Profile
- Associate Professor & IEEE Senior Member
- QPA/QIC Research Group Leader & PennyLane Educator
- Trusted Reviewer of Multi-Million Euro Projects In Computer Science, Quantum Technology, etc.
Recent Teachings
2025-2026
- Quantum Algorithms (TIES4525) - Spring 2026 (Jan 13 - Mar 16)
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- Quantum Computer Programming (TIES4523) - Spring 2026 (Mar 17 - May 22)
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2024-2025
- Quantum Algorithms (TIES4525) - Spring 2025 (Jan 13 - Mar 16)
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- Quantum Computer Programming (TIES4523) - Spring 2025 (Mar 17 - May 22)
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2023-2024
- Introduction to Quantum Computing and Reversible Computation (TIES5480) - Spring 2024 (Jan 8 - Mar 12)
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- Quantum Computer Programming (TIES4523) - Spring 2024 (Mar 18 - May 24)
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2022-2023
- Introduction to Quantum Computing and Reversible Computation (TIES5480) - Spring 2023 (Jan 9 - Mar 19)
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Selected Service Roles
- Editorial Boards: Optical & Quantum Electronics, J. of Computational Electronics, Cluster Computing, IET Quantum Communication
- PC Member: ICSOC 2025, SQS 2025, SAC 2025, ECSA 2025
- Special Track: Quantum Software Engineering Practices (QSEP)
- Workshop: 1st International Workshop on AI-Assisted Software Architecting (AISA)
- PC Member: 5th Int'l Workshop on Quantum Software Engineering and Technology @ IEEE Quantum Week 2025, New Mexico, USA
- Organizer: JQUEST-2 Workshop
- PC Member: Workshop on Services and Quantum Software @ ICSOC 2024, Tunis, Tunisia
- PC Member: 4th Int'l Workshop on Quantum Software Engineering and Technology @ IEEE Quantum Week 2024, Montréal, Canada
- Organizer: JQUEST-1 Workshop
- Organizer: 3rd Int'l Workshop on Quantum Software Engineering and Technology @ IEEE Quantum Week 2023, Bellevue, Washington, USA
Key Projects
I have contributed to or currently contribute to the following projects:
- SeQUSoS: Securing the Quantum Software Stack
- DEQSE: Developer Experience in Iterative Quantum Software Engineering
- TORQS: Towards Reliable Quantum Software Development
Recent Book
Computing with Multi-Value Logic in Quantum Dot Cellular Automata • Wiley-IEEE Press (Oct 2024) • View on Wiley
Publications
For complete publication list: Google Scholar Profile
Biography
Majid Haghparast is an Associate Professor at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, and an IEEE senior member. He leads the Quantum Programming and Algorithms Research Team (QPA/QIC Team). From April 2017 to January 2018, he conducted his sabbatical with Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria. He has supervised more than 10 Ph.D. and 150 M.Sc. theses, focusing on Software Engineering, Quantum Software, Quantum Programming and Algorithms.
Research Interests
- Quantum Computing & Quantum Software
- Quantum Algorithms & Quantum Programming
- Reversible Computation & High Performance Computing
- Fault-Tolerant Systems & Quantum Error Correction
About QPA/QIC Research Group (quantum programming and algorithms research group)
We are an interdisciplinary team, focusing on quantum programming, algorithms, quantum software, quantum communication and security, multi-physics simulations, and quantum error correction.
Members (Quantum Programming and Algorithm research group)
- M. Haghparast - Group Leader
- L. Kettunen - Professor
- T. Mikkonen - Professor
- Dr. I. Safak - Postdoctoral researcher (Start: June 2026-) Quantum Cryptography, Post-Quantum Cryptography
- M. Bacci - PhD Student (2026-present) Distributed Quantum Computation
- A. Kumar - PhD Student (2024-present) Distributed Quantum Error Correction, Machine Learning, Quantum Error Correction
- B. Rahman - PhD Student (2025-present) Software Development, Quantum Software Stack
- T. Shinde - PhD Student (2024-present) Quantum Algorithms, Quantum Multiphysic Simulation
- P. Yousefi - PhD Student (2025-present) Quantum Communication and Quantum Key Distribution (QKD)
- Sh. Sarker - Project Researcher (2025-present) AI, Machine Learning, Quantum Security and Quantum Programming
- M. Alam - M.Sc. Thesis Student (2026-present) Distributed Quantum Computing, Circuit Partitioning
Alumni
- S. Ovaskainen (MSc, 2025, main supervisor)
- Sh. Sarker (MSc, 2025, main supervisor)
- R. Heikkinen (MSc, 2024-2025, co-supervisor)
- O. Kinanen (MSc, 2024, co-supervisor)
- A. Taheri Monfared (PhD, 2022-2024, Università degli Studi di Milano, co-supervisor)
- Over 10 Ph.D. and 100 M.Sc. students to graduation
Open Positions
Quantum Programming and Algorithm research group is seeking talented, highly motivated applicants for positions as Visiting Researchers, PostDocs, PhD students, and MSc students in Software Engineering, Quantum Programming, and Quantum Algorithms. If interested, please email us with your CV, a short statement of interest, and relevant links.
News & Announcements
September 2026 – – Finnish Quantum Days 2026.
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February 2026 – Organizing Finnish Quantum Days 2026.
See here and
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January 2026 – The QPA/QIC team Joined InstituteQ
See here
November 2025 – We have a fully funded open position in Finland for a Doctoral Researcher, starting as soon as possible. In this role, you will explore distributed quantum computing.
Apply here (Application deadline: 15 January 2026)
May 2025 – We are organizing the second JQUEST Workshop, scheduled for December 2025.
Learn more
March 2025 – Our PhD student presented a poster at the QDOC Meeting in Helsinki.
View poster
March 2025 – Researchers are using our Quirk-E Quantum Circuit Composer.
See example
January 2025 – We launched the DEQSE Quantum IDE Extension.
Download
January 2025 – We launched Quirk-E Quantum Circuit Simulator.
Try it now
December 2024 – We organized the JQUEST workshop at JYU.
Workshop info
October 2024 – Quantum Computer Programming course now open to all in Finland through FiTech.
Enroll
August 2024 – Our project "Securing the Quantum Software Stack – SeQuSoS" received funding from Business Finland for JYU and University of Oulu.
May 2024 – Participated in the Lakeside Quantum Dialogue (LQD) 2024.
Event page
September 2023 – Our partnership with Xanadu Company for PennyLane was announced.
Announcement