Professor

Francesco Petruccione

AAS, ASSAf
Born1961
Genoa, Italy
Citizenship Italy
 South Africa
Occupations
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Freiburg
Academic work
Institutions
Main interests

Francesco Petruccione AAS,ASSAf is a physicist and academic leader currently serving as a professor of Physics at Stellenbosch University and the interim 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.[4][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.[5][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.[1]

In addition to his role as interim director of the National Institute for Theoretical and Computational Science, Petruccione also holds 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][3][2] Petruccione still has ties to the University of KwaZulu-Natal by collaborating with the Quantum Research Group based there.

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.

Petruccione is highly regarded in his field, with an H-index of 49 and a reputation for his groundbreaking work in physics and quantum computing.

Selected publications

  • Francesco Petruccione and Heinz-Peter Breuer: The Theory of Open Quantum Systems.[10]
  • Maria Schuld and Francesco Petruccione: Machine Learning with Quantum Computers. [11]
  • Maria Schuld and Francesco Petruccione: Supervised Learning with Quantum Computers[12]
  • Heinz-Peter Breuer & Francesco Petruccione: How to build master equations for complex systems[13]
  • Shivani Mahashakti Pillay, Ilya Sinayskiy, Edgar Jembere & Francesco Petruccione: Implementing Quantum-Kernel-Based Classifiers in the NISQ Era[14]
  • Carsten Blank & Francesco Petruccione Quantum Applications - Fachbeitrag: Vielversprechend: Monte-Carlo-ähnliche Methoden auf dem Quantencomputer[15]
  • Lavanya Singh, Ugochukwu J. Anyaneji, Wilfred Ndifon, Neil Turok, Stacey A. Mattison, Richard Lessells, Ilya Sinayskiy, Emmanuel J. San, Houriiyah Tegally, Shaun Barnett, Trevor Lorimer, Francesco Petruccione & Tulio de Oliveira: Implementation of an efficient SARS-CoV-2 specimen pooling strategy for high throughput diagnostic testing.[16]
  • Camille L. Latune, Ilya Sinayskiy & Francesco Petruccione: Roles of quantum coherences in thermal machines.[17]
  • M. Schuld, M. Fingerhuth, Francesco Petruccione: Implementing a distance-based classifier with a quantum interference circuit.[18]

References

  1. 1 2 Mathe, Mthokozisi S'thembiso (2021-06-24). "Francesco Petruccione -". School of Chemistry & Physics. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  2. 1 2 "News - Top quantum scientist joins SU's School for..." www.sun.ac.za. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  3. 1 2 "Francesco Petruccione | The AAS". www.aasciences.africa. Archived from the original on 2022-12-29. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  4. 1 2 "Prof. F. Petruccione — Centre for Quantum Technology". Quantum Research Group UKZN. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  5. 1 2 "Petruccione". African Scientists Directory. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  6. ↑ "Francesco Petruccione - GESDA Science Breakthrough Radar". radar.gesda.global. Archived from the original on 2022-05-16. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  7. ↑ "Prof Francesco Petruccione". World Science Forum. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  8. ↑ Aimee (2022-06-03). "Top quantum scientist joins Stellenbosch University". NITheCS. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  9. ↑ "Staff". NITheCS. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  10. ↑ Petruccione, Francesco; Breuer, Heinz-Peter (2007). The Theory of Open Quantum Systems. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199213900.
  11. ↑ Schuld, Maria; Petruccione, Francesco (2021). Machine Learning with Quantum Computers. Quantum Science and Technology. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-83098-4. ISBN 978-3-030-83097-7. S2CID 244619150.
  12. ↑ Schuld, Maria; Petruccione, Francesco (2018). Supervised Learning with Quantum Computers. Quantum Science and Technology. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-96424-9. ISBN 978-3-319-96423-2.
  13. ↑ Breuer, Heinz-Peter; Petruccione, Francesco (1995-12-01). "How to build master equations for complex systems". Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics. 7 (4): 439–473. Bibcode:1995CMT.....7..439B. doi:10.1007/BF01175667. ISSN 1432-0959. S2CID 120057820.
  14. ↑ Pillay, Shivani Mahashakti; Sinayskiy, Ilya; Jembere, Edgar; Petruccione, Francesco (2022). "Implementing Quantum-Kernel-Based Classifiers in the NISQ Era". In Jembere, Edgar; Gerber, Aurona J.; Viriri, Serestina; Pillay, Anban (eds.). Artificial Intelligence Research. Communications in Computer and Information Science. Vol. 1551. Cham: Springer International Publishing. pp. 257–273. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-95070-5_17. ISBN 978-3-030-95070-5. S2CID 246426712.
  15. ↑ Blank, Carsten; Petruccione, Francesco (2021-10-01). "1. Quantum Applications - Fachbeitrag: Vielversprechend: Monte-Carlo-ähnliche Methoden auf dem Quantencomputer". Digitale Welt (in German). 5 (4): 40–45. doi:10.1007/s42354-021-0403-z. ISSN 2569-1996. S2CID 240520631.
  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. 11 (1): 17793. Bibcode:2021NatSR..1117793S. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-96934-z. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 8423848. PMID 34493744.
  17. ↑ Latune, Camille L.; Sinayskiy, Ilya; Petruccione, Francesco (2021-06-01). "Roles of quantum coherences in thermal machines". The European Physical Journal Special Topics. 230 (4): 841–850. arXiv:2006.01166. Bibcode:2021EPJST.230..841L. doi:10.1140/epjs/s11734-021-00085-1. ISSN 1951-6401. S2CID 219179852.
  18. ↑ Schuld, M.; Fingerhuth, M.; Petruccione, Francesco (2017). "Implementing a distance-based classifier with a quantum interference circuit". Europhysics Letters. 119 (6): 60002. arXiv:1703.10793. Bibcode:2017EL....11960002S. doi:10.1209/0295-5075/119/60002. S2CID 119221836.
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