Alba Cervera Lierta

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Alba Cervera Lierta is a researcher at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center. She holds a PhD in Quantum Computing and Information from the University of Barcelona and an MSc in Particle Physics. After obtaining her doctoral degree, she went to the University of Toronto as a postdoc researcher in the Alán Aspuru-Guizik group. Her fields of study revolve around quantum computing and its short-term applications, and the synergies between quantum physics and artificial intelligence. Since October 2021, she has coordinated the Quantum Spain project, an initiative to support the quantum computing ecosystem and whose goal is to operate a quantum computer at the BSC-CNS.