High-performance computing (HPC) has witnessed significant milestones in its evolution, each wave of innovation breaking performance barriers and leading to groundbreaking scientific discoveries. As Quantum Computing (QC) matures, the question is no longer just about its theoretical capabilities, but also its applicability in real-world computing environments. Consequently, the HPC community is now turning its attention to the potential of QC as the next frontier in advancing the field. However, for QC to realize its potential, it must be seamlessly integrated into the realm of high-performance computing. The integration of QC into HPC centers has become a topic of increasing interest and urgency.

This workshop will focus on the actions required to achieve this integration across various layers, including programming models, environmental and infrastructure requirements, integrated scheduling environments, and operating system extensions. The degree of such integration into the multiple layers, whether it is very loose, where jobs are dispatched to remote schedulers in the cloud, or very tight, with direct physical connection to the control unit, will define the effort required by the interested actors.

List of Topics

Topics of interest to the workshop include but are not limited to:

• Programming models for HPC-Quantum integration
• Environmental and infrastructure considerations
• Integrated scheduling environments
• Operating system extensions for seamless integration
• Quantum software stacks and toolkits
• Benchmarking and performance evaluation of HPC-Quantum systems
• Scalability challenges in HPC-Quantum systems
• Quantum-accelerated HPC system software

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:

• Full papers, 4 to 8 pages
• Short papers, 2 to 4 pages

All papers should use the double-column ACM conference format. Page limits include figures, tables and appendices.

As the review process is double-blind, the removal of all identifying information from paper submissions is required (e.g., cite own (previous) work in the third person, avoid references to machines and/or systems that can identify the paper authors, etc.). Papers not conforming to the above submission policies on formatting, page limits, and the removal of identifying information, are likely to be automatically rejected. Authors are strongly advised to submit their papers with the final list of authors in the submission system, as changes may not be feasible at later stages (due to restrictions at the publisher).

By submitting your article to an ACM Publication, you are hereby acknowledging that you and your co-authors are subject to all ACM Publications Policies, including ACM's new Publications Policy on Research Involving Human Participants and Subjects. Alleged violations of this policy or any ACM Publications Policy will be investigated by ACM and may result in a full retraction of your paper, in addition to other potential penalties, as per ACM Publications Policy.

Publication

Computing Frontiers 2026 has obtained the Technical sponsorship of the ACM Association for Computing Machinery. All the papers will be published on the ACM digital library.

Registration and No-show policy: At least one full registration is required from a submission author for each accepted paper and all accepted papers are expected to be presented in person at the conference. If circumstances arise such that authors are unable to present their papers at the conference, they must contact the PC co-chairs with a proposal for a replacement presenter. A no-show will result in exclusion from the ACM digital library proceedings.

As per ACM Publications Policies, any use of artificial intelligence (AI) generated content in a paper must be clearly disclosed in the acknowledgements section of the submission. The authors are reponsible for the correctness of any generated material. The authors also attest that the submitted paper accurately represents their own novel intellectual contributions, and is not primarily the result of the tool's generative capabilities.

Program Committee

• Davide Ferrari, PhD (University of Parma)
• Martin Ruefenacht, PhD (Qambria)

Venue

The workshop will be held in conjunction with the 23rd International Conference on Computing Frontiers, May 19-21, 2026, Catania, Sicily, Italy.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to davide.ferrari1@unipr.it or martin@qambria.com .