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Talks & Outreach

You can find the list of my academic and public talks and outreach activities here.

Public Talks

In July 2025, I gave a public lecture for high-school students at the Young Quantum Researcher Summer School, Quantum Fringe, Edinburgh, UK.
"From Quantum Computing to Quantum Mechanics"
I gave a public talk to Design Informatics department at University of Edinburgh.
"From Quantum Computing to Quantum Mechanics: A journey backwards in time" You can find the video here.

Media & Outreach

I appeared as a guest in S2E11 of the insideQuantum podcast. You can listen to my episode on the website or on YouTube.
I was part of the Informatics's volunteer team at Edinburgh Science Festival 2022.
Our activitiy was called "Quantum Spies" designed for children aged 8-12 and took place at the National Museum of Scotland. You can find more information about this event here.

Invited and Conference Talks

February 2026
Invited talk at QML Nordita Workshop: Quantum Machine Learning from Fundamentals to Applications, Nordita, Stockholm, Sweden
"Models of Learning for Quantum Processes: with noise and limitations"
December 2025
Invited talk at Quantum Cambridge-Oxford-Warwick Colloquium (QCOW), Oxford, UK
"Pauli spectrum analysis toolkit for quantum learning and quantum pseudorandomness"
November 2025
Invited talk at Quantum Techniques in Machine Learning (QTML 25) conference, Singapore
"Models of Learning for Quantum Processes: with noise, limitations and adversaries" Talk on YouTube
October 2025
Invited talk at Quantinuum Cambridge Seminars, Cambridge, UK
"Agnostic Process Tomography"
October 2025
Invited talk at 1st AIMS Workshop on The Theory of Quantum Learning Algorithms, Cape Town, South Africa
"Agnostic Process Tomography"
October 2025
Talk at University of Tokyo Quantum Information Seminar, Tokyo, Japan
"Agnostic Process Tomography"
October 2025
Talk at University of Kyoto Seminar, Kyoto, Japan
"Learning Theory meets Quantum Cryptography"
September 2025
Invited lecture at Okinawa School in Physics: From quantum key distribution to the quantum internet (OSP2025)
"Quantum Cryptography (4 lectures)"
September 2025
Invited talk at Quantum Networks and Complexity Workshop, Rome, Italy
"Hybrid Authentication Protocols for Advanced Quantum Networks"
July 2025
Invited lecture at CEMRACS Quantum Summer School, CIRM (Centre International de Rencontres Mathématiques), Marseille
"Quantum Cryptography (Part I&II)"
July 2025
Public lecture for high-school students at Young Quantum Researcher Summer School, Quantum Fringe, Edinburgh, UK
"From Quantum Computing to Quantum Mechanics"
June 2025
Invited lecture at Quantum Machine Learning and Hamiltonian Simulation LMS/ICMS summer school, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK (part of Quantum Fringe)
"Introduction to (Quantum) Learning Theory"
June 2025
Invited talk at Quantum Cyber Security: From Quantum Networks to Quantum Computers, Quantum Fringe, Edinburgh, UK
"Quantum Crypto Meets Machine Learning"
May 2025
Invited talk at Computer Science Seminars, Liverpool
"Quantum Crypto Meets Machine Learning"
December 2024
Invited talk at Quantum technologies for cryptography workshop, IHP trimester on Post-quantum algebraic cryptography, Institut Henri Poincaré, Paris
"Agnostic Process Tomography"
November 2024
Seminar at IHP trimester on Post-quantum algebraic cryptography, Institut Henri Poincaré, Paris
"Exploring the Space Between Quantum Learning Theory and Cryptography"
September 2024
Invited talk at FQC 2024 (Foundations of Quantum Computing) conference, Royal Halloway University of London, UK
"Peeking at the Theoretical Foundation of (Quantum) Machine Learning"
July 2024
Invited talk at White Rose Quantum Information Science and Technologies Workshop 2024, Universities of York, UK
"Quantum Crypto Meets Machine Learning"
April 2024
Invited talk at Foundations of Quantum Computational Advantage (FoQaCiA) conference 2024, Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, Canada (online talk)
"Unclonability and How it links quantum foundations to quantum applications"
January 2024
Invited talk at Quantum Meets Classical Cryptography Workshop 2024, University of Sorbonne, Paris, France
"Quantum and Classical Cryptography meet New Resources"
November 2023
Talk at PHOQUSING workshop, LIP6, University of Sorbonne, Paris, France
"The power of Unknown Unitaries"
October 2023
Talk at QSL Seminar, University of Edinburgh, UK
"On quantum oracles and their role in cryptography and learning theory"
September 2023
Invited talk at International Hub workshop on advances in quantum networking (QNetworks 2023), Glasgow, UK
"New Resources for Quantum Communication: Exploring Quantum Hardware Security"
June 2023
Invited talk at Workshop on Entanglement Assisted Communication Networks, Taipei/Taiwan
"New quantum resources for quantum communication, from quantum hardware security"
April 2023
Researcher's talk at Quantum Software Lab launch event, University of Edinburgh, UK
"Quantum cybersecurity and privacy"
March 2023
Invited talk at Near-term Quantum Computing Conference 2023, Warsaw, Poland
"New quantum resources from quantum hardware security for the NISQ era"
March 2023
Invited talk at Invited talk at Royal Halloway University of London, UK
"Unclonability, learnability, and quantum pseudorandomness"
December 2022
Talk at Quantum Software Lab workshop, University of Edinburgh, UK
"Quantum Unclonability beyond no-cloning"
July 2022
Invited talk at Security and Privacy Seminar at the School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, UK
"Security and Privacy in the quantum era"
November 2021
Invited talk at IQC-QuICS Math-CS Seminar, Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science
"Quantum Physical Unclonable Functions and Their Comprehensive Cryptanalysis" Talk on Youtube
March 2021
Invited talk for Qtech QUISCO (Quantum Information Scotland Network) Seminar, Scotland, UK
"Client-Server Identification Protocols with Quantum PUF"
November 2020
Invited talk at University of Twente, Netherlands
"Quantum Physical Unclonable Functions: Possibilities and Impossibilities"
November 2020
Contributed conference talk at Quantum Technology International Conference 2020
"Quantum Physical Unclonable Functions: Possibilities and Impossibilities"
November 2020
Contributed conference talk at Quantum Technology International Conference 2020
"Quantum Protocol Zoo"
August 2019
Conference talk at QCrypt 2019 McGill University, Montréal, Canada
"Quantum Physical Unclonable Functions: Possibilities and Impossibilities"
May 2019
Invited talk at Invited talk at LIP6 Seminar, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
"Quantum Physical Unclonable Functions"
March 2019
Seminar at LFCS Security and Privacy Seminar, University of Edinburgh, UK
"A Quantum Protocol Zoo for Quantum Internet"

Latest Community & Organisation Activities

PC member of Quantum Cryptography (QCrypt) conference 2026 (24-28 August 2026), Ottawa, Canada
PC member of Quantum Techniques in Machine Learning (QTML) conference 2025 (16-21 November 2025), Singapore
Co-Chair and organiser of Foundations of Quantum Computing (FQC 25) conference (16-18 June 2025), University of Edinburgh (part of the Quantum Fringe)
Organiser of Entanglement, Information and Complexity in Quantum Systems (6-8 May 2025), University of Edinburgh
PC member of Quantum Cryptography (QCrypt) conference 2024 (2-6 September 2024), Vigo, Spain
Local Organising Committee of Quantum Computing Theory in Practice (QCTiP) 2024 (16-18 April 2024) and Quantum Week Scotland, Edinburgh, UK
Organiser of Quantum Hybrid and Hardware Security Workshop (22-23 November 2023), University of Edinburgh, UK
Co-organiser of Quantum Software Lab Workshop (13-14 December 2022), University of Edinburgh, UK
Chair and organiser of International Workshop on Quantum t-designs and Applications in Quantum Computing (23-25 March 2022), University of Edinburgh, UK