Quantum Probability and Applications (QP-PQ)

More than a century has passed since the discovery of quantum theory and the past forty years have witnessed its intensive mathematical development. In their curricula for probability theory, European universities can no longer afford to neglect the deep conceptual and technical changes that have occurred in our understanding of the laws of chance since the advent of quantum mechanics. The fact that the most advanced contemporary physical theory uses, for its statistical predictions, a probabilistic model completely different from that currently taught in standard university curricula is a historical anomaly that urgently needs to be addressed. The development of a new curriculum in probability theory, at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, is the ambitious core aim of this project. In view of our proven competence in the most advanced research in the area, our familiarity with the problems of multidisciplinary collaboration and our broad experience in training across national boundaries, it is achievable. The resulting richer and more varied curricula will encourage more research students into the field, and in turn put skilled specialists at the service of concrete industrial projects as well as enriching European acedemia. The network will become the key organisation for training young European scientists in quantum probability and its applications.