# JuliaCon 2026 Hackathon Ideas

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliacon-2026-hackathon-ideas/137207>\
**Category:** 2026\
**Tags:** hackathon, juliacon2026\
**Created:** [May 20, 2026, 2:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliacon-2026-hackathon-ideas/137207 "2026-05-20T02:53:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![alexander-leong](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/alexander-leong/32/51902_2.png) [@alexander-leong](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/alexander-leong)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 2:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliacon-2026-hackathon-ideas/137207/1 "2026-05-20T02:53:05Z")

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Informal forum to discuss any ideas you want to share here.

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**Author:** ![alexander-leong](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/alexander-leong/32/51902_2.png) [@alexander-leong](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/alexander-leong)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 7:16am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliacon-2026-hackathon-ideas/137207/2 "2026-05-20T07:16:07Z")

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Title: Quantum Control Benchmarking Package

Description: There are an increasing number of packages within the Julia ecosystem to solve quantum control problems, GRAPE.jl, Piccolo.jl as examples. However it is difficult to compare the increasing number of quantum control problems and methods between the different packages. This proposal aims to address the following: 1. Identify a common set of well defined quantum control problems the community cares about, 2. Identify a common set of interfaces that would enable easy integration between existing packages, 3. Define a set of common benchmarks to measure performance of the control method.

Tags: Quantum-control

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**Author:** ![giordano](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/giordano/32/2166_2.png) [@giordano](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/giordano)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 10:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliacon-2026-hackathon-ideas/137207/3 "2026-05-20T10:24:01Z")

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We usually create a [HackMD](https://hackmd.io/) shared document for this, Discourse posts quickly become messy and hard to follow. These are the documents for [JuliaCon 24](https://hackmd.io/uU1CJCTjTNuVN5xFrDtzFQ) and [JuliaCon 23](https://hackmd.io/3-e-JVnQQwGjl_dyTwF8IQ) (these are just examples, the format can be tweaked to suit new needs)

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**Author:** ![vchuravy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/vchuravy/32/8_2.png) [@vchuravy](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/vchuravy)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2026, 2:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliacon-2026-hackathon-ideas/137207/5 "2026-08-09T14:24:36Z")

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Use the juliacon-hackathon channel on Zulip to coordinate [Public view of Julia Community | Zulip team chat](https://julialang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/623053-juliacon-hackathon) and the Hackmd for the project list: [Hackathon pad - HackMD](https://hackmd.io/@juliacon/SJusDmmUfe)