Objective
"Information Theory grew out of Shannon's seminal work as a monumental framework developed around the problem of coding and transmission of information under the requirement that ""bad"" events have vanishing probability, when the allowed system complexity grows. Shannon himself observed that requiring the probability to be precisely zero dramatically changes the problem, shifting the framework from a probabilistic to a purely combinatorial one: Zero-Error Information Theory.
While progresses have been distinctly made in these two sub-fields in the last 75 years, the border land between them has remained largely unexplored. At the frontier between these two domains, fascinating phenomena emerge which combine the probabilistic and combinatorial nature of information in unexpected ways. However, standard methods of either fields generally fail to give relevant answers, and new ideas are needed to grasp the fundamental laws which govern information in this near-zero-error regime.
This project aims at exploring in a systematic way problems which lie at the border between ordinary and zero-error information theory. This goal will be pursued both in the classical and in the quantum settings, the two being intimately connected in the transition from non-zero to zero probability values. Preliminary studies conducted in this direction have shown that this is an extremely challenging but highly rewarding research line, since it brings to light unexpected connections between apparently unrelated methods developed in combinatorics, probability, and quantum information processing. The main goal of this project is to focus on some of the most interesting and challenging problems of coding and transmission to develop new solutions based on a global view, replacing previously isolated and specialized tools with more general and powerful methods which will shed new light on the mathematical essence of information."
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- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering electronic engineering computer hardware quantum computers
- natural sciences mathematics pure mathematics discrete mathematics combinatorics
- social sciences law
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HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC)
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HORIZON-ERC - HORIZON ERC Grants
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(opens in new window) ERC-2025-ADG
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25121 Brescia
Italy
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