1st Workshop on Quantum Techniques in Machine Learning - QTML2017

Date: 
2017-11-06 - 2017-11-08
Registration deadline: 
2017-10-31 (All day)
Place: 
University of Verona
AIMS:

 

The main purpose of the QTML workshop is to provide an interdisciplinary platform to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and students in the fields of Quantum Computing, Machine Learning and Quantum Machine Learning (QML). 
The workshop aims to survey the major results in the new area of QML through a series of invited talks. The programme will also include a number of contributed presentations (see below for submission instructions).
 
VENUE: 

 

QTML 2017 will take place in Verona, Italy. The venue will be:

 

Dipartimento di Informatica 
Università di Verona 
Ca' Vignal 2, Strada le Grazie, 15 
37134 Verona (Italy)
 
SCOPE:

 

Topics include, but are not limited to:
 
- Quantum computing for enhancing machine learning algorithms 
- Machine learning techniques for the analysis of interacting quantum systems 
- Quantum entanglement and topology for the efficient representation of quantum systems 
- Topological approaches to machine learning based on Topological Quantum Computation 
- Advances of algorithmic techniques for quantum optimisation systems (e.g. quantum annealers)
 
STRUCTURE:

 

QTML 2017 will consist of:
 
- invited talks
- peer-reviewed contributions
 
INVITED SPEAKERS: 
  • Hans J. Briegel (Universität Innsbruck, Austria)
  • Seth Lloyd (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston)
  • Marco Loog (TU Delft, Nederlands)
  • Jiannis Pachos (University of Leeds, UK)
  • Minh Hà Quang (Italian Institute of Technology, Genoa, Italy)
  • Davide Venturelli (NASA Intelligent System Division)
  • Andreas Winter (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain)
  • Peter Wittek (Institute for Photonic Science ICFO)

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE:

 

  • Alessandra Di Pierro (Università di Verona, chair)
  • Stefano Mancini (Università di Camerino, chair)
  • Alberto Carlini (Università del Piemonte Orientale)
  • Simone Severini (UCL London, UK)
  • David Windridge (Middlesex University London)

 

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

 

  • Alessandra Di Pierro (Università di Verona)
  • Stefano Mancini (Università di Camerino)
  • Riccardo Mengoni (Università di Verona))
SUBMISSIONS:

 

Authors are invited to submit extended abstracts of up 2-page length by September 16, 2017 by visiting the EasyChair page
 
 
 
PUBLICATION:

 

Accepted abstracts will be collected in informal proceedings that will be distributed at the workshop.
After the workshop, authors will be invited to write a full paper on their work to be submitted for publication in the workshop post-proceedings.
The accepted contributions will be published in a dedicated volume of the International Journal of Quantum Information.
 
DEADLINES (all at 23:59 CET):

 

Abstract  submission: September 16, 2017
Notification  acceptance or rejection: September 23, 2017
Early registration: October 4, 2017
Late registration: October 27, 2017
Submission to the post-conference journal special issue: March 30, 2018

 

 
QUESTIONS AND FURTHER INFORMATION:

 

alessandra.dipierro(at)univr.it

riccardo.mengoni(at)univr.it 

 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:

 

Dipartimento di Informatica
Università di Verona
 

 

Location

Computer science department, University of Verona
Ca' Vignal 2, Strada le Grazie, 15
Verona 37134
Italy
45° 24' 20.4264" N, 11° 0' 18.4068" E
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