Introduction
TENORS Workshop 2 will focus on computational methods for tensor in Mathematics and Quantum Physics and will be organized around research presentations. High-profile invited speakers will be presenting the current cutting-edge research panorama.
The workshop is also aimed for the training of DCs, who will present their research results via oral and poster presentations, and participate in interdisciplinary/inter-sectorial discussions on their findings and their implications.
Organizers
The TENORS Workshop 2 will be organized under TENORS Project by:
The workshop is partially supported by CIRM (Centro Internazionale per la Ricerca Matematic) of Trento.
The scientific coordinator of TENORS project is Bernard Mourrain – Inria Université Côte d’Azur.
The administrative contact of the Workshop 2 is: Linh Nguyen – Inria Université Côte d’Azur (linh.nguyen@inria.fr).
Dates and Venue
The TENORS Workshop 2 will be organized from 13 to 17 July 2026 at University of Trento
Address: Building Polo Ferrari – Povo 1, Department of Mathematics , Via Sommarive 5, I-38123 Povo (Trento)
Registration
On-site registration is now full, but online registration remains open until 30 June 2026.- LINK TO REGISTER
The submission of contributed talk/poster is until 15 April 2026 – After that we send out the acceptance letters. To apply, please send a short email with title, abstract, and affiliation to: Iacopo Carusotto (iacopo.carusotto@ino.cnr.it) and Alessandra Bernardi (alessandra.bernardi@unitn.it)
Program
The workshop focuses on tensor methods and tensor networks in algebraic geometry, numerical computation, optimization, quantum information, and many-body physics, with a strong interdisciplinary and computational flavor.
Monday 13 July 2026 – Room A101
| Time | Talk | Speaker |
| 9:00-10:00 | TBA | Monique Laurent |
| 10:00-10:30 | Certified bounds on optimisation problems in quantum theory | Younes Naceur |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00-11:30 | On the Hadamard format and its extensions | Mattia Matucci |
| 11:30-12:00 | Excitation spectra of non-uniform correlated many-body systems using linearised MPS | Otto T. P. SCHMIDT |
| 12:00-14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00-15:00 | TBA | Frank Verstrate |
| 15:00-15:25 | A new bound on the rank of tensor product of W-states | Stefano Canino |
| 15:25-15:50 | On the dimension of the algebraic branching program width variety | Pierpaola Santarsiero |
| 15:50-16:15 | Coffee break | |
| 16:15-16:40 | The Dyson series and Magnus expansion as a Matrix Product Operator | Victor Vanthilt |
| 16:40-17:05 | Hadamard ranks of algebraic varieties | Dario Antolini |
| 17:05-17:30 | Implementing Tensor Network Operators in Quantum Circuits via Linear Combination of Unitaries | Oskar Pfeffer |
| 17:30-17:55 | TBA | Vander Linden Vic |
| 17:55-18:25 | Convex Optimization for Symmetric Tensor Decomposition and Moment Problems | Yassine Koubaa |
Tuesday 14 July 2026 – Room A105
| Time | Talk | Speaker |
| 9:00-10:00 | TBA | Antonio Acin |
| 10:00-10:30 | On the decomposition of q-Symmetric tensors | Matteo Bechere |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00-11:30 | Global optimization of low-rank polynomials | Llorenc Balada Gaggioli |
| 11:30-12:00 | Minimizer extraction under symmetry exploitation | Jonas Britz |
| 12:00-14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00-15:00 | TBA | Nick Vannieuwenhoven |
| 15:00-15:25 | Chisel-based tensor decomposition | Tim Seynnaeve |
| 15:25-15:50 | Local Certification of Many-Body Steady States | Miguel Frías Pérez |
| 15:50-16:15 | Coffee break | |
| 16:15-16:40 | Additive decompositions of symmetric tensors, with and without schemes. | Daniele Taufer |
| 16:40-17:05 | Waring decompositions of special binomials | Sara Marziali |
| 17:05-17:30 | Bridging Graph Polynomials and Symmetric Tensors. | Lael John |
| 17:30-18:00 | Lissajous Varieties | Francesco Maria Mascarin |
Wednesday 15 July 2026 – Room A101
| Time | Talk | Speaker |
| 9:00-10:00 | TBA | Angelo Lucia |
| 10:00-10:30 | New flattening methods for lower-bounding border rank | Matěj Doležálek |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00-12:00 | TBA | Michael Walter |
| 12:00-12:25 | Entropic tensor scaling computes the quantum functionals | Keiya Sakabe |
| 12:25-12:50 | Border Subrank of Higher Order Tensors | Chia-Yu Chang |
Thursday 16 July 2026 – Room A104
| Time | Talk | Speaker |
| 9:00-10:00 | TBA | Veronica Vinciotti |
| 10:00-10:30 | Computing ranks of tensors using multiplication tensors of finite algebras | Oriol Reig Fité |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00-11:30 | A Hilbert series for limits of symmetric ideals. | Henri Linus Breloer |
| 11:30-12:00 | Computing generalized additive decompositions | Enrica Barrilli |
| 12:00-14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00-15:00 | TBA | Harm Derksen |
| 15:00-15:25 | Algebraic Geometry for Spin-Adapted Coupled Cluster Theory | Svala Sverrisdóttir |
| 15:25-15:50 | Scalable Preparation of Matrix Product States with Sequential and Brick Wall Quantum Circuits | Tomasz Szoldra |
| 15:50-16:15 | Coffee break | |
| 16:15-16:40 | Generating Generalized Ground-State Ansätze from Few-Body Examples | Matt Lourens |
| 16:40-17:05 | Tensor Algebra Processing Primitives (TAPP): Towards a Standard for Tensor Operations | Jan Brandejs |
| 17:05-17:30 | Quasiparticle Dynamics and Nonlinear Phonons | Andrés Navas |
Friday 17 July 2026 – Room A101
| Time | Talk | Speaker |
| 9:00-10:00 | TBA | Filippo Vicentini |
| 10:00-10:30 | On the decomposition of q-Symmetric tensors | Sami Halaseh |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00-11:25 | Hermitian distance degree | Nikhil Ken |
| 11:25-12:00 | Efficiently exploiting symmetries in polynomial optimization | Luca Wellmeier |
| 12:00-13:00 | TBA | Philipp Hauke |
How to arrive at University of Trento
The instruction is available HERE.
Accommodation
The University of Trento has agreements with several hotels that offer special rates for participants in conferences organized by the University.
How to obtain the special conference rate:
- Contact the hotel directly (by email or phone) to finalize your booking, and specify that: The booking is for a participant in the workshop Computational Methods for Tensors in Mathematics and Quantum Physics organized by the University of Trento and that you would like to book with the special convention that they have with the university of Trento.
- Note: The special conference rate is not guaranteed for bookings made through online booking portals (e.g. Booking, Expedia, etc.).
- Here the list of the hotels with the convention:
| Accademia **** | Vicolo Colico 4/6, 38122 Trento tel. +39 0461 233600 info@accademiahotel.it |
| Adige **** | Via Pomeranos 10, 38123 Mattarello – Trento tel. +39 0461 944545 info@adigehotel.it |
| Agritur Ponte Alto | Via alla Cascata 27, 38123 Povo – Trento tel. +39 0461 810753 info@agriturpontealto.it |
| America**** | Via Torre Verde 50, 38122 Trento tel. +39 0461 983010 info@hotelamerica.it |
| B&B Al Cavour | Via Cavour 34, 38122 Trento tel. +39 349 4155 814 alcavour34@gmail.com |
| B&B Camere Ester | Via Salè 10, 38123 Povo – Trento tel. +39 0461 810380 camere.ester@gmail.com |
| Buonconsiglio **** | Via Romagnosi 14/16, 38122 Trento tel. +39 0461 272888 info@hotelbuonconsiglio.com |
| Everest *** | Corso degli Alpini 14, 38121 Trento tel. +39 0461 825300 info@hoteleverest.it |
| Grand Hotel Trento **** | Via Alfieri 1, 38122 Trento tel. +39 0461 271703 reservation@grandhoteltrento.com |
| Hi Hotels *** | Via Torre d’Augusto 25, 38122 Trento tel. +39 0461 526489 info@hihotel.it |
| Hotel Venezia ** | Via Rodolfo Belenzani 70, 38122 Trento tel. +39 0461 234559 info@hotelveneziatrento.it |
| NH Hotel **** | Via Adalberto Libera 7, 38121 Quartiere Le Albere – Trento tel. +39 0461 366111 nhtrento@nh-hotels.com |
| Ostello Giovane Europa | Via Torre Vanga 27, 38122 Trento tel. +39 0461 1830240 info@ostelloditrento.it |
| Sartori’s Hotel **** – Lavis | Via Nazionale 33, 38015 Lavis – Trento tel. +39 0461 246563 info@sartorishotel.com |
| Villa Fontana *** | Via Fratelli Fontana 11, 38122 Trento tel. +39 0461 829800 info@villafontana.it |
| Villa Madruzzo | Via Ponte Alto, 26 (Cognola) tel. +39 0461 986220 info@villamadruzzo.it |
| Villa S.Ignazio – Cooperativa di solidarietà sociale onlus | Via delle Laste 22, 38121 Trento tel. +39 0461 238720 ospitalita@vsi.it |