Q-Data 2026 (http://qdataworkshop.com/) is the 3rd workshop, collocated with ACM SIGMOD/PODS 2026 (https://2026.sigmod.org/), that explores the potential of quantum computing and quantum-inspired hardware accelerators for data processing and data management. 

Topics of interest for the workshop include (but are not limited to):

• Enhancing database system components (e.g., query optimizer, query scheduler, transaction scheduler, authentication and integrity manager) with quantum computing and quantum-inspired accelerators
• Data processing systems that integrate quantum-based and quantum-inspired accelerators, including hybrid quantum-classical approaches
• Quantum machine learning for autonomous database management, database tuning, workload management, and learned indexes
• Approaches for data exploration, discovery, and integration based on quantum computing and quantum-inspired hardware accelerators
• Formal analysis and experimental evaluations assessing the potential of quantum computing for specific use cases in data processing and data management
• Vision papers describing novel database system designs and novel use cases in data processing and management enabled by quantum computing
• Quantum computing libraries and programming interfaces for database systems
• Domain-specific approaches exploiting quantum computers and quantum-inspired accelerators for data analysis (e.g., in finance or health care)
• Design of benchmarks, metrics, and evaluation frameworks for hybrid quantum–classical data processing systems and quantum-inspired accelerators
• Leveraging ideas, techniques, and systems from the database community to support advances in quantum computing, e.g., via efficient quantum simulation, data management for quantum experiments, or data encoding and error correction methods for quantum computing

We are allowing submissions for full, short, and abstract papers. More details about the submission process are at http://qdataworkshop.com/. The workshop timeline is as follows:

• Paper submissions due: March 20, 2026 (11:59 PM Pacific Time)
• Notifications to authors: April 4, 2026 (11:59 PM Pacific Time)
• Camera-ready due: May 1, 2026 (11:59 PM Pacific Time)
• Workshop Date: May 31, 2026

Workshop Chairs

• Ibrahim Sabek (University of Southern California, USA) - Email: sabek@usc.edu
• Immanuel Trummer (Cornell University, USA) - Email: it224@cornell.edu 
• Rihan Hai (TU Delft, Netherlands) - Email: R.Hai@tudelft.nl

Steering Committee

• Jiaheng Lu (University of Helsinki, Finland)
• Le Gruenwald (University of Oklahoma, USA)
• Sven Groppe (University of Lübeck, Germany)
• Wolfgang Mauerer (Technical University of Applied Sciences Regensburg, Germany)

Looking forward to seeing you all in the Q-Data workshop in Bengaluru, India!