EDHEC Business School launches Quantum Institute to support the future of quantum technologies
EDHEC Business School has announced the launch of the EDHEC Quantum Institute, which will be led by Professor Lionel Martellini, PhD.
The new institute will lead a range of research, education, innovation and knowledge-sharing initiatives designed to connect quantum science with its real-world impact.
“Quantum physics is all too often put forward as being incomprehensible, and even esoteric, based on mysterious notions such as superposition or entanglement. But quantum technology is neither magical nor mystical. It has its own logic, quantum logic, that nature uses to write the laws of the physical world at its most basic level,” Martinelli comments.
“It is essential that our applied research programs run alongside awareness-raising initiatives and education covering quantum logic for economic and political decision-makers, the public at large, and students.”
EDHEC says the new institute will build on its partnership with EURECOM, part of French engineering school Mines-Télécom Institute.
“EDHEC is pursuing its growth by widening the field of its research, following up on its successes in the financial, climate and legal fields. EDHEC has embarked on a new stage of its diversification strategy with this launch by opening up to science and technology, which are key to the future of the economy and business in general.
“True to its traditional useful research approach, EDHEC will use this new scientific field to create solutions for businesses as well as teaching and educational programmes,” says Emmanuel Métais, Dean of EDHEC Business School.
