Bio
PhD in Computer Science (TU Delft); BSc & MSc in Engineering Physics (University of Lisbon).
10+ peer-reviewed publications across physics journals, AI journals, and CS conferences; 1 patent filing.
Previously Head of Product at Delft Networks (quantum-networking startup); €260k in research grants secured.
Projects at Pivotal
Research at Pivotal
View All Research6 Jul 2026
Compressed Computation under L⁴ Loss is likely Computation in Superposition
Researcher: Francisco Ferreira da Silva
Mentor: Stefan Heimersheim
Technical AI Safety
23 Jun 2026
Evidence for Feature-Specific Error Correction in LLMs
Researcher: Francisco Ferreira da Silva
Mentor: Stefan Heimersheim
Technical AI Safety