I’m Aleksander, a physicist turned software engineer working at the intersection of quantum computing, artificial intelligence, and high-performance computing. Throughout my career I’ve been pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with technology, I thrive on tackling complex challenges and pioneering innovative solutions. So far I’ve worked in quantum computing, artificial intelligence/machine learning, and high performance computing.

Currently, I work at Pasqal as technical lead quantum-centric HPC. This is a very cross-functional role which consists of not only designing systems and writing software, but also advising the board on strategy, commercial on go-to-market plans and sales pitches, and public procurements and other grants.

The rest of my time I dedicate to exploring LLMs/ChatBots (especially with Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) techniques) and running LLMs on edge-devices. I’m also looking into the tourism and hospitality industry at MyConcierges and working on solving bureaucracy at Tramitit.

If interested you can even hire me for short term engagements or advice!

Twice I’ve tried to create my own startups, both times failing early. Once in the area of renting clothes to combat fast fashion and another in modernizing the construction industry. Those are good examples of industries that I’m interested in targeting as I believe that they have both large addressable markets, but there there can be large social and environmental gains to be had.

I’m trying to publish my thoughts on software, quantum, AI and anything else under musings.

I enjoy talking at conferences and I try to mostly view the world from a birdseye view when I do so. For example you can watch my talk on Qadence on YouTube at youtube.com/watch?v=2WwZ042-btc.

Contact

Email me at awennersteen@gmail.com

Connect with me at LinkedIn.com/in/awennersteen

Check out my GitHub github.com/awennersteen

See my publications on Google Scholar

In relation to Pasqal you can reach me at first.lastname@companyname.com.

Speaker Bio

Aleksander Wennersteen is Technical Lead for Quantum-Centric HPC at Pasqal where he focuses on integrating quantum computing with classical HPC systems and the development of hybrid quantum-classical workflows. Previously at Pasqal he was a quantum software engineer and technical lead working on quantum libraries, cloud platform and numerical simulation of quantum systems. He holds a master’s degree in Mathematical Physics from the University of Edinburgh. Before joining PASQAL, Aleksander worked in high-performance computing and artificial intelligence.