Building QIS Capacity in Colombia
The Colombian Quantum Alliance (CQA) connects researchers, educators, industry professionals, and international collaborators who contribute voluntarily to Quantum Information Science (QIS) in Colombia.
Our vision is for Colombia to become an active and connected hub for QIS by 2036. We build towards that vision through learning, scientific exchange, collaborative research, and relationships that help people work together.
Why this approach
Our current emphasis on quantum computing, software, algorithms, simulation, and connections with high-performance computing (HPC) reflects the expertise and relationships available within the community. These areas offer practical ways to teach, investigate, and experiment with existing tools and appropriately authorised access to computing resources.
QIS provides the broader scientific foundation. Fundamental research, education, and cooperation have value in their own right. Applied studies provide additional opportunities to investigate meaningful problems with participating organisations.
Our approach draws on research into quantum education and Colombia’s ecosystem, Latin American initiatives, socio-technical complexity, and international software integration efforts. Read the analysis behind our approach.
How we work
Connect people. Collaboration begins with shared scientific interests and a willingness to contribute. CyberColombia helps facilitate encounters, exchange, and connections across communities.
Develop activities together. Participants contribute through teaching, workshops, research discussions, resources, and joint studies that fit their availability and interests.
Establish agreements as responsibilities grow. Projects involving funding, data, infrastructure, or institutional commitments need appropriate arrangements. Each team defines the scope and resources of its work.
A community already contributing
Our community’s trajectory includes educational work in 2025, including support for a quantum computing diploma programme with Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas and the Q-AI Summer School at Universidad del Rosario. These activities preceded CQA’s beginning in November 2025 and form part of the experience on which the alliance builds.
Subsequent activity includes Quantum Day 2026, participation in the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce’s TechDay, and continuing dialogue with researchers and technology organisations.
CQA is listed as a Supporting Partner of Quantum Latino 2026, and its lead, Esteban Hernández, is included in the published keynote and panel programme. We also support Qiskit Fall Fest 2026 at Universidad Distrital. These October events are upcoming as of September 2026. View activities and participation details.
Three phases towards 2036
Phase I — Consolidation · 2026
Strengthen the community through education, shared materials, scientific encounters, and initial experiments. Build on the work and relationships already established.
Phase II — Shared Capabilities · 2027–2030
Develop joint research, teaching resources, and reusable experimental methods. Explore infrastructure access and integration when participating teams have the expertise, resources, and agreements required.
Phase III — Specialisation and Knowledge Transfer · From 2030, towards 2036
Develop sustained areas of expertise and contribute original research, educational resources, software, and methods that others can examine, use, and build upon.
These phases are indicative, overlapping horizons. Progress depends on shared interest, experience, and the resources available to participating teams. Read how each phase develops.
Resources
Explore books, research manuscripts, and reports shared by CQA and CyberColombia contributors. The collection includes a quantum computing foundations textbook in English and Spanish, studies on education and computational methods, and a report on Colombia’s HPC ecosystem.
Explore CQA resources or browse the repository.
Contribute to CQA
Share a scientific question, support a learning activity, contribute technical experience, or connect colleagues with complementary interests. Participation grows through contributions that people are willing and able to make.
Meet the people involved or contact quantum@cybercolombia.org.
Last reviewed: September 2026.