Llorenç Balada Gaggioli

In October 2024 I started my PhD as part of the TENORS project (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network) to work on Quantum Optimal Control and supervised by Jakub Mareček, Didier Henrion, and Milan Korda. I have joined the Optimization group at the AIC (Artificial Intelligence Centre) in Prague. In October 2025 I have also joined the Polynomial optimization group at LAAS, Toulouse.

I am interested in the study of quantum optimal control, one of the keys for the development of quantum technologies. I do this by looking at mathematical tools like tensor networks, allowing us to work with very large systems, and polynomial optimization methods, which let us find global solutions to optimization problems. My research focuses on finding connections between these seemingly distinct areas in order to design advanced techniques for quantum optimal control.