ML4Q Software Day 2026

 

ML4Q Software Day 2026

 

To foster stronger connections among the main software contributors within ML4Q, we are organizing the Software Day in Cologne.

The goal of this event is to bring together key software developers from across the ML4Q cluster, to familiarize them with the software-related activities of other groups, and to provide an effective platform for discussing common challenges, shared interests, and opportunities for collaboration.

Date and place: March 2, 10:00 to 16:30, Seminarraum 1, ETP Neubau, Zülpicher Str., 77a, 50937 Cologne

To attend the event, please register using the  form below by February 23. If you have any questions please drop a line to the ML4Q Office.

Program

We invite 4-5 leading developers from ML4Q to give 20-minute presentations on their respective areas of software development.

We will conclude the day with focused discussions on the following major topics:

* Experimental physics software
* Computational challenges
* Data sharing and verification

10:00–11:30 — Presentations and discussion
1. T.B.A.
2. Babak Behjati
3. Marc Schmidt

11:30–13:00: Coffee / Lunch / Peer-to-peer exchange

13:00–14:30 — Presentations and discussion
4. David Luitz
5. Quinten Preiss
6. T.B.A.

14:30–15:30 — Coffee / Peer-to-peer exchange

15:30–16:30 — Topical discussion sessions

Panelists:
T.B.A. (Semiconductor experiment)
Babak Behjati (Photonics experiment)
Marc Schmidt (LLMs)
David Luitz, “Scientific software development in computational physics”
Quinten Preiss (Computational, insights)
T.B.A. (Quantum control)

Registration form