Alessandro Candido

Journey

From Pisa to Milan, Geneva and Abu Dhabi: physics first, software all along.

Positions

  1. Senior Quantum Software Engineer

    Technology Innovation Institute, Quantum Research Centre · Abu Dhabi · with Qibo

    Software for the control, calibration and operation of superconducting quantum processors, within the Qibo collaboration.

  2. Research Fellow

    CERN, Theoretical Physics Department · Geneva · with Qibo

    Core developer of the Qibo framework in the scope of the CERN Quantum Technology Initiative: hardware abstraction, calibration, RFSoC control and the first open-source quantum operating system papers.

  3. Postdoctoral researcher (assegnista di ricerca)

    INFN, Milan section · Milan · with NNPDF

    Theory predictions for parton distribution functions: approximate N3LO evolution, missing higher-order uncertainties, QED corrections.

Education

  1. PhD, Physics

    Università degli Studi di Milano · Milan

    Thesis: Theory predictions for PDF fitting · advisor Stefano Forte

    Part of the N3PDF team, funded by the European Research Council (Advanced Grant 740006). Member of the NNPDF collaboration.

  2. Diploma di Licenza, Physics

    Scuola Normale Superiore · Pisa 100/100 cum laude

    The title awarded by the Scuola Normale to students completing its full course, in parallel with the university degrees.

  3. MSc, Theoretical Physics

    University of Pisa · Pisa 110/110 cum laude

    Thesis: Simplicial quantum gravity with dynamical gauge fields · advisor Massimo D'Elia

  4. BSc, Physics

    University of Pisa · Pisa 110/110 cum laude

Theses

PhD thesis

Theory predictions for PDF fitting

advisor Stefano Forte

Improving the theory predictions used to fit parton distributions in several directions: N3LO evolution and deep-inelastic scattering, missing higher-order uncertainties from scale variations, QED evolution. The work also meant a leap in performance and code structure, all released as open source, and it enabled side results: evidence for intrinsic charm in the proton, neural-network interpolation of low-energy neutrino structure functions, the forward-backward asymmetry in Drell-Yan as a probe of new physics.

MSc thesis

Simplicial quantum gravity with dynamical gauge fields

advisor Massimo D'Elia

An algorithm for the numerical simulation of the quantum dynamics of gravity coupled to gauge fields, in the framework of Causal Dynamical Triangulations, implemented in two space-time dimensions and checked against analytical results.

Teaching

  1. OFA Mathematics 2

    Tutor · University of Milan

    Remote tutoring for first-year STEM students recovering a mathematics debt.

  2. Precorso matricole

    Lecturer · Department of Physics, University of Milan

    One-week introductory course on analysis and linear algebra for first-year physics students, with lecture notes and a dedicated website.

  3. Fisica Quantistica, second half

    Teaching assistant · Department of Physics, University of Milan

    Exercise sessions and community for the quantum mechanics class of third-year students, with Stefano Forte and Alessandro Vicini.

  4. Fisica Quantistica, first half

    Teaching assistant · Department of Physics, University of Milan

    Among the first remote courses of the pandemic: lectures over Zoom and a Google Groups community.

Skills

Languages

PythonRustTypeScriptGoShellFortranCC++

Scientific

NumPySciPyNumbaJAXTensorFlowxarrayPandas

Quantum

QiboPulse-level controlRFSoC / QICKCalibrationSimulation

Web & tooling

SvelteSvelteKitVueTauriNixGitGitHub Actions

Documents

LaTeXMarkdownreStructuredTextSlidevreveal.js

Languages

  • Italian · native
  • English · fluent, C1 (IELTS, 2019)
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