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Positions Held

Assistant Professor
Coding Theory & Cryptography Group
Department of Mathematics
Virginia Tech, VA, USA. 		Aug. 2023-
Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Cleveland State University, OH, USA. 		2019-2023
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Clemson University, SC, USA.
Mentor: Prof. Felice Manganiello. 		2016-2018

Education

Ph.D. in Mathematics, CINVESTAV-IPN.
Advisor: Prof. Rafael H. Villarreal.
University of Neuchatel, Switzerland, visiting scholar (2014-2015).
Advisor: Prof. Elisa Gorla.
Ph.D. Thesis: Algebraic Methods for Parameterized and Cartesian Codes. 		2016
M.Sc. in Mathematics, CINVESTAV-IPN
Advisor: Prof. Rafael H. Villarreal. 		2010
B.Sc. in Applied Mathematics, Autonomous University of Aguascalientes.
UNAM, visiting scholar (2007-2008).
2008

 

Publications

  1. E. Camps-Moreno, H. López, J. B. Lau, and W. Santos, The permutation group of Reed-Solomon codes over arbitrary points. Submitted.
  1. H. López, G. Matthews, and D. Valvo, A repair scheme for a distributed storage system based on multivariate polynomials. Submitted.
  1. O. Tapia-Dueñas, H. López, and H. Sánchez-Cruz, A polyhedral reconstruction of a 3D object from a chain code and a low-density point cloud. Submitted.
  1. D. Bossaller and H. López, Linear exact repair schemes for free MDS and Reed-Solomon codes over Galois rings. Submitted.
  1. H. López, Coding theory: a polynomial representation. Notices of the American Mathematical Society (invited article). In process for publication.
  1. PDF E. Camps-Moreno, H. López, G. Matthews, and R. San-José, The weight hierarchy of decreasing norm-trace codes. Submitted.
  1. E. Camps-Moreno, H. López, I. García-Marco, I. Márquez-Corbella, E. Martínez-Moro, and E. Sarmiento, On decoding hyperbolic codes. 2024 Workshop on the Arithmetic of Finite Fields, Lecture Notes in Computer Science. To appear.
  1. DOI PDF E. Camps-Moreno, H. López, G. Matthews, D. Ruano, R. San-José, and I. Soprunov, Binary Triorthogonal and CSS-T Codes for Quantum Error Correction. 2024 60th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing (Allerton) (2024).
  1. DOI PDF E. Camps-Moreno, H. López, I. Soprunov, and E. Sarmiento, On the affine permutation group of certain decreasing Cartesian codes. 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT) (2024), 3160-3165. IEEE.
  1. DOI PDF E. Camps-Moreno, H. López, G. Matthews, and E. McMillon, Toward Quantum CSS-T Codes from Sparse Matrices. 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory Workshops (ISIT-W) (2024), 1–6. IEEE.
  1. DOI PDF E. Camps-Moreno, H. López, G. Matthews, D. Ruano, R. San-José, and I. Soprunov, An algebraic characterization of binary CSS-T codes and cyclic CSS-T codes for quantum fault tolerance. Quantum Information Processing, 23 (2024), 230.
  1. DOI PDF F. Galetto, H. López, M. Rahmati, J. Sang, and C. Yu, Experience in Teaching Quantum Computing with Hands-on Programming Labs. Journal of Supercomputing, 80 (2024), 14029–14056.
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Coming events

Aug. 2025 Graduate Workshop on Linear Algebra over Finite Fields & Applications (link) (with L. Conte, J. LeGrow, G. Matthews, A. Robinson, and J. Rosenthal). ICERM, Providence, RI 02903, USA.
Jul. 2025 Special session on Coding Theory (link) (with H. Chimal-Dzul, M. Chara, and L. Quoos). Mathematical Congress of the Americas 2025 (link). Miami, FL, USA.
Mar. 2025 Conference on Algebraic Applications to Coding Theory and Crypto (link) (with E. Camps-Moreno and Y. Pitones). Casa Rafael Galván, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. CDMX, Mexico.
Jan. 2025 Special session on Coding Theory for Modern Applications (link) (with E. Camps-Moreno, A. Beemer, and Rafael G. L. D'Oliveira). 2025 Joint Mathematics Meetings. (link). Seattle, WA, USA.
Oct. 2024 Fall School in Coding Theory and its Applications (with E. Camps-Moreno and Yuriko Pitones). At the Autonomous University of Mexico-I, CdMx, Mexico.
Oct. 2024 Special Session on Coding Theory, cryptography, and its applications (with E. Camps-Moreno and M. González-Sarabia). 57 National Congress of the Mexican Mathematical Society. Autonomous University of Durango, Durango, Mexico.
Aug. 2024 IIT Bombay - Virginia Tech Joint Workshop on Algebraic Coding Theory (link) (with E. Camps Moreno, S. Dang, S. Ghorpade, R. Ludhani, and G. Matthews). Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India.
Jul. 2024 Coding Theory and Cryptography Summer School and Collaboration Workshop (link) (with E. Gorla, A. Horlemann-Trautmann, F. Manganiello, G. Matthews, and J. Rosenthal). Virginia Tech Steger Center. Riva San Vitale, Switzerland.
Past events...

 

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