# Alessandro Berti -- Full CV > This is the complete, machine-readable content of Alessandro Berti's academic CV. > Concise overview with API links: https://aleberti.com/llms.txt > GraphRAG API: https://aleberti.com/api/graphrag?q=your+question ## Biography Alessandro Berti is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Physics, University of Pisa, where he focuses on quantum algorithms. He also serves as a subject expert in quantum computing at the Department of Computer Science. In 2019, he launched an entrepreneurial project by starting a startup that taught him valuable skills in business dynamics. At the same time, he created a podcasting project that promotes scientific and technical knowledge and helps him connect with prominent international experts. Later, in 2020, Alessandro founded a community that fosters dialogue between university students and Big Tech. This community now counts more than 2300 members and receives support from more than 8 Italian universities. Subsequently, Alessandro decided to devote himself to academic research, winning a Ph.D. scholarship at the Department of Computer Science of the University of Pisa in the same year and completing his doctorate in 2024. His research revolves around quantum algorithms, especially those oriented toward artificial intelligence and efficient techniques for quantum state preparation. He also patented a quantum state preparation technique with the support of the University of Pisa. During a period of study abroad at Fermilab's SQMS center in the United States, Alessandro collaborated with NASA, USRA, and Fermilab on the development of a quantum reservoir computing model that learns quantum gates. Throughout his Ph.D., Alessandro also worked on teaching activities in both Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Computer Science, including laboratory lectures for the course Introduction to Quantum Computing. He actively spreads scientific knowledge through events such as Bright Night and university initiatives that promote the Department of Computer Science's research. Alessandro Berti has authored 16 scientific contributions in peer-reviewed journals and international conferences, workshops, and poster presentations. He also served as a program committee member at several international conferences. ## Education - **Ph.D. in Computer Science** -- University of Pisa (11/2020-05/2024) -- Grade: Excellent - **Master's Degree in Computer Science (LM-18)** -- University of Pisa (09/2017-06/2020) -- Grade: 110/110 cum laude - **Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science (L-31)** -- University of Pisa (09/2013-12/2017) -- Grade: 100/110 ## Professional Experience - **PhD Student** -- Department of Computer Science (11/01/2020 -- 05/07/2024) - **Technical Consultant** -- Cinello (10/13/2020 -- 10/27/2020) Alessandro Berti delivered training sessions covering fundamental concepts of Blockchain technology for Cinello's R&D team and supervised the development of an Ethereum smart contract for tokenizing digital artworks according to the ERC-721 standard. - **Subject Expert** -- Department of Computer Science (09/12/2024 -- present) - **Visiting PhD Student** -- SQMS Center - Fermilab (08/29/2022 -- 01/26/2023) Design and implementation of a quantum reservoir computing model for learning quantum gates that tolerate noise in superconducting-qubit architectures. - **Technology Transfer Collaborator** -- University of Pisa (04/24/2020 -- 09/14/2020) Alessandro Berti supported participants in the Contamination Lab Pisa programs by sharing experiences and best practices, seeking contacts, selecting speakers, and contributing to event organization for the Contamination Lab. - **Postdoctoral Researcher** -- Department of Physics (04/18/2024 -- present) Quantum algorithms in Machine Learning. ## Publications - **Effectiveness of Quantum Algorithms: From Compilation to Measurement** (Maggio 2024) [doctoral_thesis] - **A Fully Distributed IoT Layer using Blockchain \& IPFS with Case Study and Formal Analysis** (Giugno 2020) [thesis] - **Sviluppo di un plugin per visualizzazione ed analisi della blockchain di Bitcoin** (Dicembre 2017) [thesis] - **Variational Compression of Circuits for State Preparation** (2025) [workshop] - **Efficient quantum state preparation with Bucket Brigade QRAM** (2025) [poster] - **Efficient quantum state preparation with Bucket Brigade QRAM** (2025) [workshop] - **Variational Decision Trees with Structured Ansatzes** (2025) [poster] - **Efficient quantum state preparation with Bucket Brigade QRAM** (2025) [poster] - **Outlier Detection and other applications of Quantum Matrix Multiplication** (2025) [conference] - **Quantum clustering with k-Means: A hybrid approach** (2024) [journal] Topics: Quantum AI DOI: 10.1016/j.tcs.2024.114466 - **Quantum Subroutine for Efficient Matrix Multiplication** (2024) [journal] Topics: Quantum algorithms DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3446176 - **The role of encodings and distance metrics for the quantum nearest neighbor** (2024) [journal] Topics: Quantum AI DOI: 10.1007/s42484-024-00197-6 - **Quantum subroutine for variance estimation: algorithmic design and applications** (2024) [journal] Topics: Quantum AI DOI: doi.org/10.1007/s42484-024-00213-9 - **Variational Compression of Circuits for State Preparation** (2024) [conference] Topics: Variational Quantum Algorithms DOI: 10.1109/QCE60285.2024.10250 - **quWire: Quantum Simulation at Wire Speed on FPGA** (2024) [workshop] Topics: Quantum Simulator - **SQMS Quantum R\&D in Machine Learning, Optimization and Sensing beyond Fundamental Physics Applications** (2024) [poster] DOI: 10.2172/2448569 - **XOR-AND-XOR Logic Forms for Autosymmetric Functions and Applications to Quantum Computing** (2023) [journal] DOI: 10.1109/TCAD.2022.3213214 - **Quantum Based Outlier Detection** (2023) [workshop] Topics: Quantum AI - **Quantum Reservoir Computing Approach to Error-Mitigated Compilation** (2023) [workshop] Topics: Variational Quantum Algorithms - **Quantum feature selection with variance estimation** (2023) [conference] Topics: Quantum algorithms DOI: 10.14428/esann/2023.ES2023-99 - **Quantum Reservoir Computing inspired study to compile unitaries in Many-Body Systems and NISQ Devices** (2023) [poster] Topics: Variational Quantum Algorithms - **Logarithmic Quantum Forking** (2023) [conference] Topics: Quantum State Preparation DOI: 10.14428/esann/2023.ES2023-93 - **Logarithmic Quantum Forking** (2023) [poster] Topics: Quantum State Preparation - **Effect of Different Encodings and Distance Functions on Quantum Instance-Based Classifiers** (2022) [conference] Topics: Quantum AI DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-05936-0_8 - **Clustering Classical Data with Quantum k-Means** (2022) [conference] Topics: Quantum AI - **Effects of Different Encodings and Distance Functions on Quantum Instance-based Classifiers** (2021) [poster] Topics: Quantum AI - **Efficient Quantum State Preparation with Bucket Brigade QRAM** [unpublished_journal] ## Research Projects - **GNCS Research Project** (2025 -- 2026) -- coordinator This project focuses on novel quantum subroutines for computing matrix functions and activation functions in quantum machine learning. It combines quantum linear algebra techniques and novel algorithms to boost computational efficiency and mitigate barren plateaus in variational models. It aims to implement these methods in Pennylane and Qiskit, expanding learning capabilities in quantum models. - **HPC, Big Data and Quantum Computing (PNRR CN 1)** (2024 -- ongoing) -- participant Coordinated by Massimo D'Elia, this project promotes research and innovation at the national and international levels, using advanced High Performance Computing (HPC) and Big Data infrastructures, and including quantum computing for further development in different areas. - **GNCS Research Project** (2024 -- 2025) -- participant Coordinated by Paola Boito, this project aims to design efficient methods to synthesize quantum circuits into unitaries that produce more compact representations for today's quantum hardware. - **GNCS Research Project** (2023 -- 2024) -- participant Coordinated by Gianna Maria Del Corso, the project focuses on graph-related quantum algorithms and state-preparation techniques. - **SoBigData++** (2020 -- 2024) -- participant SoBigData++ builds a Data Infrastructure to facilitate big data research, scientific collaboration, and skill sharing. - **PRA-Quantum Computing** (2020 -- 2022) -- participant Coordinated by Massimo D'Elia, the project studies quantum computing problems with potential quantum advantage, from fundamental interactions to AI, plus Quantum Technologies development, including specialized hardware, quantum information coherence, security protocols, and advanced programming. ## Awards & Grants - **Call for optimization protocols in open quantum systems** (2024) Alessandro Berti won the grant for a research fellowship in "Development of optimization protocols in open quantum systems" at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence. He declined it. - **Rigetti Quantum Cloud Services Credits** (2024) Alessandro Berti received \$36,000 to run circuits on Rigetti's quantum hardware, namely Ankaa-2 and Ankaa-9Q-3. - **Call for "Quantum Algorithms in the field of Machine Learning"** (2024) Alessandro Berti won the research fellowship for "Quantum Algorithms in the field of Machine Learning" at the Department of Physics. - **Qiskit Fall Fest 2024** (2024) Alongside Giuseppe Bisicchia and Gabriele Tedeschi, Alessandro Berti was chosen by IBM Quantum to organize a quantum computing outreach event at the University of Pisa, sponsored by IBM. - **ISCRA C Call** (2023) He won access to G100 and LEONARDO machines at Cineca. - **Teaching H@ckathon** (2023) Together with Francesco Landolfi, Riccardo Massidda, and Alessandro Poggiali, Alessandro Berti won first place in the hackathon organized by the EU2020 TEACHING project by developing Robust Vision AI (RVA), a solution for obstacle detection in low-power devices. - **Call for scientific initiatives organized by PhD students** (2022) Alessandro Berti, together with other PhD students, won a €4,000 grant from the University of Pisa to organize an event that fosters research development, scientific discussions, and knowledge sharing. The event was named Picture a Scientist. - **Call for scientific initiatives organized by PhD students** (2021) Alessandro Berti, with other PhD students, received a €4,000 contribution from the University of Pisa to organize an event supporting research development, scientific dialogue, and exchange among scholars. They named the event PhDCast. - **Start Up Success!** (2020) Alessandro Berti won the StartUpSuccess! contest led by Federmanager Toscana, intended to strengthen industry competitiveness and social well-being in Tuscany. He and his team presented the Tocket startup project. - **StartCup Toscana** (2019) He reached fifth place in a competition rewarding top hi-tech entrepreneurial ideas from research. He and his team presented Tocket. - **CyB+ Create Your Business** (2019) Alessandro Berti won a business ideas contest with BlockLock. BlockLock is a middleware that securely manages access in IoT. It reduces the attack surface by shifting operations into a trustless, decentralized environment (Ethereum blockchain). - **New Talents for Europe** (2012) He took second place in a contest launched by RAI in collaboration with the European Parliament, the European Commission, and the Department for European Policies, together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to promote awareness of citizenship rights and European identity. - **Eighth Week of Cultural and Environmental Heritage** (2012) He won the competition launched by Fondazione Livorno per la cultura ed il territorio intended to strengthen ties between schools and culture. Specifically, it addressed restoring unused architectural projects in Livorno. - **Diverse Signs for My Environment** (2011) He won a competition run by the City of Piombino (LI) that encouraged citizens to care about environmental matters. - **Call for Mobility Grants for PhD students** (09/2022) He won a mobility grant for research abroad, used during his stay at the SQMS Center, Fermilab, in the United States. - **Financial Support for Patent Filing** (09/2022) The Patent Technical Commission of the University of Pisa approved funding for writing and filing the Italian patent Quantum circuit for forking of a quantum state, based on Alessandro's research activities. - **PhD Scholarship** (09/2020) PhD scholarship to attend the PhD program in Computer Science at the University of Pisa (2020/2024). ## Patents - **Quantum circuit for forking of a quantum state** ## Certifications - **IBM Blockchain Foundation Developer** (12/28/2019) - **Data Science for Business** (12/28/2019) - **Qiskit Fall Fest Mentor** (12/01/2024) - **Qiskit Advocate Certification** (10/05/2023) - **IBM Certified Associate Developer - Quantum Computation using Qiskit v0.2X** (07/26/2023) ## Software - **Variational Learning of Compressed Quantum Data** Python code that evaluates the performance of the variational circuit for state-preparation compression, as presented in . - **Quantum Variance** Python code implementing the quantum variance algorithm for computing the variance of a dataset . - **QkNN package** PyPI package providing a quantum KNN algorithm based on amplitude encoding. - **Green QC** Python code that analyzes Grover's algorithm and the Quantum Fourier Transform performance on different quantum architectures. - **Logarithmic Quantum Forking** Python code implementing the quantum forking technique described in . - **Quantum Instance-based Classifiers** Python code for two quantum KNN variants introduced in . - **VisualBlock** Java software for extracting and exporting interesting subgraphs for analysis . - **VisualBiGraph** A Gephi plugin written in Java that uses the Webgraph library to visually explore interesting subgraphs in large graphs . ## Talks & Presentations - **QTML 2023** (11/23/2023) [Presentation] - **Quantum Reservoir Computing for Gate Synthesis** (10/11/2022) [Presentation] - **ESANN 2023** (10/05/2023) [Presentation] - **Quantum Computing - Research Directions** (06/24/2022) [Presentation] - **Q-CASA 2025** (06/03/2025) [Presentation] - **QIP 2023** (05/19/2022) [Presentation] - **PAKDD 2022** (05/19/2022) [Presentation] - **QTML 2021** (05/19/2022) [Presentation] - **Introduction to Quantum Machine Learning: Quantum KNN** (04/29/2022) [Presentation] - **Let's Entangle** (03/09/2023) [Presentation] - **Programming Quantum Computers with Qiskit** (03/08/2024) [Presentation] ## Professional Memberships - **QTEdu - Quantum Technology Education** (2023 -- present) - **Gruppo Nazionale Calcolo Scientifico (GNCS)** (2022 -- present) ## Review Activities - **undefined** -- Future Generation Computer Systems - **undefined** -- IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering - **undefined** -- IEEE Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering - **undefined** -- Journal of Quantum Machine Intelligence - **undefined** -- Annual Symposium on Combinatorial Pattern Matching - **undefined** -- Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining - **undefined** -- Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining - **undefined** -- Conference on Information and Knowledge Management - **Building Quantum Software with Python** ## Training & Professional Development - **Global Quantum Programming Workshop** -- QWorld (11/23/2020 -- 11/28/2020) - **IBM Quantum Developer Conference** -- IBM Watson Research Center (11/13/2024 -- 11/15/2024) - **DeepTech School** -- PHYD Hub (09/27/2021 -- 09/29/2021) - **European Summer School on Quantum AI** -- Lignano Sabbiadoro (09/02/2024 -- 09/06/2024) - **Summer School on Quantum Simulation** -- Galileo Galilei Institute (07/24/2022 -- 07/30/2022) - **xBlue** -- TVLP Institute Silicon Valley (07/22/2019 -- 07/27/2019) - **Lipari Summer School on Computational Complex and Social Systems** -- Lipari (07/16/2023 -- 07/22/2023) - **Qiskit Global Summer School on Quantum Machine Learning** -- IBM Quantum (07/12/2021 -- 07/23/2021) - **CyB+** -- Contamination Lab (03/26/2019 -- 06/21/2019) - **Soft Skills for Tomorrow's Enterprises** -- Contamination Lab (03/06/2019 -- 03/20/2019) - **PhD+** -- Contamination Lab (01/29/2019 -- 02/28/2019) - **English for Research Publication and Presentation Purposes** -- University of Pisa (01/15/2021 -- 03/15/2021) ## Other Experiences - **undefined** -- Superhero Valley (11/01/2020 -- present) Superhero Valley is an Italian community that connects university students in fields akin to Computer Science with major tech companies. The community offers a path that includes talks with employees of big tech companies, interview practice groups, and a mentorship program in which selected students receive guidance from high-impact mentors. Superhero Valley currently has more than 2300 university members across Italy. - **undefined** -- IBM Quantum (10/01/2023 -- present) IBM Quantum recognizes Alessandro Berti as a Qiskit Advocate. Qiskit Advocates show advanced knowledge in quantum algorithms and circuits and contribute to the Qiskit Global Community. - **undefined** -- Tocket (09/01/2019 -- 09/01/2020) Tocket is a startup that aims to eliminate ticket scalping in live events. - **undefined** -- PointerPodcast (05/12/2019 -- present) PointerPodcast is a weekly podcast that discusses topics in technology and research. It has produced more than 230 episodes so far. --- Generated from the Neo4j knowledge graph at https://aleberti.com