Conferences on computing with physical systems / physics-based computing
There exist lists of conferences, workshops, and other meetings on (mostly) conventional quantum computing, neuromorphic computing, computer architecture and chips, etc. The list below is an attempt at capturing meetings that have sprung up in various communities that share a common theme of exploring computing with physical systems / physics-based computing beyond the conventional classical and quantum approaches. If you have any suggestions for the list, please feel free to email them to Peter.
2026
• Jan. 17-22
SPIE Photonics West AI and Optical Data Sciences VII (OE207), San Francisco, CA, USA
• Jan. 18-23
Les Houches Winter Conference on Computing with Physical Systems, Les Houches, France
2025
• Jan. 25-30
SPIE Photonics West AI and Optical Data Sciences VI (OE207), San Francisco, CA, USA
• May 12-16
Workshop on Stochastic Thermodynamics: Information processing and computation, Virtual
• May 13-15
International Workshop on Ising Machines, Evanston, IL, USA
• May 25-Jun. 15
Aspen Center for Physics Summer Workshop on Beyond von Neumann Computing, Aspen, CO, USA
• Jun. 16-20
Santa Fe Institute Workshop on Stochastic Thermodynamics and Computer Science Theory II, Santa Fe, NM, USA
• Jul. 1-3
LPHYS Optical Computing and Neural Networks, Szeged, Hungary
• Jul. 7-11
MPI-PKS Workshop on Unifying the Principles of Learning with and without Brains, Dresden, Germany
• Aug. 3-7
SPIE Optics+Photonics Emerging Topics in Artificial Intelligence (ETAI), San Diego, CA, USA
• Aug. 10-16
Information Engines at the Frontier of Nanoscale Thermodynamics, Telluride, CO, USA
• Sep. 15-19
ECML-PKDD Workshop on Deep Learning meets Neuromorphic Hardware, Porto, Portugal
• Oct. 30-Nov. 4
International Conference on Physical Computing (ICOPC), Erice, Italy
2024
• Jan. 7-12
Aspen Center for Physics Winter Conference on Computing with Physical Systems, Aspen, CO, USA
• Apr. 16-18
International Workshop on Ising Machines, Messina, Italy
• Jul. 8
LPHYS Optical Computing and Neural Networks, São Carlos, Brazil
• Aug. 18-22
SPIE Optics+Photonics Emerging Topics in Artificial Intelligence (ETAI), San Diego, CA, USA
• Oct. 7-9
Workshop on Advancing Quantum Computation Beyond Gate Model, College Park, MD, USA
• Dec. 15
NeurIPS Workshop on ML with New Compute Paradigms, Vancouver, Canada