QIP 2021 FIRST CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
The Conference on Quantum Information Processing (QIP) is the
premier annual meeting for theoretical quantum information
research. Since the first meeting in Aarhus, Denmark in 1998, the
conference has featured breakthroughs by leaders in the
disciplines of computing, cryptography, information theory,
mathematics, and physics. The scientific objective of the series
is to gather the theoretical quantum information community to
present and discuss the latest groundbreaking work in the field.
Most recently, QIP 2020 was held in Shenzhen, China.
QIP 2021 is the 24rd Annual Conference on Quantum Information
Processing and will be hosted by the Technical University of
Munich (TUM) and the Munich Center for Quantum Science and
Technology (MCQST). QIP 2021 will feature a tutorial program,
plenary talks, contributed talks, and a poster session. The
conference will be held online in 2021. More information can be
found at the conference website
https://www.mcqst.de/qip2021/
We invite contributions, both for talks and posters, on
outstanding recent research in the theory of quantum information
and computation. A QIP Best Student Paper prize will be awarded.
Important dates
Talk submission deadline: Friday 20 November 2020 at 23:59
Anywhere-on-Earth (AoE)
Poster-only submission deadline: Friday 18 December 2020 at 23:59
Anywhere-on-Earth (AoE)
Notification (for both talks and posters): Monday 4 January 2021
Tutorials: January 30-31, 2021
Conference: February 1-5, 2021
Submission instructions
All submissions for talks or posters must be made electronically
through the online submission system EasyChair.
Contributed talks at QIP are intended to be representative of
outstanding recent research contributions to the theory of quantum
information and computation. In addition to a title and a short
abstract (for the conference website in case of acceptance), each
submission to QIP for a talk should consist of two components:
Extended Abstract: This should be 1 to 3 pages in length and
contain a nontechnical, clear, and insightful description of the
results and main ideas, their potential impact, and their
importance to quantum information and computation. Extended
abstracts should not be a compressed version of a full paper, but
instead should facilitate an intuitive understanding of the
research results that they represent and help the program
committee assess their importance. Extended abstracts should be in
PDF format, and typeset in single-column form with reasonable
margins and font size at least 11 points. The 3-page maximum does
not include references.
Technical Manuscript: This is a full paper describing the work,
including technical details. This manuscript may be from an
on-line repository, such as arXiv; however, a PDF copy of it must
be uploaded. If your submission consists of multiple technical
papers they should be merged into a single file.
The Program Committee reserves the right to decide how to treat
submissions that deviate from the above format, including
rejection of submissions solely on the basis of their format.
Best student paper prize
A submission is eligible for the Best Student Paper prize if and
only if the main author(s) is/are a student(s) at the time of the
submission and will present the work at QIP, and further a
significant portion of the work (at least 60%) has been done by
said student(s), including contributing the majority of the key
ideas. Eligibility can only be indicated at the time of
submission. All authors are notified if their paper has been
labelled as eligible for the student prize, and have 14 days
following submission to voice any disagreements about the paper's
nomination to the PC chair. The PC chair is free to ask for any
clarifications regarding the students' contributions at any time.
Instructions for poster-only submissions
Poster submissions should be made using the same submission system
as talk submissions. For poster-only submissions, only a title and
abstract are required (i.e., an extended abstract is not needed).
A technical manuscript can be attached. Please indicate in the
required field "speaker" the person that will present the poster
at the conference.
Easy Chair instructions
Go to https://easychair.org
to log in (or create an account if you have not used EasyChair
before). Then go to https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=qip2021
to create a submission, select the appropriate track (talk or
poster-only) and follow the instructions. Please check the box for
Best Student Paper Prize only if all co-authors of this submission
are aware of the eligibility criteria of the prize and actually
support the choice. You may update or withdraw submissions up
until the deadline; only the latest version will be reviewed.
Submissions will be automatically closed immediately after the
deadline, so early submissions are encouraged.
Please direct any questions or comments to the PC chair at qip2021@easychair.org.