Juan Carlos Pichel is an Associate Professor at the Center for Research in Intelligent Technologies (CITIUS) within the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain). He holds a B.Sc. in Physics and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the same university (2006). His research focuses on parallel and distributed computing, Big Data technologies, quantum computing, and optimization for emerging architectures. He has held visiting positions at University Carlos III de Madrid and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and worked at the Galicia Supercomputing Center. Education: B.Sc. Physics (USC, Spain), Ph.D. Computer Science (USC, 2006). Research interests include: HPC frameworks (IgnisHPC), quantum computing tools (NetQIR), bioinformatics software (BigSeqKit/VeryFastTree), and misinformation detection systems. His work emphasizes interdisciplinary applications of parallel computing in genomics, health informatics, and social media analysis. Notable contributions: MPI4All (universal MPI bindings), IgnisHPC (HPC-Big Data framework), and VeryFastTree (phylogeny tool). Active in projects like C3HS (health search systems) and HYBRIDS (AI for democratic practices). Labs/Teams: Leads the ARQCOMP research group in Computer Architecture. Collaborates with multidisciplinary teams in bioinformatics, quantum computing, and social media analytics.



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