic works about the thermodyanmics of information, including many by Landauer and Bennett who are discussed in the episodde, are reprinted in Maxwell's Demon [Amazon], edited by Leff and Rex. Supplementing this with some of the references above would be useful. 5. Please visit and comment on our subreddit, YouTube Channel, or Twitter account. These are also places to look for announcements of new episodes and the like. And if you could help us keep this going by contributing to our Patreon, we'd be grateful.


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