Q-Spatial2026: 2nd ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Quantum Computing and Quantum-Inspired Technologies for Spatial Data Systems and Applications Riverside, CA, United States, November 3, 2026

Q-Spatial (https://qspatial.github.io/) is the 2nd workshop, collocated with ACM SIGSPATIAL 2026 (https://sigspatial2026.sigspatial.org/), that explores the potential of quantum computing and quantum-inspired technologies for spatial data systems and applications.

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

• Quantum computing models for spatial data: the circuit model and quantum annealing
• Quantum sensing and quantum communication for spatial applications
• Quantum and quantum-inspired algorithms for spatial optimization (routing, transportation, facility location selection)
• Quantum approaches to spatial and geospatial database problems
• GPS-free navigation and quantum navigators
• Quantum machine learning for spatial and geospatial data
• Quantum use cases, experiments, and benchmarks on real spatial problems
• Tooling, Python libraries, and simulators for spatial quantum modeling
• Educational approaches and tutorials for spatial quantum computing

We are allowing submissions for full, short, and abstract papers. More details about the submission process are at https://qspatial.github.io/#submission.

The workshop timeline is as follows:

• Paper submissions due: August 12, 2026 (11:59 PM Pacific Time)
• Notifications to authors: September 20, 2026 (11:59 PM Pacific Time)
• Camera-ready due: October 1, 2026 (11:59 PM Pacific Time)
• Workshop Date: November 3, 2026

Workshop Chairs

• Amr Magdy (University of California, Riverside, USA) - Email: amr@cs.ucr.edu
• Ibrahim Sabek (University of Southern California, USA) - Email: sabek@usc.edu
• Moustafa Youssef (American University in Cairo, Egypt) - Email: moustafa-youssef@aucegypt.edu

Looking forward to seeing you all in the Q-Spatial workshop in Riverside, California, USA!