About us

Q‑WORKS aims to gather HPC and quantum experts to collect the latest advancements in the integration of quantum computers within HPC facilities. The workshop serves as a venue for multiple, sometimes non-intersecting communities — quantum software experts, systems software experts, researchers from hosting entities, representatives from European and nationally funded projects (e.g., EUROQHPC‑I, EuroHPC Centres of Excellence), and hardware vendors — to convene and exchange experiences on integrating and programming quantum computers in an HPC environment.

Important Dates

Fri, May 29, 2026
Submission deadline

Paper Submission

Research Paper Submission Tracks

Efficient quantum resource allocation
Workload characterization for HPC–quantum systems
HPC–Quantum applications and use cases
Quantum–classical software stacks
Programming models for HPC–Quantum applications
Benchmarking and performance evaluation
Scheduling in hybrid quantum–classical environments
Integration of heterogeneous software stacks
Near-term quantum applications for HPC
Co-design of hardware and software for hybrid systems
Workflow languages for hybrid execution environments
EU project activities (e.g., EUROQHPC‑I)

Call for Papers Description

Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished work. Full papers up to 12 pages, short papers up to 10 pages. Reviews will be handled through the Euro‑Par 2026 EasyChair instance.

Committee

Organization

Paolo Viviani

LINKS Foundation

Sara Marzella

CINECA

Doriana Medić

Università degli Studi di Torino

Roberto Rocco

E4 Computer Engineering

Program Committee

Marco Aldinucci

Università degli Studi di Torino

Rosa M. Badia

BSC

Gianluca Bertaina

Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica

Gabriella Bettonte

E4 Computer Engineering

Mario Bifulco

Università degli Studi di Torino

Álvaro Caride‑Tabarés Sánchez

IQM

Marco Cipollini

Politecnico di Torino

Iacopo Colonnelli

Università degli Studi di Torino

Marco De Pascale

Munich Quantum Valley

Emanuele Dri

LINKS Foundation

Jorge Echavarria

Munich Quantum Valley

Pascal Elahi

Pawsey Supercomputing Centre

Jonathan Frassineti

CINECA

Edoardo Giusto

Università di Napoli Federico II

Krzysztof Kurowski

PSNC

Tommaso Macrì

QuEra

Francesco Medina

Università degli Studi di Torino

Bartolomeo Montrucchio

Politecnico di Torino

Daniele Ottaviani

E4 Computer Engineering

Vincenzo Pianese

Politecnico di Torino

Martin Ruefenacht

Rafael Sotelo

Universidad de Montevideo

Olivier Terzo

LINKS Foundation

Giovanna Turvani

Politecnico di Torino

Ugo Varetto

Pawsey Supercomputing Centre

Chiara Vercellino

LINKS Foundation

Giacomo Vitali

LINKS Foundation

Deborah Volpe

Politecnico di Torino

Speakers

Miwako Tsuji

Professor at Center for Computational Sciences, University of Tsukuba, and unit leader at the RIKEN Center for Computational Science.