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)

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


