QCOMICAL School 2025
on Quantum and Classical Programming Languages and Semantics
November 3 to 7, 2025 – Nancy, France
The first QCOMICAL School will take place in Nancy, France, in 2025 as part of the QCOMICAL project. The school will offer tutorials and lectures by leading researchers involved in the project, working on quantum computing as well as related topics in programming languages and semantics, fostering interaction across foundational approaches.
Courses and Lecturers
Course titles are tentative and indicate the general subject areas to be covered.
- Tutorial: Introduction to Quantum Computing — Simon Perdrix (Inria/LORIA)
- Tutorial: Introduction to ZX Calculus — Miriam Backens (Inria/LORIA)
- Quantum Programming Languages — Benoît Valiron (CentraleSupélec)
- Quantum Linear Optics — Timothée Goubault de Brugière (Quandela)
- Realisability — Emmanuel Beffara (Université de Grenoble)
- Concurrency – Michele Pinna (Università degli Studi di Cagliari)
- Quantitative Types — Pablo Barenbaum (Universidad de Buenos Aires)
Schedule
Below is the preliminary schedule scheme:
Time | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
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9:00 – 9:30 | Coffee break | ||||
9:30 – 11:30 | Quantum Programming Languages | Concurrency | Quantum Linear Optics | Quantitative Types | |
11:30 – 13:30 | Lunch break | ||||
13:30 – 15:30 | Tutorial: Introduction to Quantum Computing | Realisability | Quantum Programming Languages | Quantitative Types | Quantum Linear Optics |
15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee break | ||||
16:00 – 18:00 | Tutorial: Introduction to ZX Calculus | Concurrency | Realisability | Quantum Programming Languages |
Registration
Registration will open in September 2025 and will be free of charge. In case the number of registrations exceeds the available capacity, places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
Organisers
- Kostia Chardonnet - Inria/LORIA
- Alejandro Díaz-Caro (Chair) - Inria/LORIA & UNQ
- Simon Perdrix - Inria/LORIA
- Benoît Valiron - CentraleSupélec
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