QCNC 2026
International Conference on Quantum Communications, Networking, and Computing (QCNC 2026)
April 6-8, 2026 · Kobe, Japan
IEEE
IEEE Communications Society

Technical Program Committee

  • TPC Chairs
  • Marcello Caleffi

    University of Naples Federico II, Italy

  • Michael Ng

    University of Southampton, U.K.

  • Reza Nejabat

    Cisco Quantum Lab, USA

  • Track 1: Quantum Communications and Networks
  • Track Chairs:

  • Yuanyuan Yang

    Stony Brook University, USA

  • David Elkouss Coronas

    Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan

  • Yiming Zeng

    Binghamton University, USA

  • TPC Members:

  • Michal Hajdusek

    Keio University, Japan

  • Qun Li

    William & Mary, USA

  • Jessica Illiano

    Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy

  • Yu Liu

    The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hongkong

  • Zhuohua Li

    The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hongkong

  • Walter Krawec

    University of Connecticut, USA

  • Bruno Coutinho

    Departamento de Física da Universidade de Aveiro (I3N), Portugal

  • Yuto Lim

    Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), Japan

  • Thirupathaiah Vasantam

    Durham University, U.K.

  • Maoli Liu

    The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hongkong

  • Siddhartha Santra

    Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India

  • Nitish Kumar Panigrahy

    Binghamton University, USA

  • Hyeongrak Choi

    Stony Brook University, USA

  • Kenneth Goodenough

    University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA

  • Daniel Bhatti

    Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), Japan

  • Jorge Miguel-Ramiro

    Innsbruck University, Austria

  • Kaushik Chakraborty

    JP Morgan Chase, USA

  • Chunming Qiao

    University at Buffalo, USA

  • Track 2: Quantum Computing and Sensing
  • Track Chairs:

  • Zheng (Eddy) Zhang

    Rutgers University, USA

  • Joonwoo Bae

    Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea

  • Track 3: Quantum Key Distribution & Security Implications of Emerging Quantum Technologies
  • Track Chairs:

  • Martin Vicente

    Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

  • Momtchil Peev

    Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH, Germany

  • Rongxing Lu

    Queen's University, Canada

  • TPC Members:

  • Track 4: Quantum Simulation, Prototypes, Testbeds and Applications
  • Track Chairs:

  • Alexander Pirker

    Quantum Network Design GmbH, Austria

  • Joaquin Chung

    Argonne National Laboratory, USA

  • TPC Members:

  • Gamze Gul

    Northwestern University, USA

  • Wenji Wu

    Energy Sciences Network (ESnet), USA

  • Andrew Cameron

    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, USA

  • Jessica Illiano

    Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy

  • Naphan Benchasattabuse

    Keio University, Japan

  • Caitao Zhan

    Argonne National Lab, USA

  • Anirudh Ramesh

    PsiQuantum Corp., USA

  • Russell Ceballos

    QuSTEAM Initiative, Wilbur Wright College – City Colleges of Chicago, USA

  • Nageswara Rao

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA

  • Shota Nagayama

    R4D, Mercari, Inc. / Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, Japan

  • Janis Noetzel

    Technical University of Munich, Germany

  • Ezra Kissel

    Energy Sciences Network (ESnet), USA

  • Brian Doolittle

    Aliro Quantum, USA

  • Julius Wallnöfer

    University of Innsbruck, Austria

  • Max Radin

    Apollo Quantum, USA

  • Koji Azuma

    NTT, Japan



News

  • Jul 14, 2025

    Web site is up.

  • Jul 14, 2025

    Call for Papers published.

Important Days

  • Oct 30, 2025

    Paper Submission Due

  • Feb 3, 2026

    Author Notification

  • Mar 3, 2026

    Camera-Ready Due

  • Apr 6-8, 2026

    Conference Date

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