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All the latest updates from across AMBA’s global network
Featured among the latest updates from AMBA-accredited schools is an intriguing application of quantum science in business education, a roadmap for making AI an engine of inclusive development in Latin America and battling the bureaucratic burden of sustainability. Tim Banerjee Dhoul and Ellen Buchan report
NEW INSTITUTE SEEKS TO DEMYSTIFY CORE PRINCIPLES OF QUANTUM SCIENCE
curricula to meet the increasing need for skills in the area. Its initial focus, meanwhile, will be on the delivery of three applied research programmes spanning quantum mechanics fundamentals, quantum information and communications and the applications of quantum technologies in finance and insurance. “Quantum physics is all too often put forward as being incomprehensible and even esoteric, 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. It is essential that our applied research programmes run alongside awareness-raising initiatives and education covering quantum logic for economic and political decision-makers, the public at large and students,” reasoned Lionel Martellini, director of the EDHEC Quantum Institute and a professor of finance at the school. Martellini further elaborated on the need to develop an understanding of the quantum discourse and take ownership of it to enable “the enlightened adoption of quantum technology as leverage for knowledge and innovation on behalf of society”. EB
SCHOOL : EDHEC Business School, France
EDHEC Business School has launched a new institute to help convert innovations in quantum mechanics into solutions for business and society. With global investments in quantum technologies gathering pace, the EDHEC Quantum Institute aims to demystify the core principles concerned and become a leading source of applied research and education in the field. “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. EDHEC will use this new scientific field to create solutions for businesses, as well as teaching and educational programmes,” stated EDHEC dean Emmanuel Métais. With innovations in the field stemming from a variety of industries, including finance, energy, cybersecurity, space and biotechnology, the institute intends to build quantum information science into management
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