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

PRESENTATION GUIDELINES

Each accepted paper will be presented in a session slot of 17 minutes total, structured as follows:

12 minutes for the presentation
5 minutes for questions and discussion (Q&A)

We kindly ask presenters to prepare their talks with this time limit in mind and to rehearse beforehand to ensure the presentation fits comfortably within the 12-minute slot. Session chairs will enforce timing strictly in order to keep the schedule on track for all presenters and attendees.

Presenters are encouraged to arrive at the session room a few minutes before their session begins and to have their slides ready in advance (e.g., loaded on the session laptop or accessible via USB) to avoid delays between talks.

If you have any questions regarding the presentation format or your assigned session, please do not hesitate to contact the workshop organizers.

SESSIONS

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

Session 1 – Resource Optimization, Execution, and Noise in Quantum Circuits

1. StableShots: Adaptive Shot Control for Quantum Circuits – Giuseppe Bisicchia, Alessandro Bocci, Ernesto Pimentel, Antonio Brogi

2. Optimizing Qubit Space Utilization on QCaaS Platforms Using Quantum Islands – Antonio Jesus Sanchez Gil, Javier Romero-Alvarez, Jaime Alvarado-Valiente, Francisco Moreno-Velez, Enrique Moguel, Jose Garcia-Alonso, Juan M. Murillo

3. QProgram: A Hardware-Agnostic DSL for Portable Pulse-Level Quantum Programming – Vyron Vasileiadis, Flavie Le Bars, David Arcos

4. Shadow-Based Noise Fingerprinting of Simulated Quantum Noise Models – Vridhi Jain, Lei Zhang

5. A Fidelity-Aware Framework for Joint Circuit Knitting and Error Mitigation – Matteo Mendula, Deborah Volpe, Fabrizio Riente, Giovanna Turvani, Carla Fabiana Chiasserini

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EDT

Session 2 – Architecture, Design, and Empirical Studies of Quantum Software Systems

1. Repositories, Contributors, and Continuity: An Empirical Study of Foundational Quantum Software – Vincent Gierisch, Ralf Ramsauer, Nicole Hoess, Wolfgang Mauerer

2. QuARC: LLM-Aided Architecture-Centric Development of Hybrid Quantum Software – Jesus Tapia-Martin, Fernando Martin, Francisco Espada, Claudio Navarro, Samuel Sepulveda, Ricardo Perez-Castillo

3. Maximizing Quantum Computer Throughput using Multiprogramming and Qubit Reuse – Francisco Moreno-Velez, Javier Romero-Alvarez, Jaime Alvarado-Valiente, Antonio Jesus Sanchez Gil, Enrique Moguel, Jose Garcia-Alonso, Juan M. Murillo

4. Utilization of Functional Size to Classify Components within Hybrid Quantum-Classical Software Architectures – Samuel Richard, Tuna Hacaloglu, Hassan Soubra, Pierre Bourque, Alain Abran

5. A Constraint-Based DSL for the Automatic Generation of Grover Oracles – Christoph Stein, Stefan Klikovits, Manuel Wimmer, Bernhard Schenkelfender

3:00 PM – 4:30 PM EDT

Session 3 – Testing, CI/CD, and Benchmarking of Quantum Software

1. Quantum Mutant Equivalence via Transpilation – Jose Campos, Andriy Miranskyy

2. Shot-Adaptive Approach for Quantum Mutation Testing: A Comparative Study of AST-Level and Circuit-Level Mutants – Amizito Rajabo, Joao Pascoal Faria, Rui Abreu

3. Catching Transpilation Drift with a CI/CD Workflow in Quantum Software Development – Jouni Peltonen, Otso Kinanen, Vlad Stirbu

4. QEVOLVE-Bench: A Seed Benchmark for Quantum SDK Evolution and Repair Planning – Krishna Bhatia, Gautami Sanjay Naik

5. On the Figures of Merit for Quantum Software Security: Toward a Benchmarking Rubric – Badhon Rahman, Majid Haghparast, Tommi Mikkonen