With contributions from Portugal, Spain, Italy, Finland, Israel, Netherland, Germany and Austria, current topics around the development of quantum software on gate-based and quantum annealing-based systems were presented. The topics were diverse and included Unified Software Theory, Software Design Topologies, Software Quality Insurance, Compiler Optimisation, Software Maintenance, Software Testing (conformance, coverage, white box, black box, mutation, differential, metamorphic, ...) on different hardware architectures, as well as Quantum Service Oriented Computing and Quantum DevOps strategies.
Extremely interesting was also the tour of the running quantum computer of AQT - Alpine Quantum Technologies, which is located in the immediate vicinity of the university campus. The hardware is based on the principle of the ion trap and is characterised by very low energy consumption of 2KWh. Overall, the computer offers the possibility to develop and test new quantum algorithms in order to explore the new possibilities of quantum technology.
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