8th International Workshop on
Quantum Compilation
19-20 September 2026
Toronto, Canada
About the workshop
The workshop aims to bring together researchers from quantum computing, electronic design automation, and compiler construction. Open questions that we anticipate this group to tackle include new methods for circuit synthesis, optimization, and rewriting, techniques for verifying the correctness of quantum programs, and new techniques for compiling efficient circuits and protocols regarding fault-tolerant and architecture constraints.
The main purpose of the workshop is to exchange recent ideas and research in the area of quantum compilation. Topics of interest for the workshop include:
- Compilers for quantum software
- Compilation methods for fault-tolerant quantum software
- Quantum instruction set architecture design
- Intermediate representations for quantum software
- Optimization and synthesis of quantum and reversible circuits
- Technology-aware mapping and layout methods
- Automatic code generation from classical HDL specification
- Quantum programming languages
- Optimized libraries (e.g., for arithmetic and Hamiltonian simulation)
- Benchmarking and resource estimation of quantum programs
- Software and tools for all above mentioned topics
- Quantum outreach: coding contests, tutorials, education
The workshop has no formal proceedings. Authors are invited to submit an abstract of 3--5 pages in length. Submission of tool and case-study papers are highly encouraged. Links to longer documents or source code repositories are permitted, although the referees may or may not refer to them. In case of a positive evaluation, submissions are accepted either as oral or poster presentation to be part of the workshop programme. All abstracts and papers are distributed only among the participants, but can be shared on the workshop's website with the author's consent.
Like in 2025, IWQC will be colocated with the International Workshop on Quantum Resource Estimation, which will take place on Monday the 21st of September.
Important dates
| 31 August 2026 | Registration Deadline |
| 19 and 20 September 2026 | Workshop |
Invited Speakers
Aws Albarghouthi, University of Wisconsin-Madison"How to build a wicked fast quantum circuit optimizer"
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Accepted Contributions
The list of accepted talks and their abstracts is here.
The list of accepted posters is here.
Schedule
The workshop schedule is here as a printable PDF file. This is still subject to change!
Registration
Registration is now open. You can register here. All participants must agree to the Visitor Agreement.
Local Information
The workshop will take place at Xanadu's office in Toronto, Canada. The address is 777 Bay St., Toronto, ON M5G 2C8.
If you are looking for a hotel, food options, or just general infromation about Toronto, please consult this handy guide!
The workshop dinner will take place on the evening of Saturday 19th September at the Queen's Cross Food Hall, which is a short walk from the venue. It's an informal dinner, not included in the registration -- just come along!
We have discounted block booking at the Chelsea Hotel, near the workshop venue. Click through to the local guide for details.
Sponsors
Organisers
Programme Committee
- Olivia Di Matteo, University of British Columbia, olivia@ece.ubc.ca
- Ross Duncan, Quantinuum, ross.duncan@quantinuum.com
- David Ittah, Xanadu, davidi@xanadu.ai
- Ali Javadi-Abhari, IBM Quantum, ali.javadi@ibm.com
- Aleks Kissinger, University of Oxford, Aleks.kissinger@cs.ox.ac.uk
- Alexandru Paler, Aalto University, alexandru.paler@aalto.fi
- Arianne Meijer-van de Griend, University of Helsinki, arianne.vandegriend@helsinki.fi
- Jennifer Paykin, University of Vermont, Jennifer.Paykin@uvm.edu
- Neil J. Ross, Dalhousie University, neil.jr.ross@gmail.com
- Raphael Seidel, IQM, raphael.seidel@meetiqm.com
- Kaitlin Smith, Northwestern University, kns@northwestern.edu
- Benoit Valiron, Université Paris Saclay, benoit.valiron@universite-paris-saclay.fr
The local organisers are David Ittah, Josh Izaac, and Lara Watson.
Previous Editions
- 2025 7th International Workshop on Quantum Compilation, Helsinki, Finland, 6-7 September 2025
- 2024 6th International Workshop on Quantum Compilation, Berlin, Germany, 11-12 September 2024
- 2023 5th International Workshop on Quantum Compilation, Paris, France, 22-23 July 2023
- 2020 4th International Workshop on Quantum Compilation, Fully Online, 23-24 September 2020
- 2019 3rd International Workshop on Quantum Compilation Westminster, CO, USA
- 2018 2nd International Workshop on Quantum Compilation San Diego, CA, USA
- 2017 First Workshop on Design Automation for Quantum Computing Irvine, CA, USA