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General information:
Place of birth:
Bari, Italy
Current position:
Senior Research Fellow
Present Institution:
NEST, Scuola Normale Superiore and Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR
Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, I-56126 Pisa (Italy)
Current position:
Senior Research Fellow
Languages:
Italian, English
Education:
2008-2010 University of Bari Aldo Moro (Bari, Italy)
Ph.D in Physics – May 23, 2011
Ph.D thesis: “Bipartite entanglement of large quantum
systems”, with Prof. P. Facchi and Prof. S. Pascazio
2005-2007 University of Bari Aldo Moro (Bari, Italy)
Master degree in Theoretical Physics (Laurea Specialistica in Fisica Teorica) – Oct 24, 2007
Marks: maximum cum laude
Diploma thesis: “Soluzione esatta del Modello XY a taglia finita”
(“Exact solution of the finite-size XY Model”), with Prof. P. Facchi
2002-2005 University of Bari Aldo Moro (Bari, Italy)
Bachelor degree in Physics (Laurea di I Livello in Fisica) – Sep 26, 2005
Marks: maximum cum laude
Diploma thesis: “Le pulsar” (“The pulsars”), with Prof. P. Cea
Fellowships:
2008 Waseda University of Tokyo, Japan
Exchange researcher in the group of Prof. K. Yuasa and Prof. H. Nakazato
Grant by Waseda University of Tokyo
2008 University Federico II of Naples, Italy
Exchange researcher in the Mathematical Physics group of Prof. G. Marmo
Grant by MECENAS Center, University Federico II of Naples
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Employments:
March 2015-up to now
Senior Research Fellow, at Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR
and Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa
with Prof. M. Palma and Prof. V. Giovannetti
February 2014-February 2015
Research Fellow at Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa
with Prof. R. Fazio
February 2011-February 2014
Research Fellow at Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa
with Prof. V. Giovannetti
Main research interests:
• Quantum Estimation Theory and Quantum Metrology [2–6, 8, 13]
• Quantum correlations: bipartite and multipartite entanglement,
quantum discord [1–3, 6, 12–14, 17, 20, 22]
• Open quantum systems: Master equations and Quantum Channels [1, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16, 19]
• Quantum tomography [5, 10, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19]
• Quantum Optics [1, 7, 9]
• Quantum phase transitions [4, 17, 20–22]
• Random matrix theory [12, 14, 17]
• Quantum Control theory [10]
• Exact solution of finite-size models for spin chains [20–22]
Research projects:
• European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action MP1209, “Thermodynamics in the quantum
regime”, Management Committee Substitute Member [MP1209 IT]
Teaching:
• Assistant teacher: “Quantum mechanics”
Course for undergraduates at Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa, Italy
Training lessons duration: 20 h (31 Nov 2016 - 31 Oct 2017)
• Assistant teacher: “Quantum mechanics”
Course for undergraduates at Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa, Italy
Training lessons duration: 10 h (Jan-Feb 2016)
• Assistant teacher: “Quantum mechanics”
Course for undergraduates at Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa, Italy
Training lessons duration: 10 h (Jan-Feb 2015)
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Tutoring:
• P. Smacchia (Master student at University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy)
• F. D. Cunden (Master student at University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy)
• L. Lami (Master student at Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa, Italy)
• L. Rigovacca (Master student at Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa, Italy)
• A. Farace (PhD student at Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa, Italy)
Awards and Honours:
• 2016: Distinguished Referee of European Journal of Physics
Short-list in interviews:
• 2016:
– Politecnico of Tourin (Italy), Ricercatore a tempo determinato di tipo A, 02/B2 Fisica Teorica della Materia
– University of Milan (Italy), Ricercatore a tempo determinato di tipo A, 02/B2 Fisica Teorica della Materia
Invitations:
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2017 CNR NANO COLLOQUIA in Modena and in Pisa
Pisa (Italy), Jan 19, 2017
Invited Talk: “Cut-and-paste restoration of entanglement-breaking channels: quantum correlations transmission with noisy channels”
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IQIS 2016 - 9th Italian Quantum Information Science Conference
Rome (Italy), Sept 20-23, 2016
Invited Talk: “Cut-and-paste restoration of entanglement-breaking channels”
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Bari Theory Xmas Workshop 2016
Bari (Italy), Dec 22, 2016
Invited Talk “Manipulating quantum signal transmission lines”
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4th Quantum Thermodynamics Conference
Erice (Italy), May 8-13, 2016
Invited Talk “Estimation theory meets quantum thermodynamics”
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Bari Theory Xmas Workshop 2015
Bari (Italy), Dec 22, 2015
Invited Talk: “Local quantum thermal susceptibility”
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IQIS 2015 - 8th Italian Quantum Information Science Conference
Monopoli (Italy), Sept 10-12, 2015
Invited Talk: “Local quantum thermometry”
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Bari Theory Xmas Workshop 2014
Bari (Italy), Dec 22, 2014
Invited Talk: “Bona fide measures of non-classical correlations”
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XMaths Workshop 2014
Bari (Italy), Dec 18 -19, 2014
Invited Talk: “Measurements of non-classical correlations”
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Bari Theory Xmas Workshop 2013
Bari (Italy), Dec 23, 2013
Invited talk: “Quantum parameter estimation theory”
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6th Italian Quantum Information Science Conference- IQIS2013
Como (Italy), Sep 24-26, 2013
Invited Talk: “Quantum parameter estimation affected by unitary disturbance”
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Bari Theory Xmas Workshop 2012
Bari (Italy), Dec 20, 2012
Invited Talk: “Amendability of Gaussian Channels”
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Center for Theoretical Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
Warsawa (Poland), Oct 17, 2012
Invited Talk “Bipartite entanglement of large quantum systems”
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Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa
Pisa (Italy), Sep 23, 2010
Invited Talk “Phase transitions and metastability in the distribution of the bipartite entanglement of a large
quantum system”
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Italian Quantum Information Science Conference 2009
Pisa (Italy), Nov 5-8, 2009
Invited Talk: “A statistical approach to bipartite entanglement”
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Problemi attuali di Fisica Teorica
Vietri sul Mare - Salerno (Italy), Apr 3-5, 2009
Invited Talk: “Phase transitions of entanglement”
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Quantum information, quantum coherence and related topics
Tokyo (Japan), Sep 15-19, 2008
Invited Talk: “Finite-size effects in quantum spin chains”
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Problemi attuali di Fisica Teorica
Vietri sul Mare - Salerno (Italy), Mar 14-19, 2008
Invited Talk: “Exact solution of the XY Model on the circle”
Conferences and workshops:
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Quantum Roundabout 2016
Nottingham (UK), Jul 6 - 8, 2016
Talk: “Quantum correlations transmission via noisy quantum maps”
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Second Quantum Thermodynamics Conference
Mallorca (Spain), Apr 19-24, 2015
Talk: “Temperature: a quantum estimation approach”
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New Frontiers of Quantum Information Theory
Ascoli Piceno (Italy), Jul 7 -11, 2014
Poster: “Discriminating Strength: a bona fide measure of non-classical correlations”
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Quantum Roundabout
Nottingham (UK), Jun 29 - Jul 2, 2014
Talk: “Discriminating Strength: a bona fide measure of non-classical correlations”
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46 Symposium on Mathematical Physics, Information Theory and Quantum Physics
Torun (Poland), Jun 15 -17, 2014
Talk: “Discriminating Strength: a bona fide measure of non-classical correlations”
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Thermodynamics in the quantum regime - COST conference
Postdam (Germany), Gen 20 -24, 2014
Poster: “Quantum parameter estimation theory”
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Nonlinear Dynamics of Electronic Systems 2013
Special session - Quantum entanglement: foundations and applications
Bari (Italy), Jul 10-12, 2013
Talk: “Quantum parameter estimation affected by unitary disturbance”
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QM2013-4th International Conference on Quantum Metrology
Poznan (Poland), May 15-17, 2013
Talk: “Quantum parameter estimation affected by unitary disturbance”
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5th Italian Quantum Information Science Conference-IQIS 2012
Padova (Italy), Sep 25-28, 2012
Poster: “Noise characterization via addition of some special classes of CPT maps”
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44 Symposium on Mathematical Physics “New Developments in the Theory of Open Quantum
Systems”
Torun (Poland), Jun 20-24, 2012
Poster: “Quantifying the noise of a quantum channel by noise addition”
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Advances in Foundations of Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Information with Atoms and
Photons (Quantum 2012: VI workshop ad memoriam of Carlo Novero)
Torino (Italy), May 21-25, 2012
Poster: “Entanglement-assisted tomography of a quantum target”
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Italy-TWIns-Waseda 2011-Quantum Technologies: Information, Communication
and Computation
Tokyo (Japan), Nov 7-8, 2011
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Workshop on entanglement in solid state systems (WESSS)
Lecce (Italy), Sep 20-22, 2011
Talk: “Entanglement-assisted tomography of a quantum target”
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Problemi attuali di Fisica Teorica, Meccanica Quantistica
Vietri sul Mare - Salerno (Italy), Apr 18-20, 2011
Poster: “Bipartite entanglement of a large quantum system in a pure state”
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Qmath11: Mathematical Results in Quantum Physics
Hradec Kralove (Czech Republic), Sep 6-10, 2010
Talk: “Phase transitions and metastability in the distribution of the bipartite entanglement of a large quantum
system”
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Workshop on Dynamics of Strongly Correlated Quantum Systems
Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics - ICTP
Miramare -Trieste (Italy), Jun 21-25, 2010
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Workshop on Quantum Statistical Mechanics,
Computation and Information
Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics-ICTP
Miramare, Trieste (Italy), Jun 14 - 18, 2010
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Quantum Technologies: Information and Communication
Tokyo (Japan), Dec 9-11, 2009
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International Symposium on Physics of Quantum Technology
Nara (Japan), Nov 24-28, 2008
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The 19th Quantum Information Technology Symposium (QIT19)
Osaka (Japan), Nov 20-21, 2008
Poster: “XY model on the circle and multipartite entanglement of the ground state”
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SM and FT 2008: Workshop on Statistical Mechanics and non perturbative Field Theory
Bari (Italy), Sep 3-5, 2008
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International Workshop MATHQCI: Mathematical foundations of quantum control
and quantum information theory 2008 Madrid
Madrid (Spain), May 26-30, 2008
Talk: “Finite size XY Model on the circle: exact solution and points forerunning
quantum phase transitions”
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Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
Naples (Italy), Mar 28, 2008
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Decoherence and field emission
Bari (Italy), Jan 9-11, 2008
Schools:
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Quantum information meets statistical mechanics
El Escorial - Madrid (Spain), Jul 11-15, 2011
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École de Physique, Les Houches, Session XCI
Ultracold Gases and Quantum Information
Singapore, Jun 29 - Jul 24, 2009
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Quantum Information and Many-Body Systems
Cortona - Arezzo (Italy), May 3-17, 2009
Talk: “State tomography of qubits through scattering of a probe qubit”
Conference Committee:
• Organizing Committee of “COST Action MP1209 First Working Group Meeting”, hosted by SNS - Pisa (Italy)
www.sns.it/didattica/scienze/menunews/convegni/anniprecedenti/20132014/cost13
Referee of international academic journals:
Physical Review A
Physical Review E
Physical Review Letters
Europhysics Letters
New Journal of Physics
European Physical Journal (Plus)
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List of Publications and Preprints
[1] A. Cuevas, A. Mari, A. De Pasquale, A. Orieux, M. Massaro, F. Sciarrino, P. Mataloni, V. Giovannetti, “Cut-and-paste
restoration of entanglement-breaking channels”, arXiv:1604.08350
[2] A. Farace, A. De Pasquale, G. Adesso and V. Giovannetti, “Building versatile bipartite probes for quantum metrology”,
New J. Phys. 18, 013049 (2016)
[3] L. Rigovacca, A. Farace, A. De Pasquale and V. Giovannetti, “Gaussian Discriminating Strength ”, Phys. Rev. A 92,
042331 (2015)
[4] A. De Pasquale, D. Rossini, R. Fazio and V. Giovannetti, “Local quantum thermal susceptibility ”, Nat. Commun. 7,
12782 (2016)
[5] A. De Pasquale, P. Facchi, G. Florio, V. Giovannetti, K. Matsuoka, and K. Yuasa, “Two-Mode Bosonic Quantum
Metrology with Number Fluctuations”, Phys. Rev. A 92, 042115 (2015)
[6] A. Farace, A. De Pasquale, L. Rigovacca, and V. Giovannetti, “Discriminating Strength: a bona fide measure of
non-classical correlations ”, New J. Phys. 16, 073010 (2014)
[7] D. Buono, G. Nocerino, A. Porzio, A. Mari, A. De Pasquale and V. Giovannetti, “An experimental proposal for a Gaussian
amendable quantum channel”, arXiv:1312.2763
[8] A. De Pasquale, D. Rossini, P. Facchi and V. Giovannetti, “Quantum parameter estimation affected by unitary disturbance”, Phys. Rev. A 88, 052117 (2013)
[9] A. De Pasquale, A. Mari, A. Porzio and V. Giovannetti, “Amendable Gaussian channels: Restoring entanglement via a
unitary filter”, Phys. Rev. A 87, 062307 (2013)
[10] A. De Pasquale, F. Ciccarello, K. Yuasa and V. Giovannetti, “Selective writing and read-out of a register of static qubits”,
New J. Phys. 15, 043012 (2013)
[11] A. De Pasquale and V. Giovannetti, “Quantifying the noise of a quantum channel by noise addition”, Phys. Rev. A 86,
052302 (2012)
[12] C. Lupo, S. Mancini, A. De Pasquale, P. Facchi, G. Florio and S. Pascazio, “Invariant measures on multimode quantum
Gaussian states”, J. Math. Phys. 53, 122209 (2012)
[13] A. De Pasquale, P. Facchi, V. Giovannetti and K. Yuasa , “Entanglement-assisted tomography of a quantum target”, J.
Phys. A: Math. Theor. 45, 105309 (2012)
[14] A. De Pasquale, P. Facchi, V. Giovannetti, G. Parisi, S. Pascazio and A. Scardicchio, “Statistical distribution of the local
purity in a large quantum system”, J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 45, 015308 (2012)
[15] B. Bellomo, A. De Pasquale, G. Gualdi and U. Marzolino, “Reconstruction of time-dependent coefficients: A check of
approximation schemes for non-Markovian convolutionless dissipative generators”, Phys. Rev. A 82, 062104 (2010)
[16] B. Bellomo, A. De Pasquale, G. Gualdi and U. Marzolino, “A tomographic approach to non-Markovian master equations”,
J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 43, 395303 (2010)
[17] A. De Pasquale, P. Facchi, G. Parisi, S. Pascazio and A. Scardicchio, “Phase transitions and metastability in the
distribution of the bipartite entanglement of a large quantum system”, Phys. Rev. A 81, 052324 (2010)
[18] A. De Pasquale, K. Yuasa and H. Nakazato, “State tomography of a qubit through scattering of a probe qubit”, Phys.
Rev. A 80, 052111 (2009)
[19] B. Bellomo, A. De Pasquale, G. Gualdi and U. Marzolino, “Reconstruction of Markovian master equation parameters
through symplectic tomography”, Phys. Rev. A 80, 052108 (2009)
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[20] A. De Pasquale and P. Facchi, “XY model on the circle and ground state multipartite entanglement”, Proceedings of 2008
International Symposium on Physics of Quantum Technology, 25th -28th November 2008, Nara Prefectural New Public Hall
[21] A. De Pasquale and P. Facchi, “XY Model on the circle: Diagonalization, spectrum, and forerunners of the quantum
phase transition”, Phys. Rev. A 80, 032102 (2009)
[22] A. De Pasquale, G. Costantini, P. Facchi, G. Florio, S. Pascazio and K. Yuasa , “XX model on the circle”, Eur. Phys. J.
Special Topics 160, 127 (2008)
