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DESCRIPTION:The name means small\, so we made it smaller. Piccolo.jl 1.0 co
 nsolidates five quantum optimal control packages into one -- one language\
 , one package\, just `using Piccolo`. A unified Julia codebase that AI cod
 ing agents can thrive in -- accelerating feature development\, performance
  work\, and letting users go from system parameters to optimized pulses na
 turally. We demonstrate real-world impact through robust control theory (a
 rXiv:2602.10349) and experimental studies of universal dynamics in Rydberg
  arrays (arXiv:2508.19075).
DTSTAMP:20260502T092920Z
LOCATION:Room 3
SUMMARY:Piccolo.jl 1.x: a unified\, agent-enabled quantum control package -
  Aaron Trowbridge
URL:https://pretalx.com/juliacon-2026/talk/NHJH7G/
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UID:pretalx-juliacon-2026-JNATTB@pretalx.com
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DESCRIPTION:Harmoniqs is a startup building quantum control infrastructure 
 entirely in Julia. Our open-source stack\, Piccolo.jl\, and its private ex
 tension Piccolissimo.jl share one language from API to numerics. We discus
 s compiling and delivering Julia without exposing source code\, deploying 
 on HPC resources including GPU clusters\, and how Julia's single-language 
 design makes AI coding agents unusually effective for a small team. A case
  study in why Julia is ready for startups.
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LOCATION:Room 5
SUMMARY:Building a quantum control startup on Julia: Piccolo.jl\, compiled 
 sysimages\, and AI agents - Aaron Trowbridge
URL:https://pretalx.com/juliacon-2026/talk/JNATTB/
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