Type

Label

Description

Scope

Creation Date

Advisory Group

AG 1

Strategic planning

Develop strategic documentation to aid JTC 3 in its long-term goals, including:

Take the current Strategic Business Plan (SBP), develop it further, ratify its content and prepare it for consideration and approval by JTC3.

Planning of strategic direction for JTC3, including accommodation (where appropriate) of the original materials from IEC/SEG14.

Outline are as of work to enable focus of resources with consideration of prioritisation of work in line with a roadmap of standards development.

Development of recommendations for action in each section of SBP.

Participation is limited to 2 representatives from each NC.

2024-05-30

Advisory Group

AG 8

Chair’s Advisory Group

The purpose of the CAG is to ensure:

Timely and efficient completion of JTC3 program & work;

Productive performance of the Working Groups(WG) / Advisory Groups(AG) and Projects Teams(PT) Members: JTC3 Chair; JTC3 Secretary; Convenors of WG / AG and PTs of JTC3; IEC and ISO Technical Officers for JTC3. Other persons maybe invited as Guests to attend specific meetings of the CAG as appropriate.

2024-10-24

Joint Sub-

committee

JSC 3A

Quantum computing

Standardization in the field of quantum computing. This includes hardware and software aspects of universal quantum computing, restricted forms of quantum computing such as quantum simulators and quantum annealers, and hybrid forms of quantum computing.; 

The scope excludes quantum metrology, quantum sources, quantum detectors, quantum communications, cross-cutting quantum enabling technologies and fundamental quantum technologies except where quantum computing is applied.

2026-05-18

Project Team

PT 18157

PT ISO/IEC TR 18157

To work on the Technical Report ISO/IEC TR 18157

2024-05-31

Project Team

PT 63622

Quantum Photonics Vocabulary

General Terminology for Quantum Technologies

2025-01-21

Working Group

WG 9

Terminology and quantities

To develop the standards on General vocabulary and General quantities

2025-01-10

Working Group

WG 10

Quantum sensors

To prepare and develop standards on terms and definitions, letter symbols, essential characteristics, preparation and detection, and measuring methods for quantum sensors

2025-06-11

Working Group

WG 11

Quantum computing supply chain

To develop a Technical Report on quantum computing supply chain

2025-06-11

Working Group

WG 12

Quantum computing benchmarking

To develop a Technical Report on Quantum computing benchmarking

2025-06-11

Working Group

WG 13

Quantum random number generators

To develop a Technical Report on quantum random number generators

2025-06-11

Working Group

WG 14

Quantum enabling technology

To develop Quantum technologies - Cross-cutting and enabling devices and technologies: Hanbury-Brown-Twiss interferometry for the characterization of photonic quantum sources.

2025-07-08

Working Group

WG 15

Quantum Computing Terminology and Quantities

To develop a standard on Quantum Computing Terminology and Quantities

2025-12-03

Working Group

WG 16

Quantum Communication

To develop a TR on Quantum technologies - Quantum communication - Influence of transmission media on the implementation of quantum communication; and consider any outstanding items from the previous work in ahG 4

2025-12-05