Elías Fernández-Combarro Álvarez

Associate Professor at the University of Oviedo and member of the QHPC group. His research spans computability, machine learning, fuzzy measures, computational algebra, and applications of quantum computing.

Elías F. Combarro holds degrees in Mathematics (1997, National End-of-Degree Award for the second-best record) and in Technical Engineering in Computer Science (2002, National End-of-Degree Award for the best record) from the University of Oviedo. After several research stays at Novosibirsk State University (Russia), he earned a PhD in Mathematics (Oviedo, 2001) with a thesis supervised by Andrey Morozov and Consuelo Martínez. Since 2009 he has been an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oviedo. He has published 50+ papers on computability theory, machine learning, fuzzy measures, and computational algebra. His current research focuses on applications of quantum computing to algebraic, optimization, and AI problems.

From July 2020 to January 2021 he worked at CERN openlab as an associate collaborator. He currently represents Spain on the advisory board of the CERN Quantum Technology Initiative and serves on the advisory board of SheQuantum.

Links
• QHPC
• Department of Computer Science (University of Oviedo)
• CERN Quantum Technology Initiative
• SheQuantum
• Google Scholar
• LinkedIn
• Facebook

Awards
• Regional Mathematics Olympiad winner (Asturias), 1993.
• End-of-degree award, BSc in Mathematics, 1997.
• National end-of-degree award (second-best record), BSc in Mathematics, 1998.
• End-of-degree award, Technical Engineering in Computer Science, 2002.
• National end-of-degree award (best record), Technical Engineering in Computer Science, 2003.

Selected publications (quantum computing)
• A report on teaching a series of online lectures on quantum computing from CERN. (Journal of Supercomputing, 2021).
• Higgs analysis with quantum classifiers. (arXiv:2104.07692, 2021).
• Dual-Parameterized Quantum Circuit GAN Model in High Energy Physics. (arXiv:2103.15470, 2021).
• Quantum Generative Adversarial Networks in a Continuous-Variable Architecture to Simulate High Energy Physics Detectors. (arXiv:2101.11132, 2021).
• Quantum abstract detecting systems. (Quantum Information Processing, 2020).

Selected publications (other topics)
• Minimals Plus: An improved algorithm for the random generation of linear extensions of partially ordered sets. (Information Sciences, 2019).
• Adjacency on the order polytope with applications to the theory of fuzzy measures. (Fuzzy Sets and Systems, 2010).
• Classification of semifields of order 64. (Journal of Algebra, 2009).
• Introducing a family of linear measures for feature selection in text categorization. (IEEE TKDE, 2005).
• Automorphism Groups of Computably Enumerable Predicates. (Algebra and Logic, 2002).

Teaching
• Automata and discrete mathematics (BSc in Software Engineering, EII Oviedo).
• Machine Learning module in “Knowledge-based methods applied to business” (MSc in Computer Engineering, EPIG Gijón).
• Quantum computing module in “High-performance computing” (MSc in Computer Engineering, EPIG Gijón).

Videos & interviews
• A practical introduction to quantum computing: from qubits to quantum machine learning and beyond (CERN). YouTube: L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, L7.
• CERN CDS: L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, L7.
• Radio interview – Asturias Hoy (RTPA).
• Radio interview – Joven In (Cadena Ser).
• Radio interview – Noche Tras Noche (RTPA).
• Interview on the Cerntrípetas channel.
• Quantum computing: myths and realities (BBC).

Contact
• Primary email: combarro@gmail.com
• Alternate emails: efernandezca@uniovi.es, elias.fernandez-combarro.alvarez@cern.ch
• Phone: +34 985103177
• Postal address: Office 4.1, Faculty of Geology, C/ Jesús Arias de Velasco 1, 33005 Oviedo, Spain.