PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Sergio Boixo

Also known as Sergio Boixo Castrillo

Sergio Boixo is a physicist and computer engineer whose quantum computing work includes a neural network that decodes errors in quantum processors. He graduated in computer engineering from Complutense University of Madrid in 1996 and earned a theoretical physics doctorate at the University of New Mexico in 2008. After postdoctoral years at Caltech and Harvard, he moved to the University of Southern California in 2011. He joined Google Quantum AI in 2013, and in 2019 he and John Martinis published a Google AI blog post on the quantum supremacy experiment. He is director of quantum computing at Google's Quantum AI lab, and the University of León gave him an honoris causa doctorate in 2026.

Timeline

  1. 1996

    A computer engineering degree

    He graduates in computer engineering from Complutense University of Madrid in 1996.

  2. 2008–2011

    Postdocs before USC

    He earns a theoretical physics doctorate at the University of New Mexico in 2008, then spends two years as a postdoc at Caltech and one at Harvard. In 2011 he moves to the University of Southern California.

  3. 2013

    Joining Google's quantum lab

    He joins Google Quantum AI in 2013.

  4. October 2019

    A quantum supremacy experiment

    He and John Martinis publish a Google AI blog post on the quantum supremacy experiment in October 2019.

  5. 2024

    A neural network for quantum errors

    He co-authors a Nature paper on a neural network that learns to decode errors in quantum processors, published in November 2024.

  6. October 2025

    Constructive interference at the edge

    He co-authors the Nature paper 'Observation of constructive interference at the edge of quantum ergodicity', published in October 2025.

  7. 2026

    An honoris causa doctorate

    He receives an honoris causa doctorate from the University of León in 2026.

  8. As of October 2026

    Director of quantum computing

    He is director of quantum computing at Google's Quantum AI lab.

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  1. Seguimos en la infancia de la computación cuántica diariodeleon.es. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. Sergio Boixo - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. La Universidad de León eleva con la IA sus Honoris Causa con Boixo y De la Fuente diariodeleon.es. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. Quantum Supremacy Using a Programmable Superconducting Processor ai.googleblog.com. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. Learning high-accuracy error decoding for quantum processors | Nature nature.com. Checked 15 October 2026.
  6. Observation of constructive interference at the edge of quantum ergodicity | Nature nature.com. Checked 15 October 2026.