From: Runyao Duan [mailto:runyao@gmail.com]
Sent: May-07-17 8:25 PM
To: Runyao.Duan@uts.edu.au; Zhengfeng Ji <Zhengfeng.Ji@uts.edu.au>
Subject: Call for Participation to Special Track on Quantum Computing and Artificial Intelligence

 

Dear Colleague,

 

(Due to some technical problem we apologise if you received the following message more than once).

 

We are pleased to advise that we will organise a special track on Quantum Computing and Artificial Intelligence collocated with the Australasian Database Conference 2017,25-28 September, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. 

 

The past year of 2016 has witnessed the remarkably increasing research interests on the interplay between quantum computation and artificial intelligence, two areas that are embracing rapid exciting advancements respectively. The exchange of ideas, methods, and techniques between the two corresponding communities will greatly enrich the scope of the two research areas, help to build beneficial connections, and provide fundamentally innovative ideas to solve core problems in both areas. This special track on Quantum Computing and Artificial Intelligence is organised with the aim to foster collaborations between researchers from both fields and to promote the research on this exciting new direction.

 

The special track will have a half-day format and includes both invited and contributed talks. It will be part of the 28th Australasian Database Conference 2017 (ADC 2017), to be held in Brisbane, Australia in September. The Australasian Database Conference series is an annual summit for researchers and practitioners working on database systems, data-driven applications and data analytics in Australia, New Zealand and worldwide. As part of the conference, there will be PhD student tutorials and brilliant talks given by invited keynote speakers. All attendees should register the main conference. See more information about ADC 2017 at http://adc-conferences.org.au/adc2017.

 

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

 

• Quantum algorithms for classical problems in machine learning and optimization

• Quantum advantages in the processing of big data systems and data analytics

• Quantum programming and verification tools

• Applications of classical learning algorithms to quantum computation

• The connection between neural networks and condensed matter physics

• Security and privacy issues against quantum attacks in big data systems

• Learning of quantum objects such as quantum states and quantum operations

 

Important Dates:

 

Research Papers

 

• Abstract Deadline: May 19, 2017 

• Full Paper Deadline: May 26, 2017

• Author Notification: July 10, 2017

• Camera-Ready Deadline: July 21, 2017

 

Invited extended abstract (to special track chairs)

• Extended Abstract Deadline: Jun 29, 2017

• Author Notification: July 20, 2017

 

Special Note: Please contact Track chairs if you intend to submit a paper but require an extension of deadlines.

 

Submission methods:

Research papers should be submitted as regular papers to ADC (EasyChair URL:  https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=adc2017), with a special note on the Special Track on Quantum Computing and Artificial Intelligence.

• Submitted papers must be original contributions and cannot be under review for any other forum.

• The accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, which will form a volume in the Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science series.

• All submitted papers must be in English and conform to the formatting instructions for the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) including references and figures.

• Submitted files must be in PDF, where the following page limits apply: research paper (12 pages), extended abstract for invited speeches (4 pages).

• The format style files are available at LNCS Authors Instructions Page.

For invited speeches, an extended abstract (4 pages) with a short biography should be sent to the special track chairs.

 

Thank you, and look forward to meeting you in Brisbane in September!

 

Best Regards,

 

Track Chairs: 

 

Runyao Duan, Runyao.Duan@uts.edu.au, University of Technology Sydney

Zhengfeng Ji, Zhengfeng.Ji@uts.edu.au, University of Technology Sydney

 

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Runyao Duan, (ARC) Future Fellow and Professor

Director

Centre for Quantum Software and Information

Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology

University of Technology Sydney

PO Box 123, Broadway NSW 2007, Australia