Cristian Florez
Doctoral Researcher at Aalto University
Helsinki, Finland
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Top SchoolCristian Florez is a doctoral researcher at Aalto University with nine years of software and research experience focused on bringing quantum machine learning to NISQ devices. His work spans state preparation, data embedding, quantum kernel methods and quantum circuit design, blending physics training with practical software development. Educated in physics and quantum computing (Universidad Nacional de Colombia) and currently pursuing a PhD at Aalto, he pairs theoretical insight with hands-on implementation on real quantum hardware. Previously he supported developer communities at IBM and built production software at startups, giving him a rare combination of research depth and developer-focused product experience. Notably, he applies software engineering discipline to prototype scalable quantum algorithms, aiming to make QML methods experimentally viable on near-term devices.
9 years of coding experience
Master of Science - MS, Quantum Computing, Master of Science - MS, Quantum Computing at Universidad Nacional de ColombiaDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at Aalto UniversityGithub contributions (5)
cagalvisf/Qubit_state_estimation
Mar 2022 - Apr 2023
Contributions:16 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year 1 month
cagalvisf/cagalvisf
Oct 2021 - Feb 2023
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
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