1st International Workshop on Quantum Computing for Distributed Systems (QuDiS 2025)

Technical Description, Focus, and Scope

Quantum Computing technologies are growing at exceptional rates thanks to the advancements in both quantum hardware and quantum computing approaches and methodologies, thus becoming promising and viable for exploitation in the context of distributed systems, for addressing infrastructure, management, networking, and applicative needs.

It is time for the research community to study intersections and bridges between these two fields, so as to cultivate common grounds and develop innovations.

For this purpose, the workshop aims to bring together scientific and industrial communities to discuss, propose, define, and evaluate innovative algorithms, approaches, and models for leveraging Quantum Computing in Distributed systems. Considering the novelty of the context, the workshop also aims to define a collaborative research agenda to highlight future research directions.

This workshop aims to foster the exchange of new ideas, results, and developments among researchers and practitioners, addressing existing challenges and identifying emerging ones.

Possible Topics Include (but are not limited to):

• Methodological approaches: frameworks, platforms, and methodologies for distributed systems leveraging quantum technologies; quantum and edge/cloud continuum computing integrations;
• Quantum software engineering: design, development, testing, validation, and evaluation of quantum software; high-level quantum languages, methods for testing quantum programs, developing best practices for quantum software;
• Quantum approaches for distributed infrastructure management: quantum optimization and hybrid approaches for resource management, task allocation, and application deployment on distributed and edge/cloud continuum computing infrastructures;
• Quantum algorithms for distributed and pervasive applications: quantum machine learning, quantum reservoir computing targeting pervasive/IoT gathered data;
• Quantum communication and security: quantum encryption, quantum networking and communication;
• Case studies and applications of quantum technologies within pervasive and distributed systems;
• Future research direction, challenges, and perspectives.