Krzysztof Kurowski

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Dr. Krzysztof Kurowski is Head of Quantum Technologies at Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center (PCSS) in Poland and led the center as Technical Director from 2019 to 2024. He holds a Ph.D. with habilitation in Computer Science from Poznań University of Technology and has over two decades of experience in R&D projects at national, European, and international levels. His research focuses on parallel simulations, discrete optimization, scheduling, and resource management in distributed and quantum-classical computing environments. He has published extensively in leading journals, served on editorial and scientific boards, and contributed to major projects in astrophysics, biomedical sciences, weather modeling, CERN LHC computing, life sciences, and quantum technologies. Dr. Kurowski currently leads the national quantum computing infrastructure based on two photonic quantum systems as well as EuroQCS-Poland European consortium, responsible for deploying the first EuroHPC trapped-ion Piast-Q quantum system and integrating it with HPC and AI Factory at PCSS.