Chair for Design Automation

Oct 6–8, 2026: Lukas Burgholzer, Fiona Fröhler, Damian Rovara, Yudong Sun, Yannick Stade, and Robert Wille participate in the Annual Meeting of the Munich Quantum Valley (MQV) in Eichstätt and present their contributions within the Munich Quantum Valley on

• New Developments in Compilation for Neutral Atom-based Quantum Computing,
• Fault-Tolerance-Aware Compilation of the Bacon-Shor Code, and
• The MQT Compiler Collection: An MLIR Ecosystem for Quantum Compilation.

Sep 30, 2026: A video summarizing our attendance and contributions to the IEEE Quantum Week 2026 is now online. Watch it here.

Sep 22, 2026: Robert Wille has been appointed member of the Program Committee of the 4th International Workshop on Quantum Software-Engineering Tools, Algorithms & Verification (Q-STAV 2027), co-located with SE 2027 in Dortmund.

Sep 17, 2026: Hsuan-Chu Chen successfully completed the Master thesis entitled “Lattice Surgery Compilation for Topological Quantum Error Correcting Codes”. Congratulations!

Sep 17, 2026: Our work on “Handling Imperfections in Subcircuit Compilation for Linear Optical Quantum Computing” has been awarded the Best Paper Award (3rd Place) at the IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE).

Sep 13-18, 2026: Our works on

• “Teaching Quantum Design Automation with Block-Based Programming”,
• “MLIR for Quantum Beyond Gate Cancellation: Quantum Circuit Mapping Reimagined”,
• “Handling Imperfections in Subcircuit Compilation for Linear Optical Quantum Computing”,
• “Routing Techniques for Error-Corrected Silicon Spin Qubit Quantum Architectures”,
• “Scalable Circuit Cutting: A Framework for Combined Gate and Wire Cuts Using Gate Groups”,
• “Efficient Priority-Aware Scheduling for Parallel Circuit Execution in Distributed Multi-QPU Systems”,
• “Fast Unitary Preparation of Surface-Code Logical States on Neutral-Atom Hardware”, and
• “Enabling Neutral Atom Integration: Redesigning Device Models for Universal Quantum Ecosystems”

are presented at the IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE). Besides that, we are

• hosting tutorials on
  • “Practical Integration of Cloud-based Quantum Resources via QDMI into HPC-QC Stacks”,
  • “Quantum Software Stacks: Overview, Requirements, and Experiences”, and
  • “MLIR for Quantum-Classical Compilation: Building a Future-Proof Compilation Framework”,
• organizing and delivering talks in workshops on
  • “What Circuits Do You Actually Need? On-Demand Benchmark Generation with MQT Bench”, and
  • “Compilation, Emulation and Verification for Neutral Atom Computing”,
• presenting works as posters on
  • “Guiding Compiler Optimizations for Neutral Atom Quantum Computers Through Visualizations”,
  • “Visualizing Shuttling in Trapped-Ion Quantum Computers for Compiler Optimizations”,
  • “Quantum Benchmark Generation for Software Evaluation, Hardware Design, and AI Training”, and
  • “QECirc: A Community-Driven, FAIR Library of Quantum Error Correction Circuits”,
• and participating in a panel discussion on “Enabling Programming Abstractions for More Effective Quantum Development”.