Florian Neukart

Florian Neukart holds a Ph.D. in quantum computing and artificial intelligence from the Transilvania University of Brasov, as well as a master's degree in information technology from the CAMPUS02 University of Applied Sciences in Graz, and a master's degree in computer science from the Joanneum University of Applied Sciences in Kapfenberg. He works as an artificial intelligence researcher at Volkswagen, where he is concerned with researching in the fields autonomously acting vehicles, self-optimizing robots, and artificial intelligence in general. Neukart, born in Bruck/ Mur, is also a lecturer and researcher at Leiden University, where he works on quantum computing and artificial intelligence. He is the author of the critically discussed book "Reverse Engineering the Mind Consciously Acting Machines and Accelerated Evolution".

In his research, he is concerned with establishing a symbiotic relationship between a biological brain, sensors, AI and quantum hard- and software, resulting in solutions for the continuous consciousness-problem as well as other state of the art problems. His research recently attracted considerable public international attention and earned him numerous speaking invitations on both conferences and more private venues. He was one of the first researchers to propose and implement quantum neural networks. He is a pioneer in applied quantum computing and among the first ones to solve real-world problems of society and environment by means of quantum computing. He was the first one to have introduced practical quantum computing in academic education worldwide. He currently works as Principal Scientist at Volkswagen Group of America and visiting scientist and lecturer in the field of quantum computing at the University of Leiden. He was named by the IEEE Computer Society as one of the leading experts in predictive analytics. Neukart was awarded by the Science Park Austria for his work in biologically-inspired artificial intelligence software.