1.Session : Thursday 17th, September 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
2.Session : Thursday 17th, September 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EDT
3.Session : Thursday 17th, September 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM EDT
Konstantinos Meichanetzidis
(Head of Scientific Product Development, Quantinuum)
Konstantinos Meichanetzidis is Head of Product at Quantinuum, working on quantum applications and AI. He is an interdisciplinary scientist with a background in theoretical physics and computer science. He designs end-to-end implementations of quantum algorithms informed by hardware roadmaps, guided by practical quantum advantage requirements. Furthermore, he explores the bidirectional synthesis of AI with quantum computation: how quantum computers can enhance AI systems, as well as how the latest AI systems can accelerate research and development in the full quantum stack.
Talk: Automated near-term quantum algorithm discovery
Juan Cruz-Benito
(Quantum+AI Manager, IBM Research)
Thursday, September 17, 2026
All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
10:00 AM–11:30 AM EDT
10:00–10:15 AM
Welcome and Introduction
10:15–11:00 AM
Invited Talk I — Konstantinos Meichanetzidis, “Automated near-term quantum algorithm discovery”
11:00–11:15 AM
Paper 1701 — Fast Stabilizer State Preparation via AI-Optimized Graph Decimation Jasmine Brewer, Michael Doherty, Matteo Puviani, Gabriel Matos, David Amaro, Ben Criger, and David T. Stephen
11:15–11:30 AM
Paper 1656 — Learning to Gadgetize: Reinforcement Learning for T-State Cost Reduction in Fault-Tolerant Quantum Circuits Yousra Farhani, Laura María Navarro González, and Gemma C. Solomon
1:00–2:30 PM EDT
1:00–1:15 PM
Paper 1710 — Reinforcement Learning for Adaptive Composition of Quantum Circuit Optimisation Passes Daniel Mills, Ifan Williams, Jacob Swain, Gabriel Matos, Enrico Rinaldi, and Alex Koziell-Pipe
1:15–1:30 PM
Paper 1498 — Graph Reinforcement Learning for Calibration-Aware Quantum Circuit Routing Yash Tomar and Dheeraj Peddireddy
1:30–1:45 PM
Paper 1614 — Entanglement Geometry Separates Circuit Cutting and Classical Simulability Maria Gragera Garces, Sabina Drăgoi, and Lirandë Pira
1:45–2:00 PM
Paper 1751 — Graph-Theoretic Quantum Circuit Optimization with the ZX-Calculus and Gumbel AlphaZero Alexander Koziell-Pipe, Richie Yeung, and Aleks Kissinger
2:00–2:15 PM
Paper 1519 — Reusable Equivariant Neural Compilers for Matrix-Group Quantum Circuit Synthesis Richie Yeung, Aleks Kissinger, and Rob Cornish
2:15–2:30 PM
Paper 1543 — QCoWPoST: A Quantum Compiler Based on Weighted Probability of Successful Trials Harshdeep Singh, Marvin Richter, Mats Granath, and Anton Frisk Kockum
3:00–4:30 PM EDT
3:00–3:15 PM
Session Introduction
3:15–4:00 PM
Invited Talk II — Juan Cruz-Benito, Talk TBD
4:00–4:30 PM
Poster Session