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Frédéric BARBARESCO
Thales
Thales "Quantum Algorithms & Computing" Segment Leader of Key Technology Domain PCC
Description
Frédéric Barbaresco is “quantum algorithms and computing” segment leader for the THALES Corporate technical department within the KTD PCC (Key Technology Domain “Processing, Control & Cognition”). He is in charge of coordinating the THALES R&T activity on Quantum Algorithms between the THALES Business Lines and the TRTs (Thales Research & Technology), and is also responsible for developing partnerships with Deeptech Start-ups and academic laboratories on this theme. In this context, he is in charge of the maturation of more than 20 THALES use cases linked to structuring market segments. For THALES, he leads the BACQ (Application-oriented Benchmarks for Quantum Computing) project of the LNE national MetriQs program with partners CEA, Eviden, CNRS and TERATEC. He is member of the European QC Benchmarking coordination Committee. In May 2023, he organized a TERATEC TQCI seminar at THALES TRT with LNE, which was the 1st international workshop on “Benchmarking of quantum computers”, bringing together more than 200 experts from Europe (Tu Delft, TNO, Fraunhofer, etc... ), the USA (IBM, MetriQ, etc.), Japan and Singapore. He has organized 2nd TQCI seminar on this topic in Reims in June 2024. He organized with QuantX in 2023 the largest International Corporate Quantum Hackathon, involving more than 80 people in 5 countries (FR, GE, UK, CAN, SG) on 10 THALES use cases with 9 quantum computer suppliers or emulators. He was coordinator of GIFAS subgroup on “Quantum computing” with a report delivered in March 2024. He is a member of the IEEE “Quantum Computing Benchmarking” standardization working group. He represented THALES on the France pavilion at the 1st Quantum World Congress in Washington. He is General Chair of SEE conference QUEST-IS (Quantum Engineering for Science and Technology – Industry & Services) that will take place in 2025 in Paris.
He received the 2014 Aymée Poirson Prize from the French Academy of Sciences for the application of science to industry. Ampère Medal, Emeritus Member of the SEE, and President of the SEE ISIC “Information and Communication Systems Engineering” club. He graduated from Centrale-Supelec in 1991.
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