Francesco Petruccione Explained

Honorific Prefix:Prof, Sir, Dr
Francesco Petruccione
Birth Date:1961
Birth Place:Genoa, Italy
Alma Mater:University of Freiburg
Discipline:Physicist
Website:https://quantum.sun.ac.za/
Notable Students:Adriana Marais, Maria Schuld,
Nationality: Italy

Francesco Petruccione AAS,ASSAf, NITheCS is a physicist and academic leader currently living in South Africa and serving as a professor of Physics at Stellenbosch University and the director of the National Institute for Theoretical and Computational Sciences (NITheCS).[1] [2] With a wealth of experience in his field, he previously held the position of professor and Pro Vice-Chancellor of Big Data and Informatics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN). Petruccione is also a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa and a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa.[3] [4]

Early life and education

Francesco Petruccione was born in Genoa, Italy, in 1961.[5] He pursued his undergraduate studies in physics at the University of Freiburg, Germany, where he earned his first degree in the field. Petruccione continued his academic journey at the same institution, earning his doctorate in 1988 and his Habilitation degree (Dr. rer. nat. habil.) in 1994.[6]

Career

In 2004, he became a professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal[7] and was awarded an Innovation Fund grant the following year to establish a Centre for Quantum Technology. Petruccione went on to hold the position of South African Research Chair for Quantum Information Processing and Communication Technology in 2007.

In addition to his role as interim director of the National Institute for Theoretical and Computational Science (NITheCS), Petruccione also held an adjunct professor position at the Korean Advanced Institute for Science and Technology. In 2018, he was appointed Pro Vice-Chancellor of Big Data and Informatics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) before moving to Stellenbosch University in 2022 as a professor of Physics and Quantum Computing as part of the Physics Department and the School of Data Science and Computational Thinking.[8] [9] In 2023 Petruccione was honored with the title of Cavaliere della Stella d'Italia, Order of the Star of Italy, at a function at the Italian Embassy in Cape Town, South Africa. As of May 2024 he has officially been appointed as director of NITheCS.

Petruccione is highly regarded in his field, with a reputation for his groundbreaking work in physics and quantum computing.

Selected publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mathe . Mthokozisi S'thembiso . 2021-06-24 . Francesco Petruccione - . 2022-12-29 . School of Chemistry & Physics . en-ZA.
  2. Web site: News - Top quantum scientist joins SU's School for... . 2022-12-29 . www.sun.ac.za.
  3. Web site: Francesco Petruccione The AAS . 2022-12-29 . www.aasciences.africa . 2022-12-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221229001550/https://www.aasciences.africa/fellow/francesco-petruccione . dead .
  4. Web site: Prof. F. Petruccione — Centre for Quantum Technology . 2022-12-29 . Quantum Research Group UKZN . en-US.
  5. Web site: Petruccione . 2022-12-29 . African Scientists Directory . en-US.
  6. Web site: Francesco Petruccione - GESDA Science Breakthrough Radar . 2022-12-29 . radar.gesda.global . en . 2022-05-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220516054659/https://radar.gesda.global/ . dead .
  7. Web site: Prof Francesco Petruccione . 2022-12-29 . World Science Forum.
  8. Web site: Aimee . 2022-06-03 . Top quantum scientist joins Stellenbosch University . 2022-12-29 . NITheCS . en-ZA.
  9. Web site: Staff . 2022-12-29 . NITheCS . en-ZA.
  10. Book: Petruccione . Francesco . The Theory of Open Quantum Systems . Breuer . Heinz-Peter . . 2007 . 978-0199213900 . United Kingdom . en.
  11. Book: Machine Learning with Quantum Computers . Quantum Science and Technology . 2021 . en . 10.1007/978-3-030-83098-4. 978-3-030-83097-7 . 244619150 . Schuld . Maria . Petruccione . Francesco .
  12. Book: Supervised Learning with Quantum Computers . Quantum Science and Technology . 2018 . en . 10.1007/978-3-319-96424-9. 978-3-319-96423-2 . Schuld . Maria . Petruccione . Francesco .
  13. Breuer . Heinz-Peter . Petruccione . Francesco . 1995-12-01 . How to build master equations for complex systems . Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics . en . 7 . 4 . 439–473 . 10.1007/BF01175667 . 1995CMT.....7..439B . 120057820 . 1432-0959.
  14. Book: Pillay . Shivani Mahashakti . Sinayskiy . Ilya . Jembere . Edgar . Petruccione . Francesco . Artificial Intelligence Research . Implementing Quantum-Kernel-Based Classifiers in the NISQ Era . 2022 . Jembere . Edgar . Gerber . Aurona J. . Viriri . Serestina . Pillay . Anban . https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-95070-5_17 . Communications in Computer and Information Science . 1551 . en . Cham . Springer International Publishing . 257–273 . 10.1007/978-3-030-95070-5_17 . 978-3-030-95070-5. 246426712 .
  15. Blank . Carsten . Petruccione . Francesco . 2021-10-01 . 1. Quantum Applications - Fachbeitrag: Vielversprechend: Monte-Carlo-ähnliche Methoden auf dem Quantencomputer . Digitale Welt . de . 5 . 4 . 40–45 . 10.1007/s42354-021-0403-z . 240520631 . 2569-1996.
  16. Singh . Lavanya . Anyaneji . Ugochukwu J. . Ndifon . Wilfred . Turok . Neil . Mattison . Stacey A. . Lessells . Richard . Sinayskiy . Ilya . San . Emmanuel J. . Tegally . Houriiyah . Barnett . Shaun . Lorimer . Trevor . Petruccione . Francesco . de Oliveira . Tulio . 2021-09-07 . Implementation of an efficient SARS-CoV-2 specimen pooling strategy for high throughput diagnostic testing . Scientific Reports . en . 11 . 1 . 17793 . 10.1038/s41598-021-96934-z . 2045-2322 . 8423848 . 34493744. 2021NatSR..1117793S .
  17. Latune . Camille L. . Sinayskiy . Ilya . Petruccione . Francesco . 2021-06-01 . Roles of quantum coherences in thermal machines . The European Physical Journal Special Topics . en . 230 . 4 . 841–850 . 10.1140/epjs/s11734-021-00085-1 . 2006.01166 . 2021EPJST.230..841L . 219179852 . 1951-6401.
  18. Schuld . M. . Fingerhuth . M. . Petruccione . Francesco . 2017 . Implementing a distance-based classifier with a quantum interference circuit . Europhysics Letters . 119 . 6 . 60002 . 10.1209/0295-5075/119/60002 . 1703.10793 . 2017EL....11960002S . 119221836 . en.

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