Conference Topics

IEEE Quantum Week features exhibits, tutorials, workshops, technical papers, posters, panels, and Birds-of-Feather sessions on the following topics including but not limited to:

  • Quantum Computing — Quantum advantage; quantum programming; quantum development kits (QDKs), quantum languages & circuits, compilers, transpilers & tools; software stack, libraries & infrastructure; hybrid quantum-classical architectures & computing; adiabatic quantum computation & quantum annealing; topological quantum computing
  • Quantum Algorithms & Information — Quantum information science; NISQ algorithms; quantum advantage with shallow circuits; algorithms & complexity; theoretical & empirical algorithm analysis; adiabatic & annealing algorithms; Hamiltonian dynamics; variational techniques; optimization techniques; quantum search
  • Quantum Software Engineering — Quantum software development; quantum systems engineering; quantum workflows for application stacks; hardware-software co-design; quantum simulators; quantum compilers, fault-tolerant computing & error correction, quantum accelerators; quantum assurance, testing, validation & verification; quantum software lifecycle
  • Quantum Communications & Cryptography — Communications theory; quantum networks; quantum internet; quantum communications technologies; quantum cryptography; quantum key distribution (QKD); post-quantum cryptography; quantum signal processing; quantum error correction & mitigation; quantum security & privacy
  • Quantum Sensing & Metrology — Quantum measures & benchmarks; quantum volume & fidelity; quantum entanglement & squeezing; gate & measurement errors; connectivity & topology; entanglement-based remote sensing; quantum error correction; standards
  • Quantum Photonics & Optics — Photonic quantum computing & simulation; photonic quantum computers; photonic technologies; quantum photonics devices; silicon photonics; optical quantum communications theory; optical coherence
  • Quantum Hardware Engineering — Quantum computers; qubit design & control; NISQ hardware; superconducting, trapped-ion, silicon qubits & technologies; quantum dots; connectivity & topology; microwave techniques; cryogenics & packaging; quantum error correction; checking quantum computers; standards
  • Quantum Applications — NISQ applications; application tools; simulations of chemical, biological & physical systems; quantum chemistry, materials; Hamiltonian dynamics; optimization problems—transportation, supply chain & logistics; AI & decision making; quantum machine learning; medicine & precision health; quantum genomics; quantum finance, services & portfolio management; manufacturing & mining
  • Quantum Education & Training — Quantum entrepreneurship, nurturing startups; quantum workforce & champion development; quantum capability building; quantum champions; K-12, undergraduate & graduate curricula & courses in quantum computing, information science, algorithms, hardware technologies, applications; quantum games; advancements in quantum standards; quantum teachers training; reports on quantum summer schools; quantum ecosystems