Topic 7: Software engineering for Quantum Computing

Chair: Katarzyna Rycerz (AGH)

Co-chair: Tomasz Stopa (IBM Krakow)

Quantum computing is a new paradigm that exploits fundamental principles of quantum mechanics to solve problems in various fields of science that are beyond possibilities of classical computing infrastructures. Despite increasing activity in both theoretical research and hardware implementations, reaching the state of useful quantum supremacy is still an open question. This topic aims to provide a forum for software developers, computer scientists and physicists to understand and discuss research on current problems in quantum software development.

  • software engineering for hybrid (classical and quantum) computing
  • ‘co-design’ concept in quantum computing engineering
  • mechanisms and protocols for communication with quantum computers
  • development methodologies for quantum computing software
  • quality assurance processes in quantum software engineering
  • quantum computing software evolution and support
  • quantum software reuse and modularization
  • open source processes and licensing for quantum computing software
  • quantum error correction algorithms
  • quantum computing compilation/transpilation

Program committee:

  • Jerzy Szuniewicz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
  • Vedran Dunjko, Leiden University, NL
  • Maksims Dimitrijevs, QWorld Association and University of Latvia, LV
  • Paweł Gora, University of Warsaw Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Science and Mechanics, PL
  • Tobias Guggemos, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Institut für Informatik, DE
  • Maximilian Höb, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Institut für Informatik, DE
  • Kareem H. El-Safty, Wigner Research Centre for Physics, HU and DevisionX, Cairo, EG
  • Piotr Gawron, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, PL
  • Adam Glos, Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics, Polish Academy of Sciences, PL
  • Jarosław Miszczak, Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics, Polish Academy of Sciences, PL
  • Łukasz Pawela, Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics, Polish Academy of Sciences, PL
  • Oskar Slowik, Center for Theoretical Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, PL
  • Özlem Salehi, Özyeğin Univesity, TR
  • Ayşin Sancı, Altınay Robot Teknolojileri, TR
  • Michał Stęchły, Zapata Computing, Toronto, CA
  • Abuzer Yakaryilmaz, QWorld Association and University of Latvia, LV
  • Zoltan Zimboras Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Budapest University of Technology and Economics, HU