QuantumDB is a work in progress — we're still collecting conference data, so some talks, authors, and committees may be missing or incomplete. Learn more & how to help →

About QuantumDB

Project Overview

The IAQI QuantumDB is a comprehensive database and web interface for tracking quantum computing conferences and their research contributions. Our goal is to provide a centralized, searchable repository of publications, authors, and committee members from the major quantum computing conferences. IAQI is the International Association for Quantum Information.

We currently track three premier annual conferences in quantum information science:

  • QIP - Quantum Information Processing
  • QCrypt - Annual Conference on Quantum Cryptography
  • TQC - Theory of Quantum Computation, Communication and Cryptography

Data collection is ongoing

QuantumDB is still being populated from archived conference websites and programs. Coverage is uneven — some years, talks, authors, affiliations, and committees are still missing or incomplete. If a page looks sparse, the data simply hasn't been entered yet rather than being an error.

We're particularly looking for the business-meeting slide decks — the annual reports presented by the local organizers and the PC chair at each conference's business meeting. These record participant counts, submission and acceptance numbers, and other figures we attach to each conference. If you have (or can point us to) any of these decks, please send them to quantumdb@iaqi.org — or open a pull request against the data directory.

Report Errors or Issues

If you spot an error, missing information, or have suggestions for improving QuantumDB, please contact us at:

quantumdb@iaqi.org

Common issues to report: incorrect author names, missing papers, wrong affiliations, or outdated committee information.

Technology

QuantumDB is vibe-coded with modern web technologies to ensure performance, reliability, and type safety:

  • Backend: Rust with Axum web framework and Tokio async runtime
  • Database: PostgreSQL with SQLx (compile-time verified queries)
  • Frontend: Askama templates with Pico CSS and HTMX for interactivity
  • API: RESTful API with OpenAPI/Swagger documentation

The project is open source and available on GitHub at https://github.com/IAQI/QuantumDB. Contributions, bug reports, and feature requests are welcome!

Data Sources

All data is located at https://github.com/IAQI/QuantumDB/tree/main/data and based on archived static websites for QIP, TQC and QCrypt. In case you know how to do that, pull requests with corrections or updates to the data are highly appreciated.

Contributing

QuantumDB has been initiated by Christian Schaffner in December 2025 and is a community-driven project. You can contribute by:

  • Reporting errors or missing data via email to quantumdb@iaqi.org
  • Contributing code on GitHub
  • Suggesting new features or improvements