本ミーティングでは、新たな研究領域として注目されている量子ソフトウェア工学（Quantum Software Engineering：QSE）について、国内はもちろん世界中から専門家を招き、動向解説、最新の研究事例紹介、そして今後の方向性についての議論を行います。QSEの研究や応用に関心のある研究者、学生、産業界の皆様のご参加を歓迎します。参加登録（無料）は connpass にて受け付けています。

Quantum Computing (QC) has the potential of solving several complex problems efficiently. The popularity of QC keeps on increasing, and many companies have built their quantum computers using different technologies. While increasing the computational power, companies are also doing progess in reducing noise, one of the main obstacle to the reliable application of quantum computing.

Similarly to classical computing, quantum software is developed to be run on quantum computers. Different quantum programming languages such as Qiskit, Q#, and Quipper have been designed to facilitate the programming of quantum computers. However, the level of abstraction is still at the quantum circuit level, which is too low level and can only be understood by people having specialized background on quantum computing. More and more efforts are now being made to bring novel abstractions to quantum circuits, supporting modularity, etc.

In the realm of quantum computing, Quantum software engineering (QSE) is an emerging area of research that focuses on developing scalable and cost-effective solutions to build quantum computing software that can be executed on real quantum computers. The goal of QSE is to design techniques to support developer in all the phases of the software lifecycle of the quantum program, such as the definition of the requirements, the design of the program, its implementation, and testing. Please refer to the recent roadmap in TOSEM.

The goal of the meeting is to present the current state of the research on QSE, the open challenges, and the most promising research directions. The meeting is open to researchers, students, and industry people interested in the research and application of QSE.