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Patrick Hopf

Patrick Hopf

Doctoral Candidate

Arcisstrasse 21, 4th floor, room 4999
Phone: +49 (89) 289-23587
patrick.hopf@tum.de

Publications

Organized Tutorials, Workshops, Special Sessions, etc.

  1. Y. Stade, L. Burgholzer, M. Reumann, D. Haag, D. Rovara, P. Hopf, and R. Wille. MLIR for Quantum-Classical Compilation: Building a Future-Proof Compilation Framework. In IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE). 2026.
  1. L. Burgholzer, D. Haag, Y. Stade, D. Rovara, P. Hopf, and R. Wille. The MQT Compiler Collection: A Blueprint for a Future-Proof Quantum-Classical Compilation Framework. In Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE). 2026. PDF.
  1. L. Burgholzer, P. Hopf, and R. Wille. Connecting the HPC and the Quantum Communities. In International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC). 2025.

Journals

  1. N. Lambert, E. Giguère, P. Menczel, B. Li, P. Hopf, G. Suárez, M. Gali, J. Lishman, R. Gadhvi, R. Agarwal, A. Galicia, N. Shammah, P. Nation, J.R. Johansson, S. Ahmed, S. Cross, A. Pitchford, and F. Nori. QuTiP 5: The Quantum Toolbox in Python. Physics Reports, 2026. DOI.

Conferences, Workshops, etc. with Proceedings

  1. P. Hopf, N. Quetschlich, and R. Wille. Efficient Priority-Aware Scheduling for Parallel Circuit Execution in Distributed Multi-QPU Systems. In IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE). 2026. PDF.
  1. A. Tudisco, P. Hopf, L. Schulte, D. Volpe, G. Turvani, and R. Wille. Fidelity-Based Quantum Device Selection Using Graph Neural Networks. In IEEE International Conference on Quantum Software (QSW). 2026. PDF.
  1. L. Burgholzer, J. Echavarria, P. Hopf, Y. Stade, D. Rovara, L. Schmid, E. Kaya, B. Mete, M. N. Farooqi, M. Chung, M. De Pascale, L. Schulz, M. Schulz, and R. Wille. The Munich Quantum Software Stack: Connecting End Users, Integrating Diverse Quantum Technologies, Accelerating HPC. In Proceedings of the Supercomputing Asia and International Conference on High Performance Computing in Asia Pacific Region. 2026. DOI, PDF.
  1. P. Hopf, E. Ochoa Lopez, Y. Stade, D. Rovara, N. Quetschlich, I. A. Florea, J. Izaac, R. Wille, and L. Burgholzer. Integrating Quantum Software Tools with(in) MLIR. In Proceedings of the Supercomputing Asia and International Conference on High Performance Computing in Asia Pacific Region. 2026. DOI, PDF.
  1. P. Hopf, L. Burgholzer, and R. Wille. Quantum Circuit Compilation for Superconducting Bus-Resonator Architectures. In Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE). 2026. Acceptance rate: 25%. PDF.
  1. P. Hopf, N. Quetschlich, L. Schulz, and R. Wille. Improving Figures of Merit for Quantum Circuit Compilation. In Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE). 2025. Acceptance rate: 32%. DOI, PDF.
  1. E. Kaya, J. Echavarria, M. N. Farooqi, A. Swierkowska, P. Hopf, B. Mete, L. Burgholzer, R. Wille, L. Schulz, and M. Schulz. A software platform to support disaggregated quantum accelerators. In Workshops of the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis. 2024. DOI.

Conferences, Workshops, etc. without Proceedings

  1. P. Hopf, E. Ochoa Lopez, Y. Stade, D. Rovara, N. Quetschlich, I. A. Florea, J. Izaac, R. Wille, and L. Burgholzer. Integrating Quantum Software Tools with(in) MLIR. In Software Engineering 2026 Companion Proceedings. Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., 2026.
  1. Y. Stade, L. Burgholzer, P. Hopf, D. Rovara, and R. Wille. Learning from the Classical Realm: Leveraging MLIR for a Modular Quantum Compilation Infrastructure. In Gesellschaft für Informatik Quantum Computing Workshop (GI QC). 2025.

Preprints

  1. Lukas Burgholzer, Marcel Walter, Patrick Hopf, Álvaro Caride-Tabarés Sánchez, Teemu Mattsson, Bernd Hoffmann, Noora Färkkilä, Daniel Bulmash, Robert Wille, and Eric Mansfield. Practical HPCQC Integration with QDMI: A Real-Hardware Case Study with IQM Systems. 2026. arXiv:2604.19869, PDF.
  1. Patrick Hopf, Sebastian Stern, Robert Wille, and Lukas Burgholzer. Standardizing Access to Heterogeneous Quantum Backends: A Case Study on Cloud Service Integration with QDMI. 2026. arXiv:2603.05138, PDF.

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Curriculum Vitae

Personal Data

Name:Patrick Hopf
Nationality:German

Education

since 2025Doctoral Candidate, Technical University of Munich, Germany
2022–2024Master of Science, Physics (Quantum Science & Technology), Technical University of Munich / LMU Munich, Germany
2022–2022ERASMUS, Semester Abroad, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
2019–2022Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, University of Augsburg, Germany
2017–2020Bachelor of Science, Physics, University of Augsburg, Germany

Experience

since 01/2025Quantum Software Engineer, Munich Quantum Software Company, Germany
since 01/2025Research Associate, Technical University of Munich, Germany
10/2024–12/2024Research Assistant, Technical University of Munich, Germany
04/2023–09/2024Research Assistant, Leibniz Supercomputing Centre, Munich, Germany
09/2023–11/2023Research Intern, RIKEN, Tokyo, Japan
01/2022–09/2022Working Student, Telenor, Trondheim, Norway
11/2018–10/2021Working Student, MAN Energy Solutions, Augsburg, Germany

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