Part of the 2025 IEEE World Congress on SERVICES
July 7-12
Helsinki, Finland
IEEE Symposium on Quantum Software: Quantum Software Engineering
As quantum computing advances, led by an industry that keeps pushing the boundaries of quantum hardware, the need for mature techniques and processes for quantum software development became clear.
This Quantum Software Engineering Symposium, organized alongside the IEEE International Conference on Quantum Software, will focus on reporting and discussing recent advances in Quantum Software Engineering achieved by both, industry and research institutions. By addressing these topics, the symposium will provide a platform to meet with other Quantum Software researchers and practitioners involved in Quantum Software.
The Quantum Software Engineering Symposium will be held for one day with invited talks, panels, and paper presentations. Invited speakers will include prominent industry leaders and relevant researchers.
Symposium Program
QSW-SYM1-S1
9:00 – 10:10
Room: F3020
Session Chair: Jose Garcia-Alonso – University of Extremadura
Symposium Opening
Keynote: Prof. Tommi Mikkonen – University of Jyväskylä
Quantum software engineering — something old, something new; something borrowed, something blue
Quantum software engineering has gained a lot of attention recently. Multiple traditional software engineering events have introduced a quantum software track, or a co-located quantum related workshop or other side event. The avalanche of venues to report research, as well as the increasing number of papers reporting quantum software engineering research in various forums seems to indicate that quantum software is becoming a popular research topic, with more and more software engineering researchers contributing to its evolution. In this talk, we address the state of research in quantum software engineering, its novel aspects as well as its connections to other branches of software engineering. Furthermore, in the light of this research, we also maturity of quantum software engineering in the light of industry expectations from a financial sector use case.
QSW-SYM1-S2
10:30 – 11:40
Room: F3020
Session Chair: Wolfgang Mauerer – Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg
Participatory session: Hosted by Prof. Wolfgang Mauerer – Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg
Provisional title: Quantum Software Stakeholders
QSW-SYM1-S3
11:40 – 12:50
Room: F3020
Session Chair: Jose Garcia-Alonso – University of Extremadura
Invited talk: Prof. Shaukat Ali – Simula Research Lab
Quantum Artificial Intelligence for Classical Software Engineering
Quantum Artificial Intelligence (QAI) aims to enhance classical AI algorithms and develop entirely new ones, providing benefits such as faster training, efficient optimization, and improved prediction. Although QAI is an emerging field, recent studies have demonstrated its advantages across various domains. Similarly, this talk will present the applications of QAI in classical software engineering. Specifically, it will discuss our efforts to apply quantum optimization algorithms (i.e., quantum annealing and quantum approximate optimization algorithms) to optimize test cases for classical software systems. The talk will also present our research on using quantum machine learning for software regression testing in real-world applications. Finally, it will cover the positive results obtained, current limitations, and future research challenges that must be addressed to enable the broader adoption of QAI.
Invited talk: Elena Peña Tapia – Quantum Software | Compiler Technology – IBM Research Europe – Zurich
Exploring Quantum Application Workflows with Qiskit Functions
The field of quantum application research is driven by increasingly complex workflows built on a rapidly evolving software stack. In this talk, we explore how Qiskit Functions were introduced to simplify these workflows by abstracting away low-level implementation details, enabling researchers to focus more directly on domain-specific innovation. We will highlight the expanding Qiskit Functions Catalog, along with ecosystem-powered pipelines and best-practice templates for building your own custom, reusable functions. Together, these capabilities streamline the journey from prototype to production in quantum algorithm and application development.
QSW-SYM1-S4
14:00 – 15:10
Room: F3020
Session Chair: Enrique Moguel – University of Extremadura
Invited talk: Arianne Meijer – University of Helsinki
Solving the Qubit Routing Problem without Routing Qubits
As the name suggests, the qubit routing problem has traditionally been solved by routing the physical qubit states to different qubit registers on the quantum computer. This is needed such that all two qubit operations in the quantum program adhere to the qubit connectivity constraints on the device. However, due to a recent paradigm shift, the qubit routing problem can also be interpreted as a problem of poor choice of operations in the given quantum program. In this talk, Arianne will give an overview of recent advances in this style of transpilation that have happened since she defended her award-winning PhD thesis last year.
Invited talk: Ioana Moflic – Aalto University
Symposium Closing
