QunaSys workshop at the Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen
Thursday, 24 September 2026 15:00 to 17:00 CEST
Quantum Computing for Engineering Simulation and Modelling Applications, Opportunities and Methods
Free to attend · Held in English · Limited seats
A two-hour workshop bringing together industrial simulation practitioners and quantum researchers to examine where computation limits engineering simulation today, and where quantum computing could potentially contribute.
Where could quantum computing make a difference in engineering simulation?
Quantum computing is often discussed in terms of what it might accelerate. We want to start somewhere else: with engineers who work with simulation today.
Where are the real bottlenecks in structural mechanics and computational fluid dynamics? Which are computational, which are modelling problems, and where do engineers currently make compromises because of computational cost?
From there, QunaSys will share what we have learned from exploring quantum computing for engineering simulation with industrial partners, before going deeper into one concrete approach to quantum fluid simulation.
No background in quantum computing is required.
Programme
Subject to change.
- 15:00 10 min
Welcome: Why Look at New Computational Methods for Engineering Simulation?
Why it is worth bringing industry, physics, HPC and emerging computing technologies into the same room.
Erik H. Stangerup and Jakob Rosenkrantz de LassonQunaSys
- 15:10 20 min
Where Are the Real Bottlenecks in Structural Simulation?
Peter DørfflerSenior Consultant – Simulation & Modeling, MGS Design & Development
- 15:30 20 min
Where Does CFD Hit Its Limits?
Henrik MikkelsenPartner & Senior Fluid Mechanics Specialist, Aerotak
- 15:50 30 min
From Industrial Bottlenecks to Quantum Opportunities: What QunaSys Is Exploring
Karim EssafiDirector of Research and Technology, QunaSys (tentative)
- 16:20 30 min
Technical Deep Dive: Quantum Fluid Simulation
How the method actually works. Lattice Boltzmann, Carleman linearization and the quantum algorithm, connected to the fluid-simulation demonstration and its implementation in the QURI SDK.
Naohisa SueishiResearcher, QunaSys
- 16:50 10 min
Discussion & Outlook
Which industrial problems look promising, which technical challenges remain, and what has to happen before quantum methods become practically relevant to engineering simulation.
All speakers, moderated by QunaSys