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import pennylane as qp: growing beyond just QML

March 19, 2026
Category:Announcements|Authors:
Josh Izaac

Josh Izaac

Over the next few weeks, you may notice a change across the PennyLane ecosystem. We are now importing pennylane as qp, to emphasize that PennyLane provides functionality for general quantum programming beyond just quantum machine learning (QML). Read on to learn why we are making this change.

import pennylane as qp: growing beyond just QML

Top quantum algorithms papers — Winter 2026 edition

March 19, 2026
Category:Algorithms|Authors:
Juan Miguel Arrazola

Juan Miguel Arrazola

Danial Motlagh

Danial Motlagh

We've selected our favourite papers from the first quarter of 2026. Read our takeaways from the top quantum algorithms papers that we admire and that have been influential to our research.

Top quantum algorithms papers — Winter 2026 edition

Propelling aerospace applications with Rolls-Royce, AMD, and PennyLane

March 10, 2026
Category:High-Performance Computing|Authors:
Ali Asadi

Ali Asadi

Joseph Lee

Joseph Lee

Jarrett Smalley

Jarrett Smalley

Leigh Lapworth

Leigh Lapworth

Jose M Monsalve Diaz

Jose M Monsalve Diaz

Lee O'Riordan

Lee O'Riordan

Josh Izaac

Josh Izaac

Explore how we scaled up compilation and simulation of a key component of Rolls-Royce’s computational fluid dynamic (CFD) workflow on AMD GPUs, allowing the execution of large, realistic CFD models.

Propelling aerospace applications with Rolls-Royce, AMD, and PennyLane

unitaryDESIGN bounties claimed, get ready for unitaryHACK!

March 10, 2026
Category:Coding Events|Authors:
Diego Guala

Diego Guala

David Ren

David Ren

Catalina Albornoz

Catalina Albornoz

PennyLane participated in UnitaryDESIGN with three exciting challenges for designers to tackle. Check out the designs and join unitaryHACK in the summer to learn about open-source quantum software development, become a PennyLane contributor, and win cash bounties for your code!

unitaryDESIGN bounties claimed, get ready for unitaryHACK!

Top quantum compilation papers — Winter 2026 edition

March 04, 2026
Category:Compilation|Authors:
Danial Motlagh

Danial Motlagh

We've selected our favourite papers from the first quarter of 2026. Read our takeaways from the top quantum compilation papers that we admire and that have been influential to our research.

Top quantum compilation papers — Winter 2026 edition
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