[hpc-announce] [CFP ]WQCC 2026: 3rd Workshop on Quantum Computing and Communication

[Roman Wyrzykowski]

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  ****    3rd Workshop on Quantum Computing and Communication   ****
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  ****                   in conjunction with:                   ****
  ****             16TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON             ****
  ****        PARALLEL PROCESSING AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS       ****
  ****                        PPAM 2026                         ****
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August 30 - September 2, 2026,
Poznan, Poland
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ABOUT WORKSHOP
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It is a one-day workshop to be held at the PPAM 2026, focusing on two
relevant quantum technology areas: quantum computation and communication.
The main goal of this workshop is to bring together scientists and
practitioners experimenting with both software and hardware quantum
facilities, quantum processors, and quantum communication testbeds in
the NISQ and upcoming quantum operational advantage era. This workshop
is also an opportunity to catch up on how to take advantage of quantum
computing and communication technologies in both theory and practice.

POSSIBLE TOPICS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
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- Gate-based Quantum Computing, Quantum Annealing, and Optical Quantum Computing
- Quantum near-future applications and calculations
- Quantum machine learning and quantum optimization approaches
- Domain and industry-driven quantum technology use cases
- Quantum software and application development tools
- Hybrid HPC+QC or HPQC applications and runtimes
- Performance analysis of quantum simulations on NISQ devices and simulators
- Strategies for error mitigation and fault-tolerant quantum computations
- Quantum communication experiences, services, and applications
- Designing and architecting quantum key distribution communication

PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION
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All rules of paper submission of the PPAM 2026 conference apply.
In particular:
• Papers will be refereed and accepted based on their scientific merit
   and relevance to the Workshop topics.
• Papers presented at the Workshop will be included in the conference
   proceedings and published by Springer in the LNCS series after the
   conference.
• Before the Workshop, abstracts of accepted papers will be posted on
   the PPAM site.
• Authors should submit papers (PDF files) using the online submission
   tool.
• Papers are not to exceed 15 pages (LNCS style).
• Final camera-ready versions of accepted papers will be required by
   November 2, 2026

Alternatively, abstracts delivering original works are invited to be
presented at the Workshop. They should be prepared according to the
Springer LNCS format on 2 pages. Accepted abstracts will be posted on
the workshop site before the conference.

IMPORTANT DATES
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Paper due: April 24, 2026
2-page abstract due: May  7, 2026
Notification of acceptance: May 31, 2026
Workshop: August 31 - September 1, 2026
Camera-ready: November 2, 2026

WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS
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Krzysztof Kurowski
Email: krzysztof.kurowski at psnc.pl

Cezary Mazurek
Email: cezary.mazurek at psnc.pl

Piotr Rydlichowski
Email: piotr.rydlichowski at psnc.pl

Konrad Wojciechowski
Email: kwojciechowski at man.poznan.pl

Mateusz Slysz
Email: mslysz at man.poznan.pl

Tomasz Pecyna
Email: tpecyna at man.poznan.pl

All from Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center,
Poland

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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Eleni Diamanti Sorbonne University, France
Branislav Jansík IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center, Czech Republik
Jarek Nabrzyski University of Notre Dame, USA
Michał Oszmaniec Center for Theoretical Physics PAS, Poland
Andreas Poppe Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria
Katarzyna Rycerz AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Hugo Zbinden Université de Geneve, Switzerland