QCE21: 2021 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing & Engineering Virtual Event Broomfield, CO, United States, October 18-22, 2021

Conference website	https://qce.quantum.ieee.org/
Submission link	https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=qce21
Tutorial & Workshop Proposal Submissions	April 12, 2021
Technical Paper Submissions	May 24, 2021
Panel Proposal Submissions	June 28, 2021
Poster Submissions	August 9, 2021
Birds-of-Feather Session Submissions	August 16, 2021
IEEE Quantum Week 2021	October 18, 2021

 

Overview

IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing & Engineering (QCE21), IEEE Quantum Week 2021 for short, aims to be a leading venue for presenting high-quality original research, ground-breaking innovations, and compelling insights in quantum computing and engineering.

IEEE Quantum Week 2021 is a multidisciplinary quantum computing venue where attendees have the opportunity to discuss challenges and opportunities with quantum researchers, scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, developers, students, practitioners, educators, programmers, and newcomers. Quantum Week aims to exchange and share experiences, challenges, research results, innovations, applications, pathways, and enthusiasm on all aspects of quantum computing and engineering..

In 2020, the inaugural IEEE Quantum Week received outstanding contributions from the international quantum community to form an exceptional program with 270+ hours of programming with 10 world-class Keynote speakers, 49 Technical Paper presentations, 30 innovative Posters, 7 stimulating Panels, 16 workforce-building Tutorials, 21 community-building Workshops, 7 Birds-of-Feather sessions, and over 30 exciting Exhibits featuring technologies from quantum companies, start-ups and research labs. The format of Quantum Week 2021 will be similar.

IEEE Quantum Week aims to showcase quantum research, practice, applications, education, and training including quantum development kits, software engineering methods & tools, algorithms, benchmarks & performance metrics, qubit technologies & engineering, quantum computing architectures as well as integration with classical high-performance computing (HPC) architectures, software infrastructure, hybrid quantum-classical computing, simulating chemical, physical and biological systems, quantum optimization techniques, and quantum machine learning (QML).

Submission Guidelines

QCE21 invites contributions and participation from the international quantum community to form a world-class program. The multi-faceted event will include a series of keynotes, panels, technical paper presentations, workforce building tutorials, community-building workshops, posters, and exhibits featuring the latest technologies and accomplishments from the world’s leading vendors, research organizations, and universities.

Submission Deadlines

• Tutorial Proposal submissions: Mon, Apr 12, 2021 -- extended to May 3, 2021
• Workshop submissions: Mon, Apr 12, 2021 -- extended to May 3, 2021
• Technical Paper submissions: Mon, May 24, 2021 -- extended to June 7, 2021
• Panel Proposal submissions: Mon, June 28, 2021 -- extended to July 19, 2021
• Poster submissions: Mon, Aug 9, 2021
• Birds-of-Feather Proposal submissions: Mon, Aug 16, 2021

Technical Paper Tracks

• Quantum Computing & Systems
• Quantum Algorithms & Applications
• Quantum Networking & Communications
• Quantum Engineering, Devices & Sensing
• Quantum Workforce & Society

Conference Topics

IEEE Quantum Week 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; hybrid quantum-classical architectures & computing; adiabatic quantum computation and quantum annealing; topological quantum computing
• Quantum Algorithms & Computation— Quantum information science; NISQ algorithms; quantum advantage; algorithms & complexity; theoretical & empirical algorithm analysis; adiabatic & annealing algorithms; Hamiltonian dynamics; variational techniques; optimization techniques
• Quantum Software Engineering — Quantum software development; quantum workflows for application stacks; hardware-software co-design; quantum simulators; quantum compilers, quantum error correction, quantum accelerators; HPC integration; quantum assurance, testing, validation & verification; quantum software lifecycle
• Quantum Internet, Communications & Cryptography — Communications theory; quantum networking; 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 and squeezing; gate & measurement errors; connectivity & topology; entanglement-based remote sensing; quantum error correction; standards
• Quantum Photonics & Optics — Photonic quantum computing and 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, and Majorana qubits & technologies; quantum dots; connectivity & topology; microwave & laser engineering; cryogenics & packaging; quantum error correction; checking quantum computers; hardware & interface standards
• Quantum Applications — NISQ applications; simulations of chemical, biological & physical systems; quantum chemistry & catalysis; materials, enzyme & drug design; Hamiltonian dynamics; optimization problems—scheduling, transportation, supply chain & logistics; AI and decision making; quantum machine learning; medicine & precision health; quantum genomics; quantum finance, services & portfolio management, risk analysis; renewable energy; manufacturing & mining
• Quantum Education, Training & Society — Ramping up quantum workforce; quantum capability building; quantum champions; entrepreneurship; 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 and quantum ecosystems 

 

Technical Paper Submissions

Call for QCE21 Technical Papers submissions

QCE21 Technical Papers are peer-reviewed and can be on any topic related to quantum computing, engineering, and technologies. All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. Note IEEE Quantum Week is a highly multidisciplinary quantum computing venue where you can discuss challenges and opportunities with quantum researchers, scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, developers, students, practitioners, educators, programmers, and newcomers.

Papers accepted by IEEE Quantum Week 2021 will be submitted to the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. The best papers will be invited to the journals IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering (TQE) and ACM Transactions on Quantum Computing (TQC).

IEEE Quantum Week 2021 invites papers of the following types:

Technical papers (at most 10 pages main text, inclusive of figures, tables, appendices; plus up to two additional pages for references). Technical papers should: (1) clearly describe innovative and original research, or (2) report a survey on a research topic in the field.

New Ideas and Emergent Results (NIER) papers (at most 6 pages + 1 page of references). NIER papers should describe novel and promising ideas and/or techniques that are in an early stage of development. To that end, NIER papers will be reviewed with dedicated review guidelines.

Experience & application papers (at most 6 pages + 1 page references). An experience paper should describe the experiences gained from applying/evaluating quantum computing and engineering research results in practice. It is encouraged that the partners from both practice and research join the effort as co-authors and that the paper reflects the perspective of both sides. The papers should emphasize the value of the experience for the community – especially the lessons learned due to the transfer of research results to practice.

Artifact papers (at most 6 pages + 1 page references). Artifacts describe model problems, exemplars, or useful sets of resources for the broader quantum computing and engineering community.

Technical Paper Contact: Greg Byrd, North Carolina State University — gbyrd@ncsu.edu

 

Poster Submissions

Call for QCE21 Poster submissions

The IEEE Quantum Week Posters program presents excellent opportunities for graduate students, undergraduate students, researchers, practitioners, entrepreneurs, and start-ups to showcase their work and engage with the international quantum computing R&D community during the IEEE Quantum Week Exhibits. Posters are intended to stimulate discussions of recent advances, experiences, and challenges in quantum computing and engineering.

Poster contact: Ulrike Stege, University of Victoria — ustege@uvic.ca

 

Tutorial Proposal Submissions

Call for QCE21 Tutorial Proposal submissions

The shortage of skilled labor is one of the quantum computing sector’s greatest challenges. The week-long tutorials program, with tutorials by leading experts, is aimed squarely at workforce development and training considerations. The tutorials are ideally suited to develop quantum champions for industry, academia, government, and build expertise for emerging quantum ecosystems. IEEE Quantum Week will cover a broad range of topics in quantum computing and technologies including a lineup of fantastic hands-on tutorials on programming and applications. Note IEEE Quantum Week is a highly multidisciplinary quantum computing venue where you can discuss challenges and opportunities with quantum researchers, scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, developers, students, practitioners, educators, programmers, and newcomers.

Each tutorial at IEEE Quantum Week 2021 is one day long (i.e., there are no half-day or two-day tutorials). The QCE21 tutorials must last 4.5 hours (i.e., 3 sessions of 90 mins).

Tutorials contact: Tutorials Chair Scott Koziol, Baylor University — scott_koziol@baylor.edu

 

Workshop Proposal Submissions

Call for QCE21 Workshop Proposal submissions

IEEE Quantum Week 2021 Workshops provide forums for small-group (i.e., 20–50 participants) discussions on topics in quantum research, practice, education, and applications. Workshops provide opportunities for researchers, practitioners, scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, developers, students, educators, programmers, and newcomers to exchange and discuss scientific and engineering ideas at an early stage before they have matured to warrant a conference or journal publication. In this manner, an IEEE Quantum Week workshop serves as an incubator for a scientific community to form a research roadmap or share a research agenda. Workshops are the key to sustaining, growing, and evolving IEEE Quantum Week in the future. Note IEEE Quantum Week is a highly multidisciplinary quantum computing venue where you can discuss challenges and opportunities with quantum researchers, scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, developers, students, practitioners, educators, programmers, and newcomers.

Each workshop at IEEE Quantum Week 2021 is one day long (i.e., there are no half-day or two-day workshops). The QCE21 workshops must last 4.5 hours (i.e., 3 sessions of 90 mins). Participation in an IEEE Quantum Week 2021 workshop should preferably be open.

Workshop contact: Workshops Chair Travis Humble, Oak Ridge National Laboratory — humblets@ornl.gov

 

Panel Proposal Submissions

Call for QCE21 Panel Proposal submissions

IEEE Quantum Week 2021 aims to facilitate enlightening and impactful discussions among experts on different perspectives of quantum computing and engineering. Suggested panel topics include but are not limited to quantum technologies, quantum start-ups, hardware-software co-design, hybrid quantum-classical computing, NISQ applications, post-quantum cryptography, quantum programming education & training, quantum workforce training, or frontiers of quantum information science & algorithms. The goal is to gather diverse researchers and practitioners in sharing their insightful perspectives and engaging the broader community in a dialogue. The length of each panel session is 45-90 minutes.

Panel contact: Panels Chair Bruce Kraemer, IEEE Quantum Initiative

 

Birds-of-Feather (BoF) Proposal Submissions

Call for QCE21 Panel BoF submissions

Birds-of-a-Feather sessions or BoFs are informal gatherings of persons interested in a particular topic. The IEEE Quantum Week 2021 program will feature scheduled BoF Sessions addressing timely topics of interest on Quantum Computing and Engineering. BoF sessions are lively discussions of 30-45 minutes and are scheduled between the main 90-minutes conference sessions.

Panel contact: Panels Chair Bruce Kraemer, IEEE Quantum Initiative

Publications

QCE20 Proceedings

• in IEEE Xplore
• in IEEE Computer Society CSDL

Accepted Papers

Papers accepted by IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing & Engineering (QCE21), IEEE Quantum Week 2021, will be submitted to IEEE Xplore Digital Library and IEEE Computer Society Digital Library (CSDL).

QCE21 Best Papers

The best papers of IEEE Quantum Week 2021 will be recommended to the following journals:

• IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering (TQE)
• ACM Transactions on Quantum Computing (TQC)

Organizing Committee

• General Chair
  • Hausi Muller, University of Victoria
• Technical Program Board Chair
  • Greg Byrd, North Carolina State University
• Finance Chair
  • Candace Culhane, Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Workshops Chair
  • Travis Humble, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Tutorials Chair
  • Scott Koziol, Baylor University
• Posters Chair
  • Ulrike Stege, University of Victoria
• Sponsorships & Exhibits Co-Chairs
  • Candace Culhane, Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • Michelle Tubb, IEEE Computer Society
• Operations Managers
  • Carmen Saliba, IEEE Computer Society
  • Terence Martinez, IEEE Quantum Initiative

Steering Committee

• Hausi Muller, University of Victoia (Chair)
• Greg Byrd, North Carolina State University
• Candace Culhane, Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Travis Humble, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Erik DeBenedictis, Zettaflops, LLC
• Scott Koziol, Baylor University
• Bruce Kraemer, IEEE Quantum Initiative
• Amr Helmy, University of Toronto, IEEE Photonics Society
• Elie Track, nVizix & IEEE Council on Superconductivity (CSC)
• Lajos Hanzo, University of Southampton
• Tom Conte, Georgia Institute of Technology, IEEE Computer Society
• Andy Chen, IEEE TEMS Society
• Luu Nguyen, Electronics Packaging Society (EPS)
• Reena Dayal Yadav, Quantum Ecosystems Technology Council of India
• Terrill Frantz, Harrisburg University
• Terence Martinez, IEEE Quantum Initiative
• William Tonti, IEEE Future Directions
• Carmen Saliba, IEEE Computer Society
• Michelle Tubb, IEEE Computer Society
• Silvia Ceballos, IEEE Computer Society

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to the respective chairs listed above or Program Board Chair Greg Byrd, North Carolina State University — gbyrd@ncsu.edu

Sponsors

IEEE Quantum Week is financially co-sponsored by the following IEEE organizational units:

• IEEE Future Directions Quantum Initiative (FDQI)
• IEEE Computer Society (CS)
• IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc)
• IEEE Photonics Society (PS)
• IEEE Council on Superconductivity (CSC)

Supporters and Patrons

The organizers of IEEE Quantum Week sincerely thank all our IEEE financial co-sponsors, IEEE technical co-sponsors, patrons, and supporters for supporting our mission of building a premier meeting series of quantum minds and advance quantum computing and engineering. We deeply appreciate your leadership, support, and investment in the IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE).