By Braden Weinel//
Daniel Sierra-Sosa joined Hood College in the spring semester of 2021 as the newest assistant professor of computer science.
Sierra-Sosa joined the Hood team after teaching at the University of Louisville for four years. His research and teaching specialize in quantum physics and engineering. At Louisville, Sierra-Sosa created the introduction course for quantum computing.
Quantum computing combines physics and computer science to perform computation and solve complex problems in the technological engineering field. Sierra-Sosa grew up in Colombia and earned his undergraduate degree in physics engineering at EAFIT University (Escuela de administración, Finanzas e Instituto Technológico). He then moved to Argentina and earned his PhD in physics at the National University of La Plata.
Sierra-Sosa wanted to come to Hood because he said he felt extremely welcomed by everyone and because the computer science team was already well-integrated.
“I love the growing that the college is doing,” Sierra-Sosa said.
At Hood, Sierra-Sosa will be teaching a variety of computer science courses, but mainly high-level and graduate classes. These classes include Machine Learning for Bioinformatics, Perception in Artificial Intelligence and more.
Before teaching, Sierra-Sosa worked in healthcare research. He also created artificial intelligence models for one of the biggest banks in Colombia.
Sierra-Sosa said that his job transition is a little tougher than normal because of the on-going COVID-19 pandemic.
“It is certainly more difficult to find a job in this era,” Sierra-Sosa said.
For Sierra-Sosa, this semester is a new chapter in his teaching career, but he said he is excited to be working at Hood and that so far, the semester is going well.
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