IS023 - Quantum Computing for Industrial Scientific Computing: From Algorithms to Applications
Keywords: High-performance computing, Partial Differential Equations, quantum computing, quantum machine learning, quantum optimization
Simulation and optimization are at the core of modern product design, from structural and
fluid analysis to materials modelling and logistics planning. As problem sizes and accuracy
requirements grow, classical solvers face mounting computational costs. Quantum
computing offers new computational paradigms, but turning algorithmic advances into
industrial practice remains an open challenge.
This session brings together mathematicians, computational scientists and industry
practitioners to explore how quantum and hybrid quantum-classical algorithms can address
scientific computing problems of industrial relevance. Contributions will cover recent
mathematical developments in quantum algorithms for linear systems, partial differential
equations, optimization and sampling, as well as realistic use cases in aerospace, energy,
automotive and manufacturing.
The session will also look critically at resource requirements, error mitigation and the
outlook for near-term (NISQ) versus fault-tolerant devices, with emphasis on rigorous
benchmarking against state-of-the-art classical methods, data encoding and readout costs,
and integration into existing simulation and HPC workflows.
Topics: quantum algorithms for linear systems and PDEs; variational and hybrid
quantum-classical methods; quantum optimization for industrial problems; quantum
machine learning for simulation and surrogate modelling; error mitigation and resource
estimation; benchmarking and quantum-HPC integration; industrial case studies.
