Symposium on Recent advances on Quantum Algorithms for Differential Equations: Theory and Applications
August 24 - 28, 2026, University of Waterloo
Location: Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo
Description
The symposium features a series of research talks in a hybrid format focused on the latest developments in quantum algorithms for differential equations. The objective of the workshop is to provide a forum for researchers to share recent results and discuss the remaining technical hurdles in the field.
Travel Instructions
For those attending the symposium in person, please see the attached information on how to get to the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC). Click here.
Registered Participants
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Remi Abgrall | Universität Zurich |
| Alexander Abramov | |
| Ignacio Benito Acedo Blanco | Quantum Mads |
| Junaid Aftab | University of Michigan |
| VAIBHAV AGRAWAL | Indian Institute of Technology BHU Varanasi |
| Kingsley Akinfe | |
| Abhijeet Laxman Alase | Concordia University |
| Rulla Al-Haideri | Toronto Metropolitan University |
| Sahar Alipour | Chameleon Computing |
| Ahmad Alkadri | University of California Berkeley |
| Priyanka Aravindan | Dalhousie University |
| Ahmed Ashraf | University of Toronto |
| Amena Assem Abd-AlQader Mahmoud | York University |
| Mohsen Bagherimehrab | University of Toronto |
| EHSAN BARATI | Howard University |
| Rugved Barde | Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee |
| Evandro Barros | Georgian College |
| Kutand Alkım Bayer | IZMIR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY |
| Tania Belabbas | University of Sherbrooke |
| Julie Bélanger | Université de Sherbrooke |
| Bjorn Berntson | PsiQuantum |
| Oliver Bertelsen | |
| Devin Blankespoor | University of Waterloo |
| Anton Borissov | softwareQ Inc. |
| Noah Brüstle | University of Toronto |
| Ningping Cao | National Research Council |
| Yichao Chen | |
| Lisa C | |
| Pedro Contino da Silva Costa | Macquarie University |
| Elin Ranjan Das | North Carolina State University |
| Reuben Demirdjian | US Naval Research Laboratory |
| Jason Dever | Carleton University |
| Dauda Dikko | University of Ibadan |
| Anirban Dutta | Queen's University |
| Emiliia Dyrenkova | University of Toronto |
| Daniel Egbonwon | University of Ibadan |
| Karim El houdaigui | |
| Deepali Elizabeth | Christ University |
| Ismael El Yassini | University of Waterloo |
| Zakaria El Yassini | Concordia University |
| Ivan Esteva Tumbarinu | University of Valencia |
| Jiajun Fang | University of Waterloo |
| Maxwell Fitzsimmons | University of Waterloo |
| Sitanshu Gakkhar | University of Waterloo |
| edbert Gator kwesi | |
| Rakshit Gharat | Macquarie University |
| Abeynaya Gnanasekaran | IonQ |
| Adina Goldberg | The Fields Institute |
| Javier Gonzalez Conde | |
| Naixu Guo | National University of Singapore |
| Youyou Guo | University of Toronto |
| Muhammad Halim | Columbia University |
| Asaad Hanna | Concordia University |
| Hassan Harb | York University |
| Kam Hazaveh | LAAB Fund |
| Thomas Hogancamp | Naval Research Laboratory |
| Sehmimul Hoque | |
| Po-Wei Huang | University of Oxford |
| Saima Ijaz | |
| Nariman Imani | |
| Ken Jackson | University of Toronto |
| Fakhar Jafri | University of Waterloo |
| Jeongbin Jo | Yonsei University |
| Jae Joo | University of Portsmouth |
| Ilon Joseph | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
| Chris Kang | IBM Research |
| Milena Kapralova | University of Amsterdam |
| Sayyed Mohammad Kashfi Haghighi | PINQ2 |
| Tatenda Kasirori | Grambling State Univeristy |
| Jack Keable-Elliott | University of Portsmouth |
| William (Kyungho) Kim | University of Waterloo |
| Mohammad Kohandel | University of Waterloo |
| Wonbong Koh | Koh Capital Management |
| Antonios Koutsouris | National Technical University of Athens |
| Shan Kowalski | |
| Lilia Krivodonova | University of Waterloo |
| Hari Krovi | IBM Research |
| Prateek P. Kulkarni | PES University |
| Meenu Kumari | National Research Council Canada |
| Sumit Kumar | IBM Research |
| Ali Karim Lalani | University of Toronto |
| Frederic Laprade | Université de Sherbrooke |
| Quoc Le | University of Rhode Island |
| S J Lewis | |
| Bintao Li | |
| Hokiat Lim | University of Toronto |
| Jun Liu | University of Waterloo |
| Lanqing (Sara) Liu | University of Toronto |
| Yinchen Liu | University of Waterloo |
| Yuan Liu | North Carolina State University |
| Xiangyu Li | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
| Xiantao Li | The Pennsylvania State University |
| David Lloyd George | Duke University |
| Emmanuel Lorin | Carleton University |
| Peter Love | University of Toronto |
| Ali Mahmoud | National Research Council Canada |
| Adian Maier | Payments Canada |
| Álvaro Márquez | FCFM Universidad de Chile |
| Tanya Matanda | Oversight Anchor |
| Krystal Maughan | University of Vermont |
| Michael May | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
| Ruoyu Meng | Iowa State University |
| Takudzwa Modza | |
| Sofia Moliner Bobo | Imperial College London |
| Jose Morales | University of Texas at San Antonio |
| Mauro Morales | Diraq |
| Praveen M.P. | Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) |
| Claudio Munoz | FCFM Universidad de Chile |
| Abhinav Muraleedharan | University of Toronto |
| Yuma Nakamura | |
| Shravani Nakidi | Birla Institute of Technology and Science |
| Linh Nguyen | The Fields Institute |
| Nam Nguyen | Leidos |
| Andreas Aziz Hur Nielsen | |
| Matías Núñez | FCFM Universidad de Chile |
| SAMUEL OGUNDIPE | |
| Cihan Okay | Bilkent University |
| Daniel Olanrewaju | AIMS South Afica |
| Enrico Olivucci | Irréversible inc. |
| Esther Otieno | JARAMOGI OGINGA ODINGA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
| Raj Pabari | University of Toronto |
| Shared Pandey | Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan |
| Justin Park | Duke University |
| Abdolreza Pasharavesh | |
| Vyom Patel | BEIT Canada |
| Rohan Patra | University of Toronto |
| Saravanakumar Rajendran | Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bangalore |
| Sreeraj Rajindran Nair | University of Technology Sydney |
| Mert Rassa | University of Toronto |
| Soo-Jong Rey | Kwangwoon University |
| Ali Rezakhani | Sharif University of Technology |
| Pooya Ronagh | University of Waterloo |
| Marco A Roque Sol | Henderson State University |
| Zane Rossi | The University of Tokyo |
| Kazuki Sakamoto | The University of Osaka |
| Ramin Salehi | Kansas State University |
| Emilie Salinas | National Research Council Canada |
| Emilie Salinas | National Research Council Canada |
| Barry Sanders | University of Calgary |
| Ayana Sarkar | Université de Sherbrooke |
| Mohan Sarovar | Sandia National Labs |
| Dvira Segal | University of Toronto |
| Cartik Sharma | |
| Anmol Singh | SRM Institute of Science and technology |
| Timothy Skaras | Cornell University |
| Mariia Sobchuk | University of Waterloo |
| Vahid Soleimany | |
| Dr Rachana Soni | Rishihood University |
| Ben Sorowen | Moi University |
| Dávid Straka | University of Amsterdam |
| Christoph Sünderhauf | Riverlane |
| Amit Surana | Raytheon Technologies Research center |
| Adrian Tanasa | Universite de Bordeaux |
| Tajinderpal Toor | University of Waterloo |
| Tj Toor | University of Waterloo |
| My Duc Tran | McGill University |
| Tushar Vaidya | Nanyang Technological University |
| Nicolás Valenzuela | FCFM Universidad de Chile |
| fu wing wong | Curtin University |
| Hsuan-Cheng Wu | The Pennsylvania State University |
| Anand Kumar Yadav | CGC University, Mohali, Punjab, India |
| Gengzhi Yang | University of Maryland College Park |
| Lei Yu | Tongji University |
| Kai Zhang | Jilin University |
| Andrew Zhao | Sandia National Laboratories |
