The International Workshop on Quantum Computing, Privacy and Security (IWQPS 2026) Bucharest, Romania | September 22-25, 2026

In conjunction with The Seventh International Conference on Intelligent Data Science Technologies and Applications (IDSTA 2026)

About the Workshop

Quantum computing is expected to significantly reshape the landscape of secure computing, software, and network infrastructures. As quantum technologies continue to evolve, traditional security approaches and software design paradigms face new challenges, requiring the development of quantum-aware architectures and resilient software systems.

IWQPS 2026 aims to explore the intersection of quantum computing with privacy and security. It will provide a forum for researchers and practitioners to discuss how emerging quantum technologies—including quantum algorithms, quantum communication protocols, and quantum machine learning—influence the design and deployment of software systems.

The workshop will focus on full and hybrid classical–quantum software architectures, quantum-aware security mechanisms, and programming models for quantum-enabled platforms. We will also examine how quantum technologies can be integrated into modern computing environments such as cloud infrastructures, distributed systems, and large-scale networked platforms. By bringing together experts from quantum computing, software engineering, artificial intelligence, data science, and cybersecurity, the workshop aims to foster interdisciplinary collaboration and identify emerging research challenges and opportunities for building secure, scalable, and intelligent distributed software architectures in the quantum era.

Topics of Interest

We invite submissions describing original research, position papers, or case studies related to the intersection of quantum computing, privacy, and security. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

- Quantum Machine Learning for security analysis
- Quantum-aware distributed system architectures
- Quantum networking and secure communication protocols
- Full and Hybrid classical–quantum computing infrastructures
- Quantum-secure authentication and access control
- Software engineering practices for quantum-enabled systems
- Quantum-safe cloud and edge computing platforms
- Blockchain in the quantum era
- Post quantum cryptography
- Programming frameworks for quantum-aware distributed applications

Important Dates

- Submission Deadline: August 10, 2026
- Notification of Acceptance: August 25, 2026
- Camera-Ready Submission: September 5, 2026

Target Audience & Peer Review
Tentative participants include researchers, academics, and industry practitioners working on quantum computing, quantum machine learning, quantum networking, and distributed software architectures.
Participants presenting accepted papers will be selected through a rigorous peer-review process conducted by the workshop's program committee.

Submission Guidelines
All papers must be submitted electronically through the Sparcly.ai Conference Management System website. Previously published papers or papers under review for other venues should not be submitted.

Submission Link: https://conferences.sparcly.ai/SP/IDSTA2026

Publication

Accepted papers to IDSTA and its co-located workshops will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore subject to meeting IEEE Xplore’s scope and quality requirements. Earlier versions of the proceedings are indexed in Scopus, DBLP, and IEEE.