Dr. David Ferrari received the BSc degree in Computer Engineering from the Polytechnic of Milan, Italy, in 2016 and the MSc degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Parma, Italy, in 2019. He then received the Ph.D. degree in Information Technologies from the University of Parma, Parma, Italy, in 2023. During his doctoral studies, he worked on quantum compiling, quantum optimization, and distributed quantum computing. He was a Research Scholar with Future Technology Lab, University of Parma, working on the design of efficient algorithms for quantum compiling. He is currently a Research Fellow with the Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Parma. He is involved in the Quantum Information Science research initiative with the University of Parma, where he is a member of the Quantum Software Laboratory. His research interests include quantum optimization applications and efficient quantum compiling for local and distributed quantum computing. Within the European Quantum Flagship project Quantum Internet Alliance, he works on compilation for distributed quantum computing and the study of use cases for the Quantum Internet. Dr. Ferrari was the recipient of the IBM Quantum Awards Circuit Optimization Developer Challenge in 2020.
