The Quantum Modeling workshop will be co-located with MODELS 2026 in Malaga, Spain.

This workshop aims to bring together researchers from MDE with quantum computing backgrounds, as well as researchers and practitioners from other domains with problems that might be addressed by a combination of such approaches, to explore opportunities for cross-pollination, collaboration, and exciting new research avenues. Specifically, we have three objectives:

1. Further enlarge the community of researchers and practitioners interested in combining quantum and MDE;
2. Highlight recent results in combining quantum and MDE techniques;
3. Collect challenges and case studies to help the community develop a common set of problems and a shared language.

Topics of Interest

Topics include, but are not limited to:

Submission Guidelines

The QMod workshop invites authors to submit original and unpublished work. All papers must adhere, at time of submission, to the ACM formatting instructions (as provided by the conference). Papers can be submitted in the following categories:

Papers must be submitted electronically via EasyChair.

At least one author of each accepted paper is required to attend the workshop and present the paper. Presented papers will be published in the MODELS companion proceedings.

Formatting instructions are available at the ACM proceedings template page for both LaTeX and Word users. LaTeX users must use the provided acmart.cls and ACM-Reference-Format.bst without modification, enable the conference format in the preamble (\documentclass[sigconf,review]{acmart}), and use the ACM reference format for the bibliography (\bibliographystyle{ACM-Reference-Format}). The review option adds line numbers, allowing referees to refer to specific lines in their comments.

ACM Open Access in 2026

Starting January 1, 2026, ACM has fully transitioned to Open Access. All ACM publications, including those from ACM-sponsored conferences, will be 100% Open Access. Authors will have two primary options for publishing Open Access articles with ACM: the ACM Open institutional model or by paying Article Processing Charges (APCs). To find out whether an APC applies to your article, please consult the list of participating institutions in ACM Open.

Understanding that this change could present financial challenges, ACM has approved a temporary subsidy of 65% for 2026. The subsidy will offer:

• $250 APC for ACM/SIG members
• $350 APC for non-members

Good news for QMod authors: extended abstracts and tool demonstrations are covered by a specific agreement with MODELS and will be published open-access free of charge.

Committees

Workshop Chairs

Venue

The workshop will be co-located with MODELS 2026 in Malaga, Spain: https://conf.researchr.org/home/models-2026