[quantum-info] TQC 2021 Call for Papers

[Min-Hsiu Hsieh]

Dear colleagues,

The 16th Conference on the Theory of Quantum Computation, Communication,
and Cryptography (TQC 2021)

University of Latvia,

Riga, Latvia

July 5–8, 2021

www.tqcconference.org

www.tqc2021.lu.lv

This is the sixteenth in a series of conferences that aims to bring
together the leading researchers in the areas of quantum computation,
quantum communication and quantum cryptography. COVID-19 note: We are
closely monitoring the development of the COVID-19 pandemic. If it is not
viable to hold TQC 2021 as a physical conference, we will run it virtually
on the same dates, and talks will be scheduled during Latvian business
hours (GMT+2). We will decide in March 2021 at the latest. If TQC 2021 can
go ahead physically, accepted authors may still present remotely.

TQC covers all theoretical aspects of quantum information. Areas of
interest include, but are not restricted to:

quantum algorithms

models of quantum computation

quantum complexity theory

simulation of quantum systems

quantum cryptography

quantum communication

quantum information theory

quantum estimation and measurement

intersection of quantum information and condensed-matter theory

quantum coding theory

fault-tolerant quantum computing

entanglement theory

quantum machine learning

At this moment, we have confirmed three invited speakers for TQC 2021:

Scott Aaronson (UT Austin)

Srinivasan Arunachalam (IBM T. J. Watson Research Center)

Cécilia Lancien (Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse and CNRS)


Important dates (AoE, anywhere on earth):

Paper/Talk/Early-Poster submission deadline: March 15, 2020

Decision notification: April 30, 2020

Final manuscript deadline: May 17, 2020

Late-Poster submission deadline: May 24, 2020

Late-Poster decision notification: June 8, 2020

Two tracks: Conference (talk + proceedings) and Workshop (talk only). As
the goal of TQC is to bring together researchers on all aspects of quantum
information, submissions are solicited for two tracks:

CONFERENCE TRACK (talk + proceedings): Submissions to this track must be
original papers that have not previously appeared in published form.
Accepted papers will be presented orally at the conference and will appear
in the conference proceedings  (published in the well known
open-access LIPIcs–Leibniz
International Proceedings in Informatics
<https://www.dagstuhl.de/en/publications/lipics> series). The PC will
target a minimum of 10 articles to be published in the proceedings and
therefore the acceptance rates could differ between the two tracks.

Submission format: The length of the main text must be at most 10 pages
excluding bibliography and appendices. The text must be in a single column
format, use at least 11-point fonts, and have reasonable margins. The
submission should begin with a title, a list of authors, and a short
abstract. The introduction should summarize the contributions of the paper
at a level appropriate for a non-specialist reader. Submissions should be
in PDF format.

WORKSHOP TRACK (talk only): We solicit submissions for talk-only papers;
accepted submissions will be presented orally at the conference but will
not appear in the proceedings. This track allows authors to publish their
work elsewhere and accepts previously published material. Previously
published submissions must still be current to be competitive for
acceptance.

Submission format: Submission should consist of a 3 page extended abstract
(excluding references) and a technical version, both with at least 11-point
fonts and reasonable margins. The extended abstract should contain a
non-technical, clear and insightful description of the main ideas, results,
and their impact. The technical version will be considered only at the
discretion of the program committee. Both the abstract and the technical
version should be uploaded as a single PDF file. If the work corresponding
to the submission is published, has been submitted elsewhere, or appears on
arXiv, then it should be indicated on the first page of the submission.

Depending on submissions received, preference may be given to submissions
to the Conference Track. In recent years the overall acceptance rate for
all papers submitted to TQC has been approximately 25%. One of the
Conference Track submissions will be selected for an OUTSTANDING PAPER
PRIZE.

We also solicit poster-only submissions:

POSTER: Submissions must either consist of a short summary (2 pages) of the
work, or follow the guidelines from either of the tracks above. If the work
corresponding to the submission is published, has been submitted elsewhere,
or appears on arXiv, then it should be indicated on the first page of the
submission. Talk submissions that are not retained will automatically be
considered for the poster session. Authors of poster submissions made
before the Early-Poster submission deadline will be notified by the
Decision notification date. A Late-Poster round allows for much later
submissions (and notification) for posters only.

All submissions for talks or posters must be made electronically through
the online submission system EasyChair.

Please direct any questions or comments to the PC chair at
tqc2021 at easychair.org

Program committee:

Barbara Amaral (Universidade de São Paulo)

Srinivasan Arunachalam (IBM T. J. Watson Research Center)

Hao-Chung Cheng (National Taiwan University)

Giulio Chiribella (QICI, The University of Hong Kong)

Patrick Coles (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

Matthew Coudron (NIST/UMD)

Yfke Dulek (QuSoft / CWI, Amsterdam)

Bill Fefferman (University of Chicago)

Christoph Hirche (Københavns Universitet)

Min-Hsiu Hsieh (Hon Hai Quantum Computing Center) (Chair)

Rahul Jain (National University of Singapore)

Maria Kieferova (University of Technology Sydney)

Isaac Kim (University of Sydney)

Ludovico Lami (Universität Ulm)

Felix Leditzky (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Anthony Leverrier (Inria)

Guang-Hao Low (Microsoft)

Chandrashekar C M (Institute of Mathematical Sciences)

Tomoyuki Morimae (Kyoto University)

Anand Natarajan (MIT)

Miguel Navascues (IQOQI Vienna)

Dave Touchette (Université de Sherbrooke)

Anna Vershynina (University of Houston)

Julio I. de Vicente (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)

Mischa Woods (ETH)

Penghui Yao (Nanjing University)

Jon Yard (IQC/Perimeter Institute)

Quntao Zhuang (University of Arizona)


Local organizing committee (University of Latvia):

Andris Ambainis (Latvia, chair)

Kaspars Čikste (Latvia)

Juris Smotrovs (Latvia)

Aleksandrs Rivoss (Latvia)

Jelena Glušakova (Latvia)

Dace Šostaka (Latvia)

Jevgēnijs Vihrovs (Latvia)

Jānis Iraids (Latvia)

Mārtiņš Kālis (Latvia)

Andis Draguns (Latvia)

Matīss Apinis (Latvia)


Steering committee:

Gorjan Alagic (Maryland)

Andris Ambainis (Latvia)

Anne Broadbent (uOttawa)

Eric Chitambar (UIUC)

Steven Flammia (AWS)

Stacey Jeffery (QuSoft & CWI, chair)

Laura Mančinska (Copenhagen)

Marco Tomamichel (NUS)


-- 
Min-Hsiu Hsieh <https://www.minhsiu.com>,
Director of Hon Hai (Foxconn) Quantum Computing Centre
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