Biography
Johanna Sepúlveda received her M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering – Microelectronics from the University of São Paulo, Brazil. She was a Senior Researcher in the area of security and emerging technologies at the University of South Brittany (France), INRIA (France) and at the Technical University of Munich (Germany). Currently, she holds a position as the Airbus Senior Expert on Quantum-Secure Technologies and Technical Domain Manager for Quantum Technologies in all Airbus Defence and Space, being Chief Engineer of different European quantum initiatives such as the European Quantum Communication Infrastructure (EuroQCI), quantum sensing for defence and national projects regarding quantum computing. As vice-chair of the Strategic Advisory Board of Quantum Technologies for the European Commission she led the European Quantum KPIs evaluation, supporting tracking of the European progress in the quantum area. She is also the leader of the Strategic Industry Roadmap at the European Quantum Industry Consortium (QuIC) and Associate editor and technical expert at NATO Science and Technology Organization. She has more than 15 years of experience in R&T and R&D in the area of security, networked systems, HPC, and quantum technologies.