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Logo of the Strings and Fragmentation IQuS Workshop (April 2026)

From String Dynamics to Event Generation with Quantum Simulation

Organizers: Christian Bauer (LBNL), Anthony Ciavarella (LBNL), Jad Halimeh (LMU, Germany), Yannick Meurice (University of Iowa), Stephen Mrenna (FNAL)

Logo of the Strings and Fragmentation IQuS Workshop (April 2026)
From String Dynamics to Event Generation with Quantum Simulation – IQuS workshop – April 2026

State‑of‑the‑art quantum platforms have started to enable simulations for nuclear and particle physics but with limitations in evolution time, system size, dimensionality, and choice of gauge group. This workshop brings together experts in nuclear physics, high-energy physics, and quantum information to build synergies between these communities. A focus will be on how to go beyond current limitations to simulate scattering and string breaking processes, and how to integrate quantum simulations of hadronization into commonly used event generators. This will forge a concrete path from quantum simulation to next-generation collider phenomenology.

Hourly Schedule

Monday, 13 April

9.30am - 9.40am
Welcome to IQuS
Martin Savage
9.40am - 10.00am
Workshop Vision
The Organizers - Christian Bauer, Anthony Ciavarella, Jad Halimeh, Yannick Meurice and Stephen Mrenna
10.00am - 10.30am
tba
Hank Lamm
10.30am - 10.40am
Discussion
10.40am - 11.10am
Coffee and Discussions
5th Floor
3.00pm - 3.30pm
Coffee and Discussions
5th Floor

Tuesday, 14 April

9.30am - 10.00am
tba
Stephen Mrenna
10.00am - 10.10am
Discussions
10.10am - 10.30am
Coffee and Discussions
5th Floor
10.30am - 11.00am
tba
Marc Illa
11.00am - 11.10am
Discussions
3.00pm - 3.30pm
Coffee and Discussions
5th Floor

Wednesday, 15 April

9.30am - 10.00am
tba
Marina Marinkovic
10.00am - 10.10am
Discussions
10.10am - 10.30am
Coffee and Discussions
5th Floor
10.30am - 11.00am
tba
Anthony Ciavarella
11.00am - 11.10am
Discussions
3.00pm - 3.30pm
Coffee and Discussions
5th Floor
3.30pm - 4.00pm
tba
Xiaojun Yao
4.00pm - 4.10pm
Discussions

Thursday, 16 April

9.30am - 10.00am
tba
Yannick Meurice
10.00am - 10.10am
Discussions
10.10am - 10.30am
Coffee and Discussions
5th Floor
10.30am - 11.00am
tba
Saurabh Kadam
11.00am - 11.10am
Discussions
3.00pm - 3.30pm
Coffee and Discussions
5th Floor
3.30pm - 4.00pm
Rump Session

Friday, 17 April

9.30am - 10.00am
tba
Martin Savage
10.00am - 10.10am
Discussions
10.10am - 10.30am
Coffee and Discussions
5th Floor
3.00pm - 3.30pm
Coffee and Discussions
5th Floor

Monday, 20 April

9.30am - 9.40am
Welcome to IQuS (abridged)
Martin Savage
9.40am - 10.00am
Workshop Vision (updated)
The Organizers - Christian Bauer, Anthony Ciavarella, Jad Halimeh, Yannick Meurice and Stephen Mrenna
10.00am - 10.30am
tba
Prasanth Shyamsundar
10.30am - 10.40am
Discussions
10.40am - 11.00am
Coffee and Discussions
5th Floor
3.00pm - 3.30pm
Discussions
5th Floor

Tuesday, 21 April

9.30am - 10.00am
tba
Jad Halimeh
10.00am - 10.10am
Discussions
10.10am - 10.30am
Coffee and Discussions
5th Floor
10.30am - 11.00am
tba
Christian Bauer
11.00am - 11.10am
Discussions
3.00pm - 3.30pm
Coffee and Discussions
5th Floor

Wednesday, 22 April

9.30am - 10.00am
tba
Roland Farrell
10.00am - 10.10am
Discussions
10.10am - 10.30am
Coffee and Discussions
5th Floor
10.30am - 11.00am
tba
Yutaro Ilyama
11.00am - 11.10am
Yutaro Ilyama
3.00pm - 3.30pm
Coffee and Discussions
5th Floor
3.30pm - 4.00pm
tba
Sebastian Grieninger

Thursday, 23 April

9.30am - 10.00am
tba
Natalie Klco
10.00am - 10.10am
Discussions
10.10am - 10.30am
Coffee and Discussions
5th Floor
10.30am - 11.00am
tba
Vincent Pascuzzi
11.00am - 11.10am
Discussions
3.00pm - 3.30pm
Coffee and Discussions
5th Floor
3.30pm - 4.00pm
Rump Session

Friday, 24 April

9.30am - 10.00am
tba
Giovanni Cataldi
10.00am - 10.10am
Discussions
10.10am - 10.30am
Coffee and Discussions
5th Floor
10.30am - 11.00am
tba
Michael Hite
11.00am - 11.10am
Discussions
3.00pm - 3.30pm
Coffee and Discussions

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From String Dynamics to Event Generation - 2026

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Date

Apr 13 - 24 2026

Time

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Location

IQuS
IQuS
University of Washington PHYS/ASTR Building, Seattle, WA 98195

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Institute for Nuclear Theory
Institute for Nuclear Theory
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Christian Bauer, Anthony Ciavarella, Jad Halimeh, Yannick Meurice, Stephen Mrenna
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