Call For Papers: IEEE QSW 2026
2026 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON QUANTUM SOFTWARE (QSW 2026)
PART OF THE 2026 IEEE WORLD CONGRESS ON SERVICES (SERVICES 2026)
When and Where: July 13-18, 2026 in Sydney, Australia
Website: https://services.conferences.computer.org/2026/qsw/
ABOUT IEEE QSW 2026 AND IEEE SERVICES CONGRESS
The IEEE International Conference on Quantum Software (IEEE QSW 2026) is the premier venue dedicated to establishing quantum software as a rigorous engineering and scientific discipline. QSW seeks to explore the methods, abstractions, languages, tools, systems, and theories that support the design, development, and evolution of quantum and hybrid quantum–classical software systems. While many venues emphasize physics or hardware advances, QSW offers a space for software-focused perspectives, which includes programming models, languages, compilers, runtimes, validation and verification techniques, system architectures, lifecycle methodologies, and reproducible software artifacts. The conference aims to help connect advances in quantum algorithms with practical and operational quantum systems. QSW encourages contributions from both academia and industry that provide technical rigor, state clear assumptions, and demonstrate relevance to quantum software development.
The 2026 IEEE World Congress on SERVICES (SERVICES 2026) is solely sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society under the auspice of the Technical Community on Services Computing (TCSVC). With six theme conferences, the scope of SERVICES 2026 covers all aspects of services computing and applications, current or emerging. Centered around services computing, SERVICES 2026 covers various systems and networking research pertaining to cloud, edge and Internet-of Things (IoT), as well as technologies for intelligent computing, learning, Big Data and blockchain applications, addressing critical issues such as knowledge network, high performance, security, privacy, dependability, trustworthiness, and cost-effectiveness. In addition to co-located theme-topic conferences, the Congress will also include symposia and workshops supporting deep-dive discussions on emerging important topics, and complement the SERVICES 2026 program with industry and application presentations and panels. Authors are invited to prepare early and submit original papers to any of these conferences at www.easychair.org. All submitted manuscripts will be peer-reviewed by at least three reviewers. Accepted and presented papers will appear in the conference proceedings published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. SERVICES 2026 is the only premier professional event for the services computing field offered by IEEE.
GENERAL CHAIRS
- Johanna Barzen, University of Stuttgart
- Frank Leymann, University of Stuttgart
PROGRAM CHAIRS
- Sebastian Feld, Delft University of Technology
- Elisabetta Di Nitto, Politecnico Milano
- Manuel Wimmer, Johannes Kepler University Linz
PUBLICITY CHAIR
- Akash Kundu, University of Helsinki
TOPICS OF INTEREST
The conference solicits high-quality submissions in the following areas, including but not limited to:
Foundations of Quantum Software
- Formal semantics of quantum and hybrid quantum-classical programs
- Type systems and correctness-by-construction approaches
- Resource-aware programming models (qubits, depth, noise, communication)
- Software-level cost models beyond gate counts
- Program equivalence, refinement, and transformation
- Abstractions for NISQ and post-NISQ software systems
Quantum Software Development and Toolchains
- Quantum programming languages and intermediate representations
- Compilers, transpilers, simulators, optimizers, and code generators
- Circuit synthesis and decomposition techniques with software guarantees
- Simulation and emulation frameworks
- Design patterns and best practices for quantum software
- Data preparation and classical-quantum interfacing
- Development process and lifecycle models for quantum software
Verification, Validation, and Quality Assurance
- Testing methodologies for quantum and hybrid applications
- Statistical verification with confidence guarantees
- Fault models at different software abstraction levels
- Specification languages for quantum behavior
- Regression testing and evolution of quantum software
- Software metrics, KPIs, and performance models
Hybrid Quantum-Classical Systems and Infrastructure Software
- Architectures for hybrid quantum-classical applications
- Orchestration, scheduling, and resource management
- Runtime systems for heterogeneous platforms
- Cross-stack optimization (application-compiler-runtime-execution)
- Deployment, monitoring, and lifecycle management
Quantum Software in the Cloud and at Scale
- Quantum Computing as a Service (QCaaS) software architectures
- Interoperability and portability across platforms and vendors
- Cloud-native quantum development environments
- Automation of deployment and execution pipelines
- Cost-aware execution and optimization strategies
High-Performance Computing and Quantum Integration
- Integration of quantum accelerators into HPC workflows
- System software for quantum-enhanced HPC
- Performance modeling of quantum-classical workflows
- Co-design of HPC and quantum software stacks
AI-Assisted Quantum Software Engineering
- AI-based circuit optimization and synthesis
- AI-assisted error mitigation and noise adaptation
- Data efficiency, generalization, and limits of ML-based approaches
- Comparisons against analytical and compiler-based baselines
- Formal guarantees or failure analyses of AI-assisted techniques
Quantum Internet and Distributed Quantum Software
- Programming models for distributed quantum systems
- Network-aware compilation and execution
- Entanglement management and abstraction layers
- Simulation and emulation of quantum networks
- End-to-end quantum internet applications from a software perspective
Quantum Software Applications and Experience Reports
- Transition from prototypes to production-grade quantum software
- Scalability analyses with realistic constraints
- Migration across quantum technologies and platforms
- Reproducible experience reports with generalizable insights
- Negative results, failure analyses, and lessons learned
IMPORTANT DATES (ANYWHERE ON EARTH)
- Paper Submission Deadline: March 8, 2026
- Acceptance Notification: May 10, 2026
- IEEE QSW 2026 in Sydney: July 13-18, 2026
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Authors are invited to submit original work in the form of full, short, or work-in-progress papers via EasyChair at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeeqsw2026. Submissions will undergo a rigorous double-blind peer-review process, with each paper reviewed by at least three experts. Accepted and presented papers will be published in the IEEE Computer Society Press conference proceedings. Any content generated by AI, including text, figures, images, or code, must be disclosed in the acknowledgements section of the manuscript. Authors must specify the AI tool used and identify the sections of the paper influenced by AI, along with a brief explanation.
For further details, visit our Author Guidelines page: https://services.conferences.computer.org/2026/info-for-authors/
CONTACT INFORMATION
For any questions regarding submissions, please email the IEEE QSW conference chairs. For more information, please visit: https://services.conferences.computer.org/2026/qsw/.
