Full Curriculum Vitae. Sandro Sozzo School of Management University of Leicester

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1 Full Curriculum Vitae Sandro Sozzo School of Management University of Leicester 1

2 Contents 1 Synthetic Curriculum Vitae Personal information Synthesis of the academic activity Description of the research activity 4 3 Awards 6 4 Editorial activities and books 7 5 Publications Preprints Articles in scientific journals with an international referee system Contributions in scientific monographs with an international referee system Contributions in scientific monographs without an international referee system Communications at international congresses in proceedings Communications at international congresses only available as an abstract Reports Participation in scientific events Talks, seminars, lessons Scientific collaborations, research visits and projects Scientific collaborations and participations Partecipations in international research institutions Invitations Projects and research networks Organizational responsabilities Review activities 17 8 Teaching, lecture notes and courses 17 9 Contributions to the social and scientific image of the university 18 2

3 1 Synthetic Curriculum Vitae 1.1 Personal information Surname/First Name: Sozzo Sandro Marital status: Married Name and address of Institution: School of Management, University of Leicester Fielding Johnson Building 023, University Road LE1 7RH Leicester, UK Name and address of (alternative) Institution: Center Leo Apostel for Interdisciplinary Studies (Clea) Krijgskundestraat 33, 1160 Brussels, Belgium, EU Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) Pleinlaan 2, 1150 Brussels, Belgium, EU Telephone numbers: Office: + 44(0) Mobile: ; Fax: +32 (0) addresses: ss831@le.ac.uk ssozzo@vub.ac.be sozzo@le.infn.it Homepages: Synthesis of the academic activity Born in Campi Salentina, Lecce (Italy) on February 4th, 1978, Sandro Sozzo graduated in Physics at the University of Lecce on July 24th, 2002, with the votation of 110/110 summa cum laude, discussing a thesis entitled Compatibility and Completeness in Quantum Mechanics. In the period May 2003 May 2006 he was a PhD student at the University of Lecce where he got his PhD degree in Physics on September 29th, 2006, with the assessment of excellent, discussing a thesis entitled Lecce and Brussels: Two Proposals for a Realistic and Objective Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics. In the periods May July 2006 and September November 2006 he had two Research Contracts with the Physics Department of the University of Lecce. In the period February 2007 January 2009 he was a Research Assistant at the Physics Department of the University of Salento. In the period March 2009 February 2011 he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Physics Department of the University of Salento. In the period March 2011 September 2013 he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center Leo Apostel for Interdisciplinary Studies (Clea) of the Free University of Brussels (VUB). Since October 1st, 2013, he is Lecturer at the School of Management of the University of Leicester. Sandro Sozzo is author or co author of more than 70 contributions on A1 journals, scientific monographs and conference proceedings. He organized conferences and seminars, participated in several international conferences and presented more than 30 communications, including invited talks, seminars and lessons. He is reviewer for various A1 journals and official reviewer for the American Mathematical Society (AMS). He is co editor (with C. Garola and A. Rossi) of the volume The Foundations of Quantum Mechanics: Historical Analysis and Open Questions. Cesena 2004 (362 pages, World Scientific, Singapore, 2006) on the foundations of quantum mechanics, and he is co author (with C. Garola) of the series Lectures notes on Foundations of Physics, Part 3

4 I. The Foundations of Quantum Mechanics (Università degli Studi di Lecce, Lecce, 2003) on the foundations of physical theories. Sandro Sozzo is also a Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Foundations of Science as Assistant Editor. He has recently been conferred (with D. Aerts, J. Broekaert and T. Veloz) a prestigious Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award by the International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics for his research on The Quantum Challenge in Concept Theory and Natural Language Processing. Sandro Sozzo is an active member of the International Quantum Structures Association (IQSA). Furthermore, he is Secretary and Member of the Executive Committee of the same organization. He actively participates in the Quantum Interaction (QI) Community. He is affiliated with the research center Clea of the VUB of Brussels. Finally, he is associated with the Italian Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN), and he has been associated with various cultural associations and organizations, e.g., Union of Scientists For Disarmament (USPID) and Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). The research interests of Sandro Sozzo mainly concern the interface of natural and social sciences. These interests cover various disciplines ranging from the foundations and philosophy of science, to theoretical physics, cognitive science and economics. In particular, he has substantially contributed to the identification and application of quantum structures outside physics, and in the development of formal models in psychology, economics, finance, biology and computer science. And has concretely participated in the elaboration of a physical perspective (the ESR model) which extends traditional quantum theory, reinterpreting its probabilities, solving several conceptual difficulties and constituting a partial completion of it. The research activity of Sandro Sozzo has an interdisciplinary character, in the sense that it tackles the problems and the conceptual difficulties of specific domains under different (epistemological, logical, physical, mathematical, etc.) perspectives. 2 Description of the research activity The research work of Sandro Sozzo started from a critical analysis of the standard interpretation of quantum theory for a deeper understanding of the conceptual novelties brought in by this physical theory. In fact, quantum systems exhibit peculiar features that were not recognized in classical systems and are far from ordinary intuition and common sense, so that one typically refers to these features as puzzling, or unaccountable. One of them is contextuality, i.e. context (in the specific quantum case, measurement context) introduces an intrinsic, unavoidable and indeterministic influence on the physical system under study. This influence holds also at a distance (nonlocality) and implies that the probabilities formalized by quantum theory are non-classical (non-kolmogorovness). Another seemingly genuine quantum aspect is entanglement, i.e. compound quantum systems behave as an undivided single units, which was presented as the most characteristic trait of quantum mechanics. These features are today often used to emphasize spectacular quantum effects, such as quantum teleportation and cryptography, or to develop new disciplines derived from quantum theory, such as quantum computation and information. Resting on the above cultural background, the doctoral activity of Sandro Sozzo consisted in a comparison between two axiomatic approaches to the foundations of quantum theory, i.e. the Brussels and the Lecce approach. In particular, the former approach aimed at providing a physical justification of the mathematical apparatus of quantum theory by means of an operational foundation of this theory. This research has been mainly developed in the Center Leo Apostel (Clea) of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) within the general purpose of constructing worldviews that integrate the results of different scientific and cultural disciplines into a unified perspective. The collaboration of Sandro Sozzo with the Clea research group has produced a number of remarkable and substantial results in the detection of quantum structures in non-physical disciplines and the elaboration of formal quantum-based models in social sciences, including cognitive science, economics and finance (see (i) (iii)). Firstly, we have identified the quantum aspects of contextuality, interference, entanglement and emergence in cognitive, economic, financial and biological systems, despite the different nature of these systems. Secondly, we have found that situations exist in the above domains where the application of classical structures (set 4

5 theory, Boolean logic, Kolmogorovian probability, etc.) is problematical, while a quantum-based modeling is successful, which is highly non-obvious too. 1 The main results that have been obtained can be summarized as follows. (i) Biology. We have detected quantum structures in the study of biological systems and their evolution, where classical approaches are problematical (cfr. 4, 9, 39, Sec. 5). The dynamics of interacting species is mainly ruled by the Lotka-Volterra equations, which rest on classical physics and probability. But, for many interacting populations, these equations entail complex behavior, chaoticity and long-term unpredictability. As a consequence, population ecology still poses fundamental problems. For example, one cannot explain the coexistence of several phytoplankton species competing for the same limited resources (paradox of the plankton). This plankton-type biodiversity mainly arises from cyclic competition, an evolutionary analogue of the classical scissors-paper-rock (SPR) game ( scissors beats paper, paper beats rock, rock beats scissors ), which cannot be modeled in a classical probabilistic framework but requires a non-commutative quantum model of probability. Surprisingly, an SPR dynamics has been found in the mating competition of three side-blotched lizard morphs. Therefore, we have used a set of experimental data collected on lizards from 1990 to 2011 to build an explicit quantum model in Hilbert space which faithfully accords with the collected probabilities (cfr. 4, Sec. 5). This model has successively been extended to develop a general quantum theoretic framework for other systems presenting cyclic RPS-type competition (including plankton; cfr. 9, Sec. 5). The above results have important implications: (i) evolution processes exist which cannot be reduced either to competition or to cooperation (cfr. 9, Sec. 5); (ii) the neodarwinian paradigm is too narrow to describe the evolution of biological species (cfr. 28, Sec. 5). (iii) a more general paradigm should be addressed to connect biological, physical and cultural evolutions (cfr. 38, Sec. 5). (ii) Concept theory. Understanding the structure and dynamics of human concepts, how concepts combine to form sentences and carry meaning in human thought is one of the major challenges in cognitive science. However, none of the existing theories on concepts explain how concepts combine. This combination problem was manifestly revealed by Hampton s experiments (1988) which measured the deviation from classical (fuzzy) set theoretic membership weights of exemplars with respect to pairs of concepts and their conjunction or disjunction (overextension, underextension). Hampton s investigation was motivated by the so-called Guppy effect in concept conjunction found by Osherson and Smith in These authors considered the concepts Pet and Fish and their conjunction Pet-Fish, and observed that, while an exemplar such as Guppy was a very typical example of Pet-Fish, it was neither a very typical example of Pet nor of Fish. Hence, the typicality and the membership weight of a specific exemplar with respect to conjunction/disjunction of concepts show an unexpected behavior from the point of view of classical set and probability theory. The lack of a universally accepted theory for representing and structuring concepts has manifold consequences on other fields, such as psychology, artificial intelligence, linguistics, information retrieval. We have first explained how the above findings in concept research lead one to recognize the need for quantum modeling and, more specifically, for an approach where concepts can be in different states and change states 1 The application of quantum structures in non-physical domains led to the birth of an interdisciplinary community, named the quantum interaction community. It organizes organizes each year an international symposium (Stanford 2007, Oxford 2008, Saarbrücken 2009, Washington DC 2010, Aberdeen 2011, Paris 2012, Leicester 2013, Filzbach 2014) providing a forum for the researchers involved in these studies (see the wikipedia page Moreover, the discipline that employs quantum-theoretic models in cognitive science has been called quantum cognition and is now a growing research field in itself. Clea has played a pioneering role in both the quantum interaction and quantum cognition domains, and is still providing actually fundamental contributions to it. We mention some highlights, the Journal of Mathematical Psychology and Topics in Cognitive Science recently devoted special issues to the theme of Quantum Cognition ; the paper Quantum structure in cognition, by D. Aerts, was chosen as best article of 2009 by the former journal. The Brussels research in quantum interaction was the main inspiration for the articles Quantum minds: Why we think like quarks, by M. Buchanan (New Scientist, 05 September, 2011), and A new enlightenment, by G. Musser (Scientific American 307, 76 81, 2012). 5

6 under the influence of context (cfr. 10, 53, Sec. 5). Then, we have illustrated our quantum modeling approach by providing a description of the overextension for conjunctions of concepts measured by Hampton as an effect of quantum interference. Successively, we have considered the concept combination The Animal Acts, we have performed a cognitive experiment based on this concept combination, and we have proved the presence of quantum entanglement in the given combination (cfr. 6, 10, 11, 29, 30, 33, 35, Sec. 5). Furthermore, we have considered interference and superposition in the disjunction Fruits or Vegetables, at the same time showing that quantum interference patterns naturally appear whenever suitable exemplars of this disjunction are taken into account (cfr. 10, 11, 52, Sec. 5). Finally, we have enlightened that also emergence occurs in conceptual processes, and that our quantum modeling approach applied in Fock space enables the description of emergence too (cfr. 7, 10, 11, Sec. 5). (iii) Economics and finance. In economics, the predominant model of decision making under uncertainty is expected utility theory (EUT). Notwithstanding its mathematical simplicity and predictive success, the structural validity of EUT at the individual level is questionable. Indeed, examples exist in the literature which show an inconsistency between agents preferences and the predictions of EUT (Allais, Ellsberg and Machina paradoxes). The popular explanation in terms of ambiguity aversion is not completely accepted. On the other hand, a deep understanding of decision-making under uncertainty has strong implications on macroeconomic modeling, on the design and impact of policy-making, hence on the ability of economic theories to predict and avoid crises, like the current financial market crisis. To overcome these difficulties a distinction between risk and ambiguity has been introduced in the literature which depends on the existence of a classical Kolmogorovian structure modeling these uncertainties. A careful analysis shows that context plays a relevant role in human decisions under uncertainty, and any probabilistic structure modeling contextual interactions between systems needs a non-kolmogorovian framework endowed with a (generalized) quantum representation. We have thus proposed a notion of contextual risk, inspired by the probability structure of quantum theory, to mathematically capture situations in which ambiguity occurs (cfr. 14, 15, 36, 42, Sec. 5). This approach has then been applied to the Ellsberg and Machina paradox situations, and a quantum mechanical representation in complex Hilbert space has been worked out which faithfully describes the ambiguity occurring in both situations (cfr. 5, 34, Sec. 5), also explaining ambiguity aversion in terms of the (contextual) landscapes surrounding agents decisions. Interesting results have also been attained in mathematical finance. Modern approaches to stock pricing are typically founded on the Black Scholes equations and the underlying random walk hypothesis, which is consistent with the efficient market hypothesis. Empirical data seem to indicate that the former hypothesis works well in stable situations, but it fails in abrupt transitions (market crash, economical crisis, etc.). In these exceptional situations, deviations from expected behavior are not averaged out, agents start acting as a group with a cognitive alignment of human choices and preferences, information is spread non-locally, and quantum coherent effects appear. We have shown that a stock market is an intrinsically contextual system where agents decisions globally influence the market system and stocks prices. More specifically, a given stock does not generally have a definite value, e.g., a price, but its value is actualized as a consequence of the contextual interactions in the trading process. This contextual influence is responsible of the non Kolmogorovian quantum behavior of the market at a statistical level. Then, we have proposed an intuitive geometric model that describes a buying/selling process of a stock and provides an intuitive support to the employment of quantum structures in finance (cfr. 41, Sec. 5). 3 Awards In 2013, Sandro Sozzo has been conferred, together with D. Aerts, J. Broekaert and T. Veloz, a prestigious Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award by the International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics for his research on The Quantum Challenge in Concept Theory and Natural Language Processing. In particular, the evaluating Commission writes: the referees have made many positive comments about great relevance and high quality of your research work and the importance of your proposals for our Conference, especially your innovative introduction of the entity of meaning and of the conceptual context, and 6

7 their influence on the meaning landscape. Your outstanding Keynote Address proposal has also been judged by our referees as one of the best (one of the top 2% from amongst 540 proposals received). 4 Editorial activities and books Publication as editor (with C. Garola and A. Rossi) of the volume The Foundations of Quantum Mechanics: Historical Analysis and Open Questions. Cesena 2004, 362 pages, ISBN (World Scientific, Singapore, 2006). 5 Publications Sandro Sozzo develops his research in the interface of physics and social science, hence his scientific production has this perspective. 5.1 Preprints 1. C. Garola, S. Sozzo and J. Wu, Outline of a Generalization and a Reinterpretation of Quantum Mechanics Recovering Objectivity, submitted to Physics Reports (2014), Impact factor: D. Aerts, B. D Hooghe, M. Czachor, M. Kuna, B. Sinervo and S. Sozzo, Quantum Probabilities in Competing Lizard Communities, Nature Precedings hdl:10101 /npre (2012), Impact Factor: C. Garola and S. Sozzo, Reinterpreting Quantum Probabilities in a Realistic and Local Framework: The Modified BCHSH Inequalities, arxiv: quant-ph/ v5 (2007). 5.2 Articles in scientific journals with an international referee system (i) Accepted for publication or in print. 4. D. Aerts, M. Czachor, M. Kuna, B. Sinervo and S. Sozzo, Quantum Structure in Competing Lizard Communities, accepted in Ecological Modeling, 56 pp. (2014), ArXiv: [physics.bio-ph], Impact factor: D. Aerts, S. Sozzo and J. Tapia, Identifying Quantum Structures in the Ellsberg Paradox, accepted ininternational Journal of Theoretical Physics, 15 pp. (2014), arxiv: [physics.soc-ph], Impact Factor: D. Aerts and S. Sozzo, Quantum Entanglement in Concept Combinations, International Journal of Theoretical Physics, DOI /s z (2014, in print), Impact Factor: (ii) Published. 7. S. Sozzo, A Quantum Probability Model in Fock Space for Borderline Contradictions, Journal of Mathematical Psychology 58, 1 12 (2014), Impact factor: C. Garola, M. Persano, J. Pykacz and S. Sozzo, Finite Local Models for the GHZ Experiment, International Journal of Theoretical Physics 53(2), (2013), Impact Factor: D. Aerts, M. Czachor, M. Kuna and S. Sozzo, Systems, Environments, and Soliton Rate Equations: Non Kolmogorovian Framework for Population Dynamics, Ecological Modeling 267(10), (2013), Impact factor:

8 10. D. Aerts, L. Gabora and S. Sozzo, Concepts and Their Dynamics: A Quantum Theoretic Modeling of Human Thought, Topics in Cognitive Science 5(4), (2013), Impact Factor: D. Aerts, J. Broekaert, L. Gabora and S. Sozzo, Quantum Structure and Human Thought, Behavioral and Brain Sciences 36(3), , invited paper (2013), Impact factor: S. Sozzo, The Quantum Harmonic Oscillator in the ESR Model, Foundations of Physics 43(6), (2013), Impact factor: C. Garola and S. Sozzo, Recovering Nonstandard Logics within an Extended Classical Framework, Erkenntnis 78(2), (2013). 14. D. Aerts and S. Sozzo, A Contextual Risk Model for the Ellsberg Paradox, Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Review 4(3), (2012). 15. D. Aerts and S. Sozzo, Contextual Risk and Its Relevance in Economics, Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Review 4(3), (2012). 16. C. Garola and S. Sozzo, Extended Representations of Observables and States for a Noncontextual Reinterpretation of QM, Journal of Physics A 45, , p1 p13 (2012), Impact Factor: C. Garola and S. Sozzo, The Modified Bell Inequality and Its Physical Implications in the ESR Model, International Journal of Theoretical Physics 50, (2011), Impact Factor: C. Garola and S. Sozzo, Representation and Interpretation of Quantum Mixtures in the ESR Model, Theoretical and Mathematical Physics 168(1), (2011), Impact Factor: C. Garola and S. Sozzo, Generalized Observables, Bell s Inequalities and Mixtures in the ESR Model for QM, Foundations of Physics 41, (2011), Impact Factor: C. Garola and S. Sozzo, Realistic Aspects in the Standard Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics, Humana.mente. Journal of Philosophical Studies 13, (2010), invited paper. 21. S. Sozzo and C. Garola, A Hilbert Space Representation of Generalized Observables and Measurement Processes in the ESR Model, International Journal of Theoretical Physics 49, (2010), Impact Factor: C. Garola and S. Sozzo, Embedding Quantum Mechanics Into a Broader Noncontextual Theory: A Conciliatory Result, International Journal of Theoretical Physics 49, (2009), Impact Factor: C. Garola and S. Sozzo, The ESR Model: A Proposal for a Noncontextual and Local Hilbert Space Extension of QM, Europhysics Letters 86, 20009, p1 p6 (2009), Impact Factor: F. Masillo, G. Scolarici and S. Sozzo, Proper Versus Improper Mixtures: Toward a Quaternionic Quantum Mechanics, Theoretical and Mathematical Physics 160(1), (2009), Impact Factor: C. Garola and S. Sozzo, The Physical Interpretation of Partial Traces: Two Nonstandard Views, Theoretical and Mathematical Physics 152(2), (2007), Impact Factor: C. Garola, J. Pykacz and S. Sozzo, Quantum Machine and Semantic Realism Approach: A Unified Model, Foundations of Physics 36, (2006), Impact Factor: C. Garola and S. Sozzo, A Semantic Approach to the Completeness Problem in Quantum Mechanics, Foundations of Physics 34, (2004), Impact Factor:

9 5.3 Contributions in scientific monographs with an international referee system 28. D. Aerts and S. Sozzo, An Evidence of Quantum Structures in Animal Behaviour. A Possible Challenge to Modern Evolutionary Synthesis, accepted in Quantum Interaction 2014, H. Atmanspacher et al. editors, 12 pp. (2014). 29. D. Aerts and S. Sozzo, Entanglement Zoo I: Foundational and Structural Aspects, in Quantum Interaction 2013, E. Haven et al. editors, 12 pp., in print (Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2013), ArXiv: v1 [cs.ai]. 30. D. Aerts and S. Sozzo, Entanglement Zoo II: Examples in Physics and Cognition, in Quantum Interaction 2013, E. Haven et al. editors, 12 pp., in print (Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2013), ArXiv: v1 [cs.ai]. 31. D. Aerts, J. Broekaert, S. Sozzo and T. Veloz, Meaning focused and Quantum inspired Information Retrieval, in Quantum Interaction 2013, E. Haven et al. editors, 12 pp., in print (Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2013), ArXiv: v1 [cs.ir]. 32. D. Aerts and S. Sozzo, Quantum Model Theory (QMod): Modeling Conceptual Emergent Entangled Entities, in Quantum Interaction 2012, J. Busemeyer, F. Dubois and A. Lambert Mogilansky editors, , LNCS 7620 (Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2012). 33. D. Aerts and S. Sozzo, Entanglement of Conceptual Entities in Quantum Model Theory (QMod), in Quantum Interaction 2012, J. Busemeyer, F. Dubois and A. Lambert Mogilansky editors, , LNCS 7620 (Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2012). 34. D. Aerts, S. Sozzo and J. Tapia, A Quantum Model for the Ellsberg and Machina Paradoxes, in Quantum Interaction 2012, J. Busemeyer, F. Dubois and A. Lambert Mogilansky editors, 48 59, LNCS 7620 (Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2012). 35. D. Aerts and S. Sozzo, Quantum Structures in Cognition: Why and How Concepts Are Entangled, in Quantum Interaction 2011, D. Song, M. Melucci and I. Frommholz editors, , LNCS 7052 (Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2011). 36. D. Aerts, B. D Hooghe and S. Sozzo, A Quantum Cognition Analysis of the Ellsberg Paradox, in Quantum Interaction 2011, D. Song, M. Melucci and I. Frommholz editors, , LNCS 7052 (Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2011). 37. D. Aerts, J. Broekaert, B. D Hooghe and S. Sozzo, Quantum Structure in Economics: Risk Versus Ambiguity, in Worldviews, Science and Us: Bridging Knowledge and Its Implications for Our Perspective of the World, D. Aerts, J. Broekaert, B. D Hooghe and N. Note editors, (World Scientific, Singapore, 2011). 38. D. Aerts, S. Bundervoet, M. Czachor, B. D Hooghe, L. Gabora, P. Polk and S. Sozzo, On the Foundations of the Theory of Evolution, in Worldviews, Science and Us: Bridging Knowledge and Its Implications for Our Perspective of the World, D. Aerts, J. Broekaert, B. D Hooghe and N. Note editors, (World Scientific, Singapore, 2011). 39. D. Aerts, M. Czachor and S. Sozzo, A Contextual Quantum Based Formalism for Population Dynamics, in AAAI Fall Quantum Informatics for Cognitive, Social, and Semantic Processes, P. D. Bruza et al. editors, (Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2010). 40. D. Aerts, M. Czachor, B. D Hooghe and S. Sozzo, The Pet Fish Problem on the World Wide Web, in AAAI Fall Quantum Informatics for Cognitive, Social, and Semantic Processes, P. D. Bruza et al. editors, (Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2010). 9

10 5.4 Contributions in scientific monographs without an international referee system 41. D. Aerts, B. D Hooghe and S. Sozzo, A Quantum like Approach to the Stock Market in Foundations of Probability and Physics - 6, M. D Ariano et al. editors, (American Institute of Physics, Melville, New York, 2012). 42. D. Aerts and S. Sozzo, Quantum Structure in Economics: The Ellsberg Paradox in Foundations of Probability and Physics - 6, M. D Ariano et al. editors, (American Institute of Physics, Melville, New York, 2012). 43. C. Garola and S. Sozzo, Reinterpreting Quantum Mechanics into a Noncontextual Framework: A Survey of the ESR Model, chapter for the Volume Focus on Quantum Mechanics, (Nova Science Publishers, New York, 2011), invited review paper. 44. C. Garola and S. Sozzo, The Representation of Mixtures in the ESR Model for QM, in Quantum Theory: Reconsideration of Foundations - 5, A. Y. Khrennikov editor, (American Institute of Physics, Melville, New York, 2010). 45. S. Sozzo, Discrete Generalized Observables and Ideal Measurements in the ESR Model: A Hilbert Space Representation in Foundations of Probability and Physics - 5, L. Accardi et al. editors, (American Institute of Physics, Melville, New York, 2009). 46. S. Sozzo, Modified BCHSH Inequalities within the ESR Model, in Quantum Theory: Reconsideration of Foundations - 4, G. Adenier et al. editors, (American Institute of Physics, Melville, New York, 2007). 47. C. Garola and S. Sozzo, On the Notion of Proposition in Classical and Quantum Mechanics, in The Foundations of Quantum Mechanics: Historical Analysis and Open Questions. Cesena 2004, C. Garola, A. Rossi and S. Sozzo editors, (World Scientific, Singapore, 2006). 48. C. Garola, A. Rossi and S. Sozzo, Introduction, in The Foundations of Quantum Mechanics: Historical Analysis and Open Questions. Cesena 2004, C. Garola, A. Rossi and S. Sozzo editors, 1 17 (World Scientific, Singapore, 2006). 5.5 Communications at international congresses in proceedings 49. D. Aerts and S. Sozzo, A Quantum-theoretic Modeling for Concept Combination in Human Thought, in Fourth International Conference on Cognitive Neurodynamics (ICCN 2013), H. Liljenström et al. editors, 6 pp. (2014, in print), arxiv: [cs.ai]. 50. D. Aerts and S. Sozzo, General Quantum Hilbert Space Modeling Scheme for Entanglement, in Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Quantum, Nano and Micro Technologies, V. Ovchinnikov and P. Dini editors, (IARIA, 2013), Reported Impact Factor: D. Aerts, J. Broeakert, S. Sozzo and T. Veloz, The Quantum Challenge in Concept Theory and Natural Language Processing, in Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on System Research, Informatics & Cybernetics, E. G. Lasker editor, (IIAS, 2013). 52. D. Aerts and S. Sozzo, Quantum Interference in Cognition: Structural Aspects of the Brain, in Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Quantum, Nano and Micro Technologies, V. Ovchinnikov and P. Dini editors, (IARIA, 2012), Reported Impact Factor:

11 53. D. Aerts, L. Gabora, S. Sozzo and T. Veloz, Quantum Structure in Cognition: Fundamentals and Applications, in Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Quantum, Nano and Micro Technologies, V. Privman and V. Ovchinnikov editors, (IARIA, 2011). 54. D. Aerts, M. Czachor and S. Sozzo, Quantum Interaction Approach in Cognition, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, in Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Quantum, Nano and Micro Technologies, V. Privman and V. Ovchinnikov editors, (IARIA, 2011). 55. C. Garola and S. Sozzo, A New Representation of Generalized Observables for a Hilbert Space Extension of QM, in Proceedings of the International Conference Quantum Structure. Kocǒvce 2009, M. Kalina, O. Nánásiová and L. Valaskova editors, 4 pp. (Printing House of the Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, 2009). 5.6 Communications at international congresses only available as an abstract 56. D. Aerts, S. Sozzo and T. Veloz, Quantum Structure in Cognitive Processes and the Logical Foundations of Human Reasoning, in Biennial IQSA Meeting in Quantum Structures. Olomouc 2014, Olomouc (Czech Republic), June 23 27, 2014, 2 pp. (abstract). 57. D. Aerts, S. Sozzo and T. Veloz, The Abstract-Concrete Dimension of the Conceptual Realm and Heisenberg s Uncertanty Principle, in Biennial IQSA Meeting in Quantum Structures. Olomouc 2014, Olomouc (Czech Republic), June 23 27, 2014, 2 pp. (abstract). 58. D. Aerts and S. Sozzo, Quantum Structure and the Human Brain, in Toward a Science of Consciousness (TSC 2013), Agra (India), March 3 9, 2013, 1 pp. (abstract). 59. C. Garola and S. Sozzo, Generalized Observables and Mixtures in the ESR Model for QM, in Fuzzy Set Theory and Applications, Liptovský Ján (Slovak Republic), February 1 5, 2010, p. 60 (abstract). 60. S. Sozzo and C. Garola, The Modified BCHSH Inequalities in the ESR Model for QM, in Fuzzy Set Theory and Applications, Liptovský Ján (Slovak Republic), February 1 5, 2010, p. 119 (abstract). 5.7 Reports 61. C. Garola, M. Persano and S. Sozzo, Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, Annual Report 2012 (Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica dell Università del Salento and INFN-Lecce Section, 2013). 62. S. Sozzo, Report MR on Quantum Physics and Reality, author: B. d Espagnat (American Mathematical Society, 2012). 63. S. Sozzo, Report MR on Epistemic Primacy vs. Ontological Elusiveness of Spatial Extension: Is There an Evolutionary Role for the Quantum?, author: M. Pauri (American Mathematical Society, 2012). 64. C. Garola, M. Persano and S. Sozzo, Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, Annual Report 2012 (Dipartimento di Fisica dell Università del Salento and INFN-Lecce Section, 2012). 65. D. Aerts and S. Sozzo, QMod for Concepts and Their Combinations: Modeling the Effects of Contextuality, Emergence, Entanglement and Interference, Qontext Deliverable 4.2 (Marie Curie Actions IRSES, 2012). 66. S. Sozzo, Report MR on Quantum nonlocality: Not Eliminated by the Heisenberg Picure, author: R. E. Kastner (American Mathematical Society, 2012). 11

12 67. S. Sozzo, Report MR on Nonrelativistic quantum mechanics with fundamental environment, author: A. S. Gevorkyan (American Mathematical Society, 2012). 68. S. Sozzo, Report MR on Relativistic State Reduction Dynamics, author: D. J. Bedingham (American Mathematical Society, 2011). 69. S. Sozzo, Report MR on The Quantum Measurement Problem and Cluster Separability, author: P. Hajicek (American Mathematical Society, 2011). 70. S. Sozzo, Report MR on Observing the Superposition of a Single Particle with the Vacuum, authors: R. L. M. Gutierrez, V. Palge and J. Dunningham (American Mathematical Society, 2011). 71. C. Garola and S. Sozzo, Viaggio tra i Misteri della Meccanica Quantistica (in Italian), Il Bollettino dell UniSalento 9/10, (Università del Salento, Lecce, 2011). 72. D. Aerts, S. Aerts, P. Bruza, K. Kitto and S. Sozzo, Entropic and Correlation Measures of the Non separability or Entanglement of Emergent Concepts, Qontext Deliverable 4.1 (Marie Curie Actions IRSES, 2011). 73. C. Garola, M. Persano and S. Sozzo, Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, Annual Report 2010 (Dipartimento di Fisica dell Università del Salento and INFN-Lecce Section, 2011). 74. F. Masillo, G. Scolarici, L. Solombrino and S. Sozzo, Non Hermitian Dynamics, Annual Report 2008 (Dipartimento di Fisica dell Università del Salento and INFN-Lecce Section, 2009). 75. C. Garola and S. Sozzo, Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, Annual Report 2008 (Dipartimento di Fisica dell Università del Salento and INFN-Lecce Section, 2009). 6 Participation in scientific events 6.1 Talks, seminars, lessons 1. An Evidence of Quantum Structures in Animal Behaviour. A Possible Challenge to Modern Evolutionary Synthesis, in Eighth International Symposium on Quantum Interaction, Filzbach (Switzerland), June 29 July 1, 2014 (talk). 2. Quantum Structure in Cognitive Processes and the Logical Foundations of Human Reasoning, in Biennial IQSA Meeting in Quantum Structures. Olomouc 2014, Olomouc (Czech Republic), June 23 27, 2014 (talk). 3. A Quantum Theoretic Framework for Concept Theory and Natural Language Processing, Oxford, England (UK), March 14, 2014 (invited seminar). 4. Modeling Concept Combinations in a Quantum-theoretic Framework, in Whither Quantum Structures? Quantum Logic in the XXIth Century, Brussels (Belgium), November 30 December 1, 2013 (invited talk). 5. Quantum Social Science: History, Results, Future Developments, in Ubiquituous Quanta, Lecce (Italy), September, 10 12, 2013 (invited talk). 6. Classification Scheme for Entanglement Situations Violating Bell s Inequalities, in Seventh International Conference on Quantum, Nano and Micro Technologies, Barcelona (Spain), August 25 31, 2013 (invited talk). 7. The Quantum Challenge in Cognition, in Satellite IQSA Meeting on Quantum Structures, Zell am Moos (Austria), August 3 10, 2013 (invited talk). 12

13 8. The Quantum Challenge in Concept Theory, in 25th International Conference on System Research, Informatics & Cybernetics, Baden Baden (Germany), July 29 August 3, 2013 (invited talk). 9. Entanglement Zoo II: Examples in Physics and Cognition, in Seventh International Symposium on Quantum Interaction, Leicester, England (UK), July 25 27, 2013 (talk). 10. Entanglement Zoo I: Foundational and Structural Aspects, in Seventh International Symposium on Quantum Interaction, Leicester, England (UK), July 25 27, 2013 (talk). 11. A Quantum Modeling for Concept Combination in Human Thought, in Fourth International Conference on Cognitive Neurodynamics (ICCN 2013), Sigtuna (Sweden), June 23 27, 2013 (invited talk). 12. Quantum Interference in Cognition and the Structure of the Brain, in Sixth International Conference on Quantum, Nano and Micro Technologies, Rome (Italy), August 19 24, 2012 (invited talk). 13. Quantum Modeling Ambiguity in Economics, in 11th Biennial IQSA Meeting on Quantum Structures. Cagliari 2012, Cagliari (Italy), July 23 27, 2012 (talk). 14. Quantum Model Theory (QMod), in 11th Biennial IQSA Meeting on Quantum Structures. Cagliari 2012, Cagliari (Italy), July 23 27, 2012 (talk). 15. A Quantum Model for Concept Combination in Human Thought, in International Interdisciplinary Workshop in Quantum Cognition, Filzbach (Switzerland), July 8 11, 2012 (invited seminar). 16. Quantum Model Theory (QMod): Applications, in Sixth International Symposium on Quantum Interaction, Paris (France), June 26 29, 2012 (talk). 17. Quantum Model Theory (QMod): Fundamentals, in Sixth International Symposium on Quantum Interaction, Paris (France), June 26 29, 2012 (talk). 18. A Noncontextual Hilbert Space Formalism for QM. The ESR Model and Its Applications, Hangzhou (China), October 9 17, 2011 (invited seminar). 19. Quantum Interaction Approach in Cognition, AI and Robotics, in Fifth International Conference on Quantum, Nano and Micro Technologies, Nice/Saint Laurent du Var (France), August 21 27, 2011 (talk). 20. Quantum Cognition: Why and How Concepts Are Entangled, in Fifth International Symposium on Quantum Interaction, Aberdeen, Scotland (United Kingdom), June 26 29, 2011 (talk). 21. Quantum Structures in Economics: The Ellsberg Paradox, in Foundations of Probability and Physics - 6, Växjö (Sweden), June 12 16, 2011 (talk). 22. A Contextual Risk Model for the Ellsberg Paradox, in First International Conference on Econophysics, Kavala (Greece), June 2 3, 2011 (invited talk). 23. Contextual Risk and Its Relevance in Economics, in First International Conference on Econophysics, Kavala (Greece), June 2 3, 2011 (invited talk). 24. The ESR Model: A Noncontextual Hilbert Space Framework for Quantum Mechanics, Cosenza (Italy), February 15 20, 2011 (invited seminar). 25. A Contextual Quantum Based Formalism for Ecological Systems, in AAAI Fall Symposium - Quantum Informatics 2010, Arlington, Virginia (United States), November 11 13, 2010 (invited talk). 26. An Introduction to the Mysteries of Quantum Mechanics: Nonlocality, in Times of Entanglement, Shanghai (China), September 19 24, 2010 (invited talk). 13

14 27. An Introduction to the Mysteries of Quantum Mechanics: Contextuality, in Times of Entanglement, Shanghai (China), September 19 24, 2010 (invited talk). 28. Development of a Noncontextual Hilbert Space Formalism for Quantum Mechanics, in Nonlinear Physics. Theory and Experiment VI, Gallipoli (Italy), June 23 July 3, 2010 (talk). 29. An Application of the ESR Formalism Model to Bell s Inequalities, in 10th Biennial IQSA Meeting on Quantum Structures. Boston 2010, Boston, MA (United States), June 21 26, 2010 (invited talk). 30. A Noncontextual and Local Hilbert Space Framework for QM: The Modified BCHSH Inequalities, in Fuzzy Set Theory and Applications, Liptovský Ján (Slovak Republic), February 1-5, 2010 (invited talk). 31. The ESR Model: A Proposal for a Hilbert Space Extension of QM, Brussels (Belgium), December 13 18, 2009 (invited seminar). 32. A Proposal for a Noncontextual Hilbert Space Extension of Quantum Mechanics, in Quantum Theory: Reconsideration of Foundations - 5, Växjö (Sweden), June 14 18, 2009 (invited talk). 33. Ideal Measurements of Generalized Observables within an Objective Framework in Foundations of Probability and Physics - 5, Växjö (Sweden), August 24 27, 2008 (talk). 34. A Mathematical Representation of Generalized Observables and the Description of the Measurement Process in the ESR Model in 9th Biennial IQSA Meeting on Quantum Structures. Brussels Gdansk 2008, Sopot (Poland), July 6 12, 2008 (talk). 35. The ESR Model, Generalized Observables and the Measurement Process: Towards a Nonlinear QM in Nonlinear Physics. Theory and Experiment V, Gallipoli (Italy), June 12 21, 2008 (talk). 36. Le Probabilità Quantistiche in un Contesto Oggettivo: Le Disuguaglianze BCHSH Modificate, Cosenza (Italy), April 26 29, 2008 (invited seminar). 37. The ESR Model and the Bell Inequalities: Nonstandard Results and Testable Predictions in Problemi Attuali di Fisica Teorica, Vietri sul Mare (Italy), March 14 19, 2008 (talk). 38. Reinterpreting Quantum Probabilities in an Objective Framework: The Modified BCHSH Inequalities, Brussels (Belgium), December 16 22, 2007 (invited seminar). 39. Modified BCHSH Inequalities Within the ESR Model in Quantum Theory: Reconsiderations of Foundations - 4, Växjö (Sweden), June 11 16, 2007 (talk). 40. On the Physical Interpretation of Partial Traces: Two Alternative Approaches in Nonlinear Physics. Theory and Experiment IV, Gallipoli (Italy), June 22 July 1, 2006 (poster). 41. Completeness versus Objectivity in Quantum Mechanics in Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Information, Lecce (Italy), May 6 8, 2005 (talk). 42. Un Approccio Semantico al Problema della Completezza in Meccanica Quantistica in I Fondamenti della Meccanica Quantistica: Analisi Storica e Problemi Aperti, Cesena (Italy), October 4 9, 2004 (talk). 6.2 Scientific collaborations, research visits and projects Sandro Sozzo actively collaborates with several scholars involved in a variety of areas, such as, foundations of physics, history and philosophy of science, cognitive science, economics and decision theory, producing joint publications, co organizing conferences, and presenting national and international projects. These collaborations can be resumed as follows. 14

15 6.2.1 Scientific collaborations and participations 1. Prof. E. Haven, School of Management, University of Leicester, Leicester (UK). 2. Prof. C. Garola, Dr. F. Masillo, Prof. A. Rossi, Prof. C. Pennetta, Prof. L. Solombrino, Università del Salento, Lecce (Italy). 3. Prof. G. Nisticó, Dr. A. Sestito and Prof. R. Beneduci, Università della Calabria, Cosenza (Italy). 4. Prof. D. Aerts and Prof. Jan Broekaert, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and Interdisciplinary Research Center Leo Apostel (Clea), Brussels (Belgium). 5. Prof. Liane Gabora and Dr. Tomas Veloz, University of British Columbia, Kelowna (Canada). 6. Prof. M. Czachor and Prof. J. Pykacz, Uniwersytet Gdanski, Gdansk (Poland). 7. Prof. A. Y. Khrennikov, University of Växjö and Interdisciplinary Research Center ICMM, Växjö (Sweden). 8. Prof. O. Nánásiová, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Bratislava (Slovak Republic). 9. Prof. F. Schroeck, Department of Physics, University of Denver (United States). 10. Prof. Junde Wu, Department of Mathematics, University of Zhejiang (China) Partecipations in international research institutions Sandro Sozzo participates, as member of the Center Leo Apostel (Clea), in the following international institutions and research centers: 1. CCE: Concept, Creativity and Evolution Research, University of British Colombia, Kelowna (Canada), Head: Liane Gabora. 2. QIEG: Quantum Information and Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk (Poland), Head: Marek Czachor. 3. QDTG: Quantum Decision Theory Group, University of Leicester, Leicester (United Kingdom), Head: Emmanuel Haven. 4. CTK: Philosophy of Science: Cultures and Technologies of Knowledge, Universität Wien, Wien (Austria), Head: Markus Peschl. 5. CLPS: Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science, Ghent University, Ghent (Belgium), Head: Erik Weber. 6. CHS: Centre for History of Science, Ghent University, Ghent (Belgium), Head: Maarten Van Dyck Invitations 1. He has recently been invited by the University of Oxford to give a seminar entitled A Quantum Theoretic Framework for Concept Theory and Natural Language Processing (March 14, 2014). 2. He was invited to participate in the 25th International Conference on System Research, Informatics & Cybernetics, Baden Baden (Germany), July 29 August 3, 2013, for a Keynote Address entitled The Quantum Challenge in Concept Theory and Natural Language Processing. He was conferred the award described in Sec. 3 during this event. 15

16 3. He was invited to participate in the international conference Toward a Science of Consciousness (TSC 2013), Agra (India), March 3 9, 2013, and to give a talk on Quantum Structure and the Human Brain. 4. He was a guest of the University of Zhejiang in Hangzhou in the period 9 17 October In this occasion he was invited to give a seminar entitled A Noncontextual Hilbert Space Formalism for QM. The ESR Model and Its Applications. 5. He was a guest of the Università della Calabria in Cosenza in the period February In this occasion he was invited to give a seminar entitled The ESR Model: A Noncontextual Hilbert Space Framework for Quantum Mechanics. 6. He was a guest of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and the Leo Apostel Center (Clea) in Brussels in the period December In this occasion he was invited to give a seminar entitled The ESR Model: A Proposal for a Hilbert Space Extension of QM. 7. He was a guest of the Università della Calabria in Cosenza in the period April In this occasion he was invited to give a seminar entitled Le Probabilità Quantistiche in un Contesto Oggettivo: Le Disuguaglianze BCHSH Modificate. 8. He was a guest of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and the Leo Apostel Center (Clea) in Brussels in the period December In this occasion he was invited to give a seminar entitled Reinterpreting Quantum Probabilities in an Objective Framework: The Modified BCHSH Inequalities, which is one of the Clea Foundation Lectures Projects and research networks 1. In 2013 he has presented, together with the Departments of the Universities of Cagliari and Milan (Italy), a FIRB research project on Quantum-Mechanical Methods in Pattern Recognition which has recently received a very positive evaluation by the Referees and is now under review for the final acceptance. 2. In 2013 he has been involved in the organization of the international activity Parallel Convergences, a series of interdisciplinary seminars at the University of Salento (Italy) on the relationships between industrial research and academic research. The project was meant to give a hint of possible broaden, unusual or novel perspectives (which could eventually lead to future industrial applications), in doing research and innovation, to students, post-docs, personnel from start-ups & spin-offs. 3. Since 2011 he has been involved, within the Clea activities, in the European research network QONTEXT (Quantum Contextual Information Access and Retrieval)for International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES) within the Marie Curie Actions. QONTEXT is finalized to exchange expertise and foster collaboration among research groups (UNIPD, RGU, UGLAS, VUB, TJU, QUT, UMT). 4. Since 2011 he has been involved, within the Clea activities, in the FWO (Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Vlaanderen) project for basic research, number G N.10 in Economics. 5. Since 2011 he has been involved, within the Clea activities, in the FWO (Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Vlaanderen) project for basic research, number G N.10 in Computer Science. 6.3 Organizational responsabilities 1. Sandro Sozzo is member, as Assistant Editor, of the Editorial Board of the journal Foundations of Science, Impact Factor:

17 2. He is Secretary of the International Quantum Structures Association (IQSA), one of the most important organizations involved in logic and philosophy of science. As a secretary, he is involved in the administrative and financial management of IQSA. 3. He is a member of the Executive Commitee of IQSA, and he is involved in the organizational activities of the biennial IQSA conferences. 4. He is organizing a Special Session on Quantum Cognitive and Social Science within the International Conference Biennial IQSA Meeting in Quantum Structures. Olomouc 2014, Olomouc (Czech Republic), June 23 27, 2014 (talk). 5. He has been invited to take part to the Organizing Committee in the international conference Eighth International Conference on Quantum, Nano and Micro Technologies, Lisbon (Portugal), November 16 20, He has been invited to take part to the Program Committee in the international conference empheighth International Symposium on Quantum Interaction, Filzbach (Switzerland), June 28 July 1, He has co-organized the workshop Ubiquituous Quanta within the activities of Parallel Convergences, a series of interdisciplinary seminars at the University of Salento (Italy). 8. He has been invited to take part to the Organizing Committee in the international conference Seventh International Conference on Quantum, Nano and Micro Technologies, Barcelona (Spain), August 25 30, He has been invited to take part to the Program Committee in the international conference emphseventh International Symposium on Quantum Interaction, Leicester, England (UK), July 27 29, He was a member of the Organizing Committee in the international conference Sixth International Conference on Quantum, Nano and Micro Technologies, Rome (Italy), August 19 24, He was a Coordinator of the event Colloqui di Fisica 2009, series of seminars organized by the Department of Physics of the University of Salento, Lecce, January May, He was a member of the Organizing Committe in the conference I Fondamenti della Meccanica Quantistica: Analisi Storica e Problemi Aperti, Cesena, October 4 9, Review activities On a regular basis, Sandro Sozzo has refereed papers for various A1 journals (i.e. international journals with peer review, in the prestigious Science Citation Index (with impact factor)) such as Foundations of Physics, International Journal of Theoretical Physics, Journal of Modern Optics, Europhysics Letters, Fluctuations and Noise Letters, Journal of Mathematical Psychology, Logique et Analyse, Physica A and Physica Scripta. Moreover, he is an official reviewer for the Americal Mathematical Society (AMS). 8 Teaching, lecture notes and courses 1. Academic year : Strategic Financial Management, MSc Finance (School of Management, Leicester). 2. Academic year : Derivative Pricing I, seminars, BA Management Studies (School of Management, Leicester). 17