Pietropaolo Frisoni
Quantum Software Developer II at Xanadu
Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolPietropaolo Frisoni is a Quantum Software Developer with four years of experience at the intersection of mathematics, physics, and high-performance computing, currently contributing to PennyLane's core at Xanadu. He holds a Ph.D. in theoretical physics with a collaborative specialization in scientific computing from Western University, where he developed novel computational tools for covariant loop quantum gravity and published multiple peer-reviewed articles. At Xanadu he implemented DefaultTensor, a high-performance tensor-network quantum device for efficient circuit simulation, and has prior development experience with PennyLane and Qrisp. Fluent in both research and production code, he bridges deep theoretical insight with practical software engineering to push quantum algorithms toward real-world performance. Outside work he translates complex ideas—literally, having translated Rovelli’s Relativity into Italian—and plays guitar, reflecting a blend of analytical rigor and creative curiosity.
4 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics and Astronomy, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics and Astronomy at Western UniversityHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Liceo Scientifico A. EinsteinMaster's degree, Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, 110/110 with honours, Master's degree, Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, 110/110 with honours at Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Github Skills (63)
autodiff10
financial10
quantum-chemistry10
pytorch10
quantum-algorithms10
parallel10
python10
simulator10
mpi10
machine-learning10
cross-platform10
cirq10
photonics10
distributed-computing10
vector10
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
PietropaoloFrisoni/pennylane
Dec 2023 - Mar 2025
PennyLane is a cross-platform Python library for differentiable programming of quantum computers. Train a quantum computer the same way as a neural network.
Contributions:336 pushes, 8 branches in 1 year 3 months
PietropaoloFrisoni/Markov_Chain_Monte_Carlo_spinfoams
Nov 2021 - Jan 2025
Contributions:1 release, 26 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 2 months
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