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!
Sun 19 JanDisplayed time zone: Saskatchewan, Central America change
09:00 - 10:00 | |||
09:00 30mTalk | Invited Talk: Quantum Computing for Programming Languages Researchers PLanQC Media Attached File Attached | ||
09:30 30mTalk | Invited Talk: Dependently Typed Quantum Programming in Proto-Quipper PLanQC Media Attached | ||
10:30 - 12:30 | |||
10:30 30mTalk | Invited Talk: Q# - Going Beyond Quantum Circuits PLanQC Media Attached | ||
11:00 30mTalk | Invited Talk: Resource-Efficient Quantum Computing by Breaking Abstractions PLanQC Media Attached File Attached | ||
11:30 20mTalk | Tuning up entanglement through the cloud using Qiskit-OpenPulse PLanQC Thomas Alexander IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, New York, USA, Naoki Kanazawa IBM Research, Tokyo, Japan, Daniel Egger IBM Research, Zurich, Switzerland, Ali Javadi-Abhari IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, New York, USA, David C. McKay IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, New York, USA | ||
11:50 20mTalk | Tracking Errors through Types in Quantum Programs PLanQC Kesha Hietala University of Maryland, Robert Rand University of Maryland, Michael Hicks University of Maryland Pre-print Media Attached File Attached | ||
12:10 20mTalk | Quantum CPOs PLanQC | ||
12:30 - 14:00 | |||
12:30 90mLunch | Lunch Catering | ||
14:00 - 15:05 | |||
14:00 20mTalk | Runtime Analysis of Quantum Programs: A Formal Approach PLanQC Pre-print File Attached | ||
14:20 20mTalk | Qbricks: formal verification in quantum computing PLanQC Christopĥe Chareton CEA, LIST, France, Sébastien Bardin CEA LIST, François Bobot CEA, Valentin Perrelle CEA, LIST, France, Benoit Valiron LRI, CentraleSupelec, Univ. Paris Saclay File Attached | ||
14:40 25mTalk | Merged Talk: A Verified Optimizer for Quantum Circuits & Verified Translation Between Low-Level Quantum Languages PLanQC Kesha Hietala University of Maryland, Kartik Singhal University of Chicago, Robert Rand University of Maryland, Shih-Han Hung University of Maryland, Xiaodi Wu University of Maryland, College Park, Michael Hicks University of Maryland Media Attached | ||
15:35 - 16:35 | |||
15:35 20mTalk | Optimal Two-Qubit Circuits for Universal Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computation PLanQC Andrew N. Glaudell University of Maryland, Neil Julien Ross Dalhousie University, Jacob M. Taylor University of Maryland Pre-print Media Attached File Attached | ||
15:55 20mTalk | Context-Sensitive and Duration-Aware Qubit Mapping for Various NISQ Devices PLanQC Yu Zhang University of Science and Technology of China, Haowei Deng University of Science and Technology of China, Quanxi Li University of Science and Technology of China Pre-print Media Attached | ||
16:15 20mTalk | Quingo: A Domain Specific Language for Quantum Computing with NISQ Features PLanQC Xiang Fu Institute for Quantum Information & State Key Laboratory of High Performance Computing, College of Computer, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China, Jintao Yu State Key Laboratory of Mathematical Engineering and Advanced Computing, Zhengzhou, China, Xing Su College of Meteorology and Oceanography, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China, Hanru Jiang Center for Quantum Computing, Peng Cheng Laboratory, Shenzhen, China, Hua Wu Shanghai Key Laboratory of Trustworthy Computing, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China, Dong Chen Department of Computing Science, College of Computer, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China, Fucheng Cheng Center for Quantum Computing, Peng Cheng Laboratory, Shenzhen, China, Xi Deng Center for Quantum Computing, Peng Cheng Laboratory, Shenzhen, China, Jinrong Zhang Center for Quantum Computing, Peng Cheng Laboratory, Shenzhen, China, Lei Jin School of Information Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China, Yihang Yang School of Information Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China, Le Xu School of Information Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China, Chunchao Hu School of Information Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China, Anqi Huang Institute for Quantum Information & State Key Laboratory of High-Performance Computing, College of Computer, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China, Guangyao Huang Institute for Quantum Information & State Key Laboratory of High-Performance Computing, College of Computer, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China, Xiaogang Qiang Institute for Quantum Information & State Key Laboratory of High-Performance Computing, College of Computer, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China, Mingtang Deng Institute for Quantum Information & State Key Laboratory of High-Performance Computing, College of Computer, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China, Ping Xu Institute for Quantum Information & State Key Laboratory of High-Performance Computing, College of Computer, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China, Wanwei Liu National University of Defense Technology, Yuxin Deng East China Normal University, Junjie Wu Institute for Quantum Information & State Key Laboratory of High-Performance Computing, College of Computer, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China, Yuan Feng Centre for Quantum Software and Information, University of Technology Sydney, Australia File Attached | ||
16:50 - 17:50 | |||
16:50 20mTalk | Extending Modern C++ for Heterogeneous Quantum-Classical Computing PLanQC Alexander McCaskey Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tiffany Mintz Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Eugene Dumitrescu Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Sarah Powers Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Shirley Moore Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Pavel Lougovski Oak Ridge National Laboratory | ||
17:10 20mTalk | Formalization of a Programming Language for Quantum Circuits with Measurement and Classical Control PLanQC Dongho LEE LRI / CEA LIST, Univ Paris Saclay, Sébastien Bardin CEA LIST, Valentin Perrelle CEA, LIST, France, Benoit Valiron LRI, CentraleSupelec, Univ. Paris Saclay File Attached | ||
17:30 20mTalk | Automated distribution of quantum circuits via hypergraph partitioning PLanQC Link to publication DOI Pre-print Media Attached File Attached | ||
Unscheduled Events
| Not scheduled Talk | A Verified Optimizer for Quantum Circuits PLanQC Kesha Hietala University of Maryland, Robert Rand University of Maryland, Shih-Han Hung University of Maryland, Xiaodi Wu University of Maryland, College Park, Michael Hicks University of Maryland Pre-print Media Attached File Attached | ||
| Not scheduled Talk | Verified translation between low-level quantum languages PLanQC Kartik Singhal University of Chicago, Robert Rand University of Maryland, Michael Hicks University of Maryland Media Attached |
Accepted Talks
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):
| Abstract submission deadline | Mon 28 Oct 2019 |
| Notification | Thu 21 Nov 2019 |
| Workshop | Sun 19 Jan 2020 |
Travel Support for Students
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:
| Sun 19 Jan 2020 Workshop |
| Thu 21 Nov 2019 Notification |
| Mon 28 Oct 2019 Submission deadline |
Matthew Amy
Andrew Cross
IBM Research
Ross Duncan
Cambridge Quantum Computing
Chris Granade
Microsoft
Bettina Heim
Microsoft
Yipeng Huang
Princeton University
United States
Aleks Kissinger
Radboud University
Jennifer Paykin
Galois, Inc.
United States
Neil Julien Ross
Dalhousie University
Canada
Dominique Unruh
University of Tartu
Benoit Valiron
LRI, CentraleSupelec, Univ. Paris Saclay
France
Mingsheng Ying
University of Technology Sydney, Australia / Institute of Software at Chinese Academy of Sciences, China/ Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University.
Australia
Will Zeng
Unitary Fund
United States
Robert RandChair
University of Maryland
United States