Salvador E. Venegas-Andraca is a scientist, consultant, and entrepreneur devoted to scientific research, technology development, technology transfer, and teaching. Salvador's work is aimed at understanding scientific and societal aspects of computation as well as contributing towards the economic development of modern society based on science and technology.
Salvador is the the founder of quantum computing in Mexico. He is also the founder and Principal Investigator of the Unconventional Computing Lab (est. 2004), a professor of Computer Science at Tecnologico de Monterrey, and adjunct professor at the Faculty of Sciences of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Also, Salvador is an Associate Editor of the Quantum Information Processing journal (Springer) as well as a member of the Quantum Computing Network of the World Economic Forum.
Salvador holds a DPhil in Physics and an MSc by research in Computer Vision, both degrees awarded by the University of Oxford, as well as an MBA (Hon) and a BSc (Hon) in Digital Electronics and Computer Science, these two last degrees awarded by Tecnologico de Monterrey. In 2008, Salvador was a postdoctoral fellow at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of Harvard University.
Salvador is a leading scientist in the field of quantum walks, the founder of quantum computing in Mexico, co-founder of the field Quantum Image Processing, and his research interests include quantum algorithms, quantum walks, the analysis of biological information via quantum algorithms, quantum machine learning, quantum image processing, classical and quantum cybersecurity, and the analysis of NP-hard and NP-complete problems. Salvador has supervised several undergraduate (BSc) and graduate (MSc, PhD) students whose research efforts have been focused on quantum science and technology. Furthermore, Salvador has coauthored eleven white papers and insight reports on quantum technology and cybersecurity published by the World Economic Forum.
Salvador is the author of "Quantum Walks for Computer Scientists" (Morgan and Claypool, 2008), the first book ever written on the scientific field of quantum walks, and co-author of "Quantum Image Processing" (Springer, 2020), the first book ever written fully focused on storing, processing and retrieving visual information using quantum mechanical systems. He has published more than 60 scientific papers with more than 2,700 citations in Web of Science. Since 2020, Salvador is included in the World's Top 2% Scientists lists for both career-long impact and single-year impact.
Salvador has delivered plenary talks, keynote talks, seminars, tutorials and other courses in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Egypt, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Peru, El Salvador, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, The United Kingdom, The United States of America, Uruguay, and The Vatican. He has also co-organized conferences, workshops and tutorials in Mexico, The United Kingdom, and The United States of America. Salvador has been a Visiting Professor at Harvard University, the National Autonomous University of Mexico, the National Polytechnic Institute (Mexico), Yucatan Autonomous University (Mexico), del Valle University (Colombia), Sergio Arboleda University (Colombia), Bahia Blanca University (Argentina), and Montevideo University (Uruguay).
Salvador has received several awards for his scientific achievements, among them: fellow of the Mexican Academy of Sciences, Senior Member and Distinguished Speaker of the Association for Computing Machinery, fellow of the Mexican Academy of Computer Science, member of the Mexican Society for the Public Communication of Science, Level 3 (physics and mathematics) at Mexico¿s National Network of Researchers (SNII), Oxford University Chancellor Fund¿s Award, Romulo Garza Award (2015), Outstanding Professor Award at Tecnologico de Monterrey (2021, 2022, 2024), and Silver Medal at the British Council International Students Awards (2005).
svenegas@tec.mx
