QCOMICAL School 2026
on Quantum Programming Languages and Semantics
After a succesfull first edition in Nancy (France), the second QCOMICAL School will take place in Pisa (Italy) as part of the QCOMICAL project. The school will offer tutorials and lectures by leading researchers involved in the project, working on quantum computing with a focus on quantum programming languages and their semantics, fostering interaction across foundational approaches.
November 16 to 20, 2026 – Pisa, Italy
Courses and Lecturers
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Computational quantum logic - Alejandro Díaz-Caro (Inria Nancy, France & Universidad de la República, Uruguay)
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Tutorial: Bayesian networks Claudia Faggian (CNRS/Université Paris Cité, France)
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Quantum process calculi Fabio Gadducci (CINI/Università di Pisa, Italia)
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Quantum programming languages Benoît Valiron (CentraleSupélec, France)
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Categories for quantum computing Vladimir Zamdzhiev (INRIA/Université Paris Saclay, France)
Registration
Filling the form below is mandatory.
Click here to access the registration formYour submission will be considered a pre-registration until you receive a confirmation email, usually sent within two days.
Registration deadline: October 16, 2026 (AoE)
Accommodation
A few rooms have been reserved at
Residence Le Benedettine,
the guesthouse of the University of Pisa.
They are available on a first come-first served basis.
If you wish to book a single-bed room, you can do so following this
link,
and insert the following code into the additional notes: Priority code 1156/2026.
If you and another attendee wish to book a double room,
you can contact the guesthouse with a mail to "info at residence.unipi.it".
You will have to specify both of your names and the same code priority code as before.
Venue
The school will take place at the Museum of Computing Machinery, part of Sistema Museale d'Ateneo of the University of Pisa, located on the area of the former municipal abattoir ("Vecchi Macelli").
Address:
Museo degli Strumenti per il CalcoloLargo Padre Renzo Spadoni
56127 Pisa, Italy
The Museum is easily accessible from via Nicola Pisano. Leaving from the main train station ("Stazione centrale"), by bus: line 1+, direction "Park Pietrasantina", stop "Rustichello 1"; leaving from the central main bridge ("Ponte di Mezzo"), by bus: line 5, direction "Via Buffalmacco CEP", stop "Rustichello 1". The Museum is about a 5-minute walk from the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Visa Information
Participants from outside the European Union may need a visa to enter Italy. You can check the requirements according to your country of residence on the official Italian Visas website.
If you require an official invitation letter to support your visa application, please contact the organisers after completing your pre-registration.
Organisers
- Roberto Bruni - University of Pisa, Italy
- Alejandro Dìaz-Caro - Inria Nancy, France & Universidad de la República, Uruguay
- Fabio Gadducci (chair) - University of Pisa, Italy - Contact
- Gabriele Tedeschi - Université Paris Cité/CNRS, France
- Benoît Valiron - CentraleSupélec, France
Sponsors
Hosted by the University of Pisa
MSCA Staff Exchanges — Funded by the European Commission through Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions – Staff Exchanges