QEC4QEA at ISC High Performance 2026 in Hamburg

QEC4QEA was showcased at ISC High Performance 2026, one of the world's leading conferences on high-performance computing (HPC), held in Hamburg from 22 to 26 June 2026. Through several presentations, the consortium partners highlighted different aspects of the project and demonstrated QEC4QEA’s contribution to the advancement of high-performance and quantum computing in Europe.

During a joint session at the EuroHPC JU booth with the sister project QEX (Quantum Excellence Centre), Kristel Michielsen from the Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) presented QEC4QEA’s objectives, application portfolio, training activities, and HPC-QC resources. She also highlighted how synergies between the two projects can strengthen the European HPC-QC ecosystem.

At QRUCH, an ISC workshop dedicated to quantum computing, consortium partner Valeria Bartsch from Fraunhofer CML demonstrated how HPC-QC technologies can help address real-world challenges in maritime logistics, showcasing the potential of hybrid quantum-classical approaches for industrial applications.

Krzysztof Kurowski from the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center (PCSS) presented the role of the Polish centre in developing federated infrastructures that integrate EuroHPC systems, an objective that is also central to QEC4QEA. In a second presentation, he addressed the challenges of HPC-QC integration for hybrid classical-quantum computing and introduced initial use cases illustrating the potential of these technologies.

ISC High Performance 2026 provided an excellent opportunity to present QEC4QEA to the international HPC community, exchange ideas with experts from across Europe, and strengthen collaborations within the European HPC and quantum computing landscape.

Coordinator Kristel Michielsen at the EuroHPC Ju booth

Valeria Bartsch at the QRUCH workshop

Krzysztof Kurowski during his presentation