About me
Quantum Machine Learning (QML). I am the associate director of the Computer Vision Center. I am a physicist, with a historical background in classical Machine Learning, leading the QML-CVC team from 2023. My current research insterest is to develop explorative paths for Quantum Computing in the context of the Machine Learning techniques used day by day at CVC. Quantum Technologies will allow us to define Computer Vision within a new domain of knowledge. The following driving questions will lead our research. Q1: How do we do Machine Learning in a quantum world? Q2: Which classical tasks could be solved in a practical way with quantum technology? Q3: Which are the unveiled social impacts of Quantum Technologies and Artificial Intelligence? Here, we want to understand what “seeing” means for a quantum system, and the topic of measurement in quantum mechanics is a world of its own. The question is, with the observations we make of a quantum system (whether it’s a quantum computing scheme or a quantum sensing setup), how can we use this information to perform vision tasks in the classical world?
Social Impact of AI and Living Labs: I am interested in the social impact of AI. I am Head of the Research Chair “Cátedra UAB-Cruïlla for Research in AI in the Field of Music and Arts” (catedrauabcruilla.cvc.uab.es), were I develop a model of living lab as regulatory learning tools in live cultural events. For other contributions on the social impact of AI, please check here: https://siai.cvc.uab.es/
RECENT FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS
- MIA2025-163435-C43. QuCV. Explanatory pathways for applications of quantum machine learning. in computer vision. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. 423.000Eu. (2025-2029)
- SDC007/25/000001 QML-CV. Quantum Machine Learning for Computer Vision. RETECH project. Generatlitat de Catalunya. 150.000Eu.. (2025-2026).
- MIG-20241058. (Subcontractor, Project IP). PRISMA Percepción y respuesta inteligente para la seguridad en la conducción mediante monitorización adaptativa. Misiones 2024. Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades. 10.000Eu. (2024-2025).
- TSI-100929-2023-2. (Project IP). Cátedra ENIA UAB-Cruïlla. Chair on Research and Artificial Intelligence in the field of Music/Arts. Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transición Digital. 800.000Eu (2024-2027)
- No. 101070325. (Project IP) Communicity. Empowering European Citizens for Innovation. Horizon Europe. European Commission. 170.000Eu. (2022-2025)
- FCT-23-1971. (Project IP) The value of intersections: Ethics, AI, Art and Society. Fundación Española par la Ciencia y la Tecnología (FECyT). 9.100Eu (2024-2025).
- No. 101162558. (Project IP) European Performing Science Program (EPSP). European Researchers’ Night and Researchers at Schools. European Commission. 70.000Eu (2024-2025)
- PID2021-126808OB-I00. GRAIL: Graph Reasoning for Automatic Interpretation and Learning. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. 180.000EU. (2024-2025)
Selected Publications
(List of all pubs here)
Journal Papers:
- T. Crosta, L. Rebón, F. Vilariño, J. M. Matera, M. Bilkis. Automatic re-calibration of quantum devices by reinforcement learning. arXiv:2404.10726. (2024).
- O Hernández-Pérez, F Vilariño, M Domènech Public libraries engaging communities through technology and innovation: Insights from the library living lab. Public Library Quarterly. (IF: 1.54 – JCR Q2) 41 (1), 17-42 (2022)
- F Vilariño. Living Labs as Social Technologies for the Smart Cities and Communities. KAIA Journal, 60-95. (2021).
- F. Vilariño, D. Karatzas. The Library Living Lab Barcelona: A participative approach to technology as an enabling factor for innovation in cultural spaces. (TIM) Technology Innovation Management Review. (IF: 1.6 – ESCI Q3) pp:1-13 (2019)
Conferences:
- Y. Cordero, S. Biswas, F. Vilariño, M. Bilkis. Hybrid Classical-Quantum architecture for vectorised image classification of hand-written sketches. 2nd Workshop on Quantum Computer Vision and Machine Learning. Arxiv:2407.06416. (2024)
- F Vilariño. Citizen science as a tool for challenge-based learning in higher education. EDULEARN22 Proceedings, 1850-1850 (2022)
- F Vilariño, J Serra-Ruiz. Implementing hackathons with students from multi-disciplinary higher education degrees for a challenge-based learning approach. EDULEARN22 Proceedings, pp: 1851-1857 (2022)
- F Vilariño, J Serra-Ruiz. Hackathon as a teaching methodology for challenge-based learning EDULEARN21 Proceedings, pp: 8123-8130 (2021)
- H Muñoz, F Vilariño, D Karatzas. Eye-Movements during information extraction from administrative documents. International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition. Workshop (2019)
Book Chapters
- F Vilariño. Unveiling the social impact of AI through living labs. In Artificial Intelligence and Innovation Management. Eds: Stonan Tayev and Helan Blackbright. Series on Technology Management. Eds: World Scientific. pp: 233-257. ISBN: 978-1800611320 (2022).
- F Vilariño. From patient to protagonist. The challenge of innovation focused on citizens for active aging. In Active aging as a new challenge for local governments: The legal construction of public services and friendly spaces for our elderly. Ed: Judith Gifreu. Aranzadi. ISBN 978-84-1163-781-7. (2024)
PATENTS
- Spyridonos, Panagiota; Vilariño, Fernando et al. Device, system and method for automatic detection of contractile activity in an image frame. US 8,396,327 B2. 12/11/2013. PCT/IL2007/000322. In exploitation by Given Imaging, Ltd.
- Vilariño, Fernando; Segui, Santiago et al. Method for automatic classification of in vivo images. US 2010/0046816 A1. 25/02/2010. EU, world PCT. In exploitation by Given Imaging, Ltd.
- Radeva, Petia; Vitria, Jordi; Vilariño, Fernando et al. Cascade analysis for intestinal contraction detection. EP 1 997 076 B1. 10/11/2010. PCT/IL2007/000323. In exploitation by Given Imaging, Ltd.
- Vilariño, Fernando; et al. Device, system and method for measurement and analysis of contractile activity. US 8,335,362 B2. 18/12/1012. PCT/IL2007/000709. In exploitation by Given Imaging, Ltd.
GRANTS – AWARDS-BOARDS
- Member of the Advisory Board on AI of the Municipality of Barecelona (2023-)
- President of the European Network of Living Labs (2018-2022)
- Mobile Week Barcelona Award for Innovation in Social Digital Transformation (2017).
- Google Research Award. Disruptive paradigms of interaction between physical/digital documents (2014).
- Ramon y Cajal Research Fellowship. Spanish Research Council award for excellence in research (2009).
- Juan de la Cierva – Spanish Research Council grant award for young PhDs (2007).
Contact information
E-mail: fernando@cvc.uab.es
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernandovilarino/
Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=j-NOlgUAAAAJ