research
Research projects, thesis supervision, and conference activity.
Research Projects
Quantum-based Randomness Processing Units (RPUs) for High-Performance Computation and Data Security (completed)
- Role: Principal Investigator (Quside Technologies S.L.)
- Funding: Horizon Europe — European Innovation Council (EIC)
- Reference: Grant Agreement ID 101145131
- Budget: €3,908,437.50 (EU contribution: €2,499,999.00)
- Period: 03/2024 – 02/2026
- Role: Principal Investigator (Quside Technologies S.L.)
- Funding: CDTI
- Reference: Expediente MIG-20241133
- Budget: €1,754,751 (CDTI contribution: €1,400,741.00)
- Period: 01/2025 – 12/2025
PhD Thesis Supervision
Completed
Optimization with spin glass models — David Cirauqui García
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) / ICFO
- Defense: September 27, 2024. Grade: Sobresaliente (Outstanding)
- Co-supervised with Prof. Maciej Lewenstein
In progress
Geometric Deep Learning in the Quantum Sciences — Timothy Heightman
- ICFO — The Institute of Photonic Sciences
- Co-supervised with Prof. Antonio Acín
Conferences and Seminars
2026
- How AI is Transforming Scientific Research — Invited introductory seminar on AI tools for academic research: literature discovery, summarization, data analysis, and academic writing, with live demos. Universidad de Deusto, Faculty of Health Sciences (in Spanish). July 3, 2026. (handout)
- QRNG for Cybersecurity and Blockchain — QSecDef certified training course. Co-authored and co-presented with David Worrall. January 21, 2026. (4–5 hours)
2025
- “Desde la cuántica hasta la nube: Generación de números aleatorios con tecnologías fotónicas de última generación” — Invited seminar, UCM (Prof. Gemma Piquero Sanz). September 2025. (slides)
2024
- “Desde la cuántica hasta la nube…“ — Invited seminar, UCM. October 2024.
- Quantum Random Number Generation — OCP Global Summit, San Jose, CA. October 2024. (video)
- Seminario Akademia — Akademia (Fundación Innovación Bankinter). April 2024.
2021
- “De la Complu a la start-up: mis tres cisnes negros” — Invited seminar, Día Internacional de la Luz, UCM. (video)
2018
- Analytical modeling of graphene plasmons — SPIE Active Photonic Platforms X, San Diego, CA.
2017
- Graphene-plasmon lenses for enhanced harmonic generation — SPIE Optics+Photonics, San Diego, CA.
2016
- Complete optical absorption of ultrashort pulses by plasmons in nanostructured graphene — SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering, San Diego, CA.
2015
- Probing Nanographene Phonons with Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy — SPP7, Jerusalem, Israel. (Poster)
- Effect of Electron-Phonon Coupling on the Plasmon Lifetimes in Nanographene — SPP7, Jerusalem, Israel. (Poster)