6th International Workshop on Quantum Software Engineering and Technology

Co-located with IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (IEEE Quantum Week).

September 13-18, 2026, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

ORGANIZERS

Ricardo Perez-Castillo

Ricardo Pérez-Castillo holds the Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain). He is associate professor at the IT & Social Sciences School of Talavera at University of Castilla-La Mancha. He is also a senior researcher at Information Technology & Systems Institute (ITSI). His research interests include quantum software development, architecture-driven modernization, model-driven development and business process archaeology. Currently, he is member of the aQuantum scientific research team where he works on the migration of classical systems to quantum architectures and quantum software reengineering.

Organising experience: Ricardo was one of the organizers of the first four editions of this workshop (2020, 2021, 2023, and 2024). Additionally, he served as the local organizing chair of QANSWER 2020 (Workshop on Quantum Software Engineering & Programming, http://www.qanswer.site/) and QUATIC 2019 and 2022 (15th International Conference on the Quality of Information and Communications Technology, http://2022.quatic.org/). He was also the general chair of the 1st International Workshop on Software Evolution and Modernization (SEM Workshop), held as part of ENASE 2013, and participated as an organizer in other international conferences, such as EASE 2012. Beyond his organizational roles, Ricardo is actively involved in the program committees of multiple international conferences.

Javier Romero-Alvarez

Javier Romero-Alvarez is a researcher at the University of Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain. He completed his MSc in Computer Science in 2022 and a PhD in Computer Science in 2025, both from the University of Extremadura (Spain). His research interests include web engineering, Quantum Software Engineering, service-oriented computing, and gerontechnology.

Organising experience: Javier has participated in the program committee of different international conferences and workshops in his research areas. He has experience organizing international workshops in the field of gerontechnology. He has also experience in organizing quantum software engineering courses in different Spanish and international universities.

Tommi Mikkonen

Tommi Mikkonen is currently a Full Professor of Software Engineering at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. His research interests include quantum computing, software engineering, and AI enhanced software design. He has been a PI for several quantum computing related research projects, with total budget exceeding 2Me. Furthermore, he has played a pivotal role at establishing a quantum information and computation research group at University of Jyväskylä, a member of the Finnish Quantum Flagship initiative.

Organizing experience. Tommi has participated in numerous program committees in international conferences and workshops. He has also played several kinds of chair roles, such as General Chair of OSS’12, General Chair of WICSA’12 Doctoral Symposium, Track Chair for ICWE’16 Vision and Short Paper track, Organiser of Liquid Workshop at ICWE years 2016, 2017 and 2019, Tutorial Chair at ICSR’16, Conference Chair for PROFES’16, Program Chair of ICWE’18, General Chair of ICWE’20, General Chair of PROFES’22, Industry Track Chair of ESEM’22, Workshop Chair of ICWE’23, Doctoral Symposium co-Chair of PROFES’23, Industry Track co-Chair of ECSA’24, and Workshop co-Chair of ECSA’25.

Alejandro Fernandez

Alejandro Fernandez is the Director of the LIFIA Research Center at the National University of La Plata (UNLP), Argentina. He is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Informatics (UNLP) and an Independent Researcher at the Scientific Research Commission of the Province of Buenos Aires (CICPBA). His research background spans software engineering, collaborative systems, and, more recently, quantum software engineering.

Organising experience: He has extensive experience in academic leadership and conference organization. He is co-director and founding member of the Ibero-American Network for the Advancement of Quantum Software Engineering (RIPAISC) and coordinates the Quantum Computing Working Group of CLEI. He has coorganized several major academic events, including the Argentine Conference on Informatics (JAIIO), the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Latin American Workshops on Quantum Software Engineering (TLISC), and the 1st and 2nd Argentine Symposium on Quantum Computing. He has also served as an invited editor for special journal issues related to software engineering and quantum computing.