Tomás Fernández Pena is a Full Professor at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) and Senior Researcher at the Research Center in Intelligent Technologies (CiTIUS) . With a career spanning over three decades, he has held academic positions since 1990 and contributed extensively to High Performance Computing (HPC), Big Data, and emerging quantum computing fields. Ph.D. in Physics from USC (1994) Senior Member of IEEE Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Computers and IEEE Access Research Contributions : His work focuses on parallel systems architecture, cloud computing middleware, and quantum simulation optimization. He has pioneered methods for NUMA systems, LiDAR data processing, and Big Data applications in bioinformatics/cheminformatics. His recent articles show increasing emphasis on quantum computing frameworks and distributed quantum processing. Scientific Recognition : Holds four Spanish Ministry of Education six-year research excellence periods (sexenios de investigación) and has served as Principal Investigator in 3 public projects and co-investigator in 31 EU/Xunta de Galicia funded initiatives. Supervised 7 Ph.D. theses and published 43+ international journal papers. International Collaborations : Maintains academic connections through funded research stays at Loughborough University, University of Tennessee, and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Active in IEEE and participates in global conferences like Euro-Par and CHEP.







