Programming Languages for Quantum ComputingPLanQC 2020

The First International Workshop on Programming Languages for Quantum Computing (PLanQC 2020) aims to bring together researchers from the fields of programming languages and quantum information sciences, exposing the programming languages community to the unique challenges of programming quantum computers. It will promote the development of tools to assist in the process of programming quantum computers, both those that exist today and those likely to exist in the near to far future.

Topics of particular interest include:

• High-level quantum programming languages
• Verification tools for quantum programs
• Novel quantum programming abstractions
• Quantum circuit optimizations
• Error handling, mitigation, and correction
• Instruction sets for quantum hardware
• Other techniques from traditional programming languages (e.g., types, compilation/optimization, foreign function interfaces) applied to the domain of quantum computation.

We also encourage attendees to sign up for POPL’s TutorialFest, which will feature a tutorial on Verified Quantum Computing.

All of the recorded talks are now watchable online!

Supporters

Call for Submissions

We invite members of the programming languages (PL) and quantum computing (QC) communities to submit talk proposals for the First International Workshop on Programming Languages for Quantum Computing (PLanQC 2020), co-located with POPL 2020 in New Orleans this January.

PLanQC aims to bring together researchers from the fields of programming languages and quantum information, exposing the programming languages community to the unique challenges of programming quantum computers. It will promote the development of tools to assist in the process of programming quantum computers, as they exist today and as they are likely to exist in the near to distant future.

Submissions to PLanQC should take the form of 2-4 page abstracts (single-column, not counting references), with links to larger preprints when appropriate (work-in-progress is welcome). We hope to make PLanQC maximally accessible to the programming languages community. Thus, abstracts should cover cutting edge ideas and results, but not be opaque to new, potential entrants to QC coming from PL. Abstracts will be reviewed for quality and relevance to the workshop, and accepted authors will be invited to give talks or poster presentations. We will not be publishing formal proceedings, but the extended abstracts, along with links (where available) to full papers will be posted to the workshop’s website.

Invited speakers:

• Jennifer Paykin, Galois Inc — Quantum Computing for PL Researchers
• Peter Selinger, Dalhousie University — Quantum Programming Languages
• Fred Chong, University of Chicago — Quantum Compilation
• Bettina Heim, Microsoft Research — The Q# Language

Workshop topics include (but are not limited to):

• High-level quantum programming languages
• Verification tools for quantum programs
• Novel quantum programming abstractions
• Quantum circuit optimizations
• Error handling, mitigation, and correction
• Instruction sets for quantum hardware
• Other techniques from traditional programming languages (e.g., types, compilation/optimization, foreign function interfaces) applied to the domain of quantum computation.

Important dates (anywhere on earth):

Accepted Talks

Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, we can provide travel funding to a limited number of students interested in attending PLanQC!

To apply for travel funding, please fill out the form below:

https://forms.gle/1AC4t3JtpjpGywCu8

This form will be open until November 29th and responses will be sent out by December 3rd.

Other sources of funding for students interested in attending all of POPL (particularly those interested in volunteering) are also available:

https://popl20.sigplan.org/attending/students