Speaker
Description
Quantum communications have come a long way, from a scientific concept to small-scale experiments and more recently metropolitan-scale demonstrations. Quantum communications is envisioned to enable breakthroughs in quantum computing, quantum sensing, metrology, and other areas. However, scalability has now emerged as a major challenge, especially along the dimensions of number and heterogeneity of nodes, distance between nodes, diversity of applications, and number of users. This talk will provide a brief overview of the InterQnet project, which has two overarching goals: 1) practical realization of a heterogeneous quantum network; and 2) systems study of architectural choices for scalable quantum networks.
What will the TNC audience take away from your talk
The audience will learn about experimental and systems-based approaches to address scalability challenges (in dimensions such as hardware heterogeneity, number of devices, node distance, and concurrent users) in quantum networks. They will also get insights on how real-world experiments and simulations are used in tandem to advance the state-of-the-art in quantum networking.
