[hpc-announce] [Extended deadline] CFP: Quantum Computing for Search and Optimization Problems workshop at PRICAI 2025

[Philippe Codognet]

Submission deadline extended until 6 August (AoE)!

 *** Call for Papers ***

Workshop on Quantum Computing for Search and Optimization Problems
            QCSOP25, co-located with PRICAI2025 (https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://pricai.org/2025/__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!avE-kqvUIlIYfgcFPPkYft3lb6W27u_bpXBs2j7sFU00fxh8UTZzWMnvFqSGD_3iRiqE0jr5EpxcgJdWpX4PMnEUAa9YYHFlsw$ )

Wellington, New Zealand, November 17-18, 2025

CFP: https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://easychair.org/cfp/QCSOP25__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!avE-kqvUIlIYfgcFPPkYft3lb6W27u_bpXBs2j7sFU00fxh8UTZzWMnvFqSGD_3iRiqE0jr5EpxcgJdWpX4PMnEUAa9mTSlopw$ 
Web page: https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://www.qcsop-workshop.cs.auckland.ac.nz/__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!avE-kqvUIlIYfgcFPPkYft3lb6W27u_bpXBs2j7sFU00fxh8UTZzWMnvFqSGD_3iRiqE0jr5EpxcgJdWpX4PMnEUAa8MtBzcVQ$ 
Submission link: https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=qcsop25__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!avE-kqvUIlIYfgcFPPkYft3lb6W27u_bpXBs2j7sFU00fxh8UTZzWMnvFqSGD_3iRiqE0jr5EpxcgJdWpX4PMnEUAa_LESHvJg$ 



The use of quantum computers for solving combinatorial search and
optimization problems has attracted increasing interest from both the
quantum community and the AI community, as many problems in AI can be
formalized as combinatorial search problems. We would like to provide with
this workshop a cross-community forum for researchers working on quantum
computing and researchers from the combinatorial search community in AI
(search algorithms, SAT, constraint satisfaction techniques, constraint
programming, genetic programming, metaheuristics, other optimization
methods).


Submission Guidelines
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We solicit papers on the topics below, including reports on work in
progress, as well as position papers.

Papers must not exceed 15 pages and must be formatted in Springer's Lecture
Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) camera-ready style template; see
the Springer's author instructions page for details.

Papers should be submitted through EasyChair at
https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=qcsop25__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!avE-kqvUIlIYfgcFPPkYft3lb6W27u_bpXBs2j7sFU00fxh8UTZzWMnvFqSGD_3iRiqE0jr5EpxcgJdWpX4PMnEUAa_LESHvJg$ 

Important Dates
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    Paper Submission Deadline: 6 August 2025 (AoE)
    Acceptance Notification: 8 September 2025
    Camera-ready Submission: 22 September 2025
    Workshop Date: 17-18 November 2025


List of Topics
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Topics include, but are not limited to:

    Design and development of quantum algorithms, quantum-inspired
algorithms, and hybrid quantum-classical algorithms for optimization
problems and AI search problems
    Theoretical analysis of quantum algorithms for optimization and AI
search problems
    Problem representation in QUBO (Quadratic Unconstrained Binary
Optimization)
    Applications of Quantum Annealing and Quantum Approximate Optimization
Algorithm (QAOA) to optimization and AI search problems
    Quantum optimization for computer vision- Decomposition of large-scale
optimization and search problems for quantum hardware
    Benchmarking and performance comparison between different architectures


Program Committee
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    Hoong Chuin Lau, Singapore Management University, Singapore
    Richard Hua, CNRS at CREATE, Singapore
    Paolo Arcaini, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
    Eric Monfroy, University of Angers, France
    Philippe Lacomme, University of Clermont-Ferrand, France
    Shaukat Ali, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway
    Francisco Chicano, University of Malaga, Spain
    Mayowa Ayodele, D-Wave, UK
    Paulo Santos, PrioriAnalytica, Australia
    Kamonluk Suksen, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand


Organizing committee
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    Philippe Codognet, JFLI - CNRS / Sorbonne University / University of
Tokyo, Japan
    Patrice Delmas, University of Auckland, New Zealand
    Cristian Calude, University of Auckland, New Zealand
    Michael Dinneen, University of Auckland, New Zealand


Venue
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The conference will be held in Wellington, New Zealand, at PRICAI2025


Contact
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All questions about submissions should be emailed to qcsop25[at]
easychair.org