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Workshop on Complex Quantum Networks


​Satellite event of Netsci 2018, Paris, France ​
Dates and Venue
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Conference day: 11th June - Monday 
​​L’école de Musique - Chateuform’ République 8 bis rue de la Fontaine au Roi, 75011 Paris
Overview
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Topics of special interest to the satellite are:
  • Quantum communication networks
  • Detecting the presence of quantum effects in networks
  • Quantum network control
  • Quantum critical phenomena in complex networks

The satellite symposium will focus on theoretical aspects of complex network topologies appearing in quantum systems, as well as quantum algorithms on classical complex network topologies to strengthen the link between these diverse topics. 

Networks are pervasive in nature and technology, offering a pertinent framework to study and understand a broad range of complex systems. Most research on networks has studied systems governed by classical correlations. These studies have revealed striking laws and patterns underlying a vast range of networks, in nature and society. Quantum mechanics is not only the most precise theory of nature, it also offers significantly stronger correlations between the nodes of a network, impossible to achieve classically. Ensembles of atoms or quantum information systems may be viewed as networks with quantum properties, being more and more accessible experimentally. Quantumness is not merely a necessary complication in our journey to advance current technologies. Merging classical challenges with quantum possibilities is believed to be transformative for both fields. Quantum approaches can be fundamentally more feasible and efficient to solve some hard problems than any known classical approach. Breaking classical security protocols through efficient factorization or enhancing database searches are just a few profound landmarks. On the other hand, our experience with classical networks can be a key in solving insurmountable issues with quantum networks, for instance their (lack of) scalability. Finding the topological guidelines and design principles to create scalable quantum networks is the principal challenge in both quantum computation and quantum communication. 

Keynote speakers​
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Ginestra Bianconi, London

​Yasser Omar, Lisbon

Michael Trupke, Vienna

Stephanie Wehner, Delft

Registration 

If you wish to attend the Satellite without presenting, please also let us know by e-mail with subject 'Quantum-Satellite': kovacs.pisti [at] gmail.com
All participants have to register to the main conference until May 28th: http://www.atout-org.com/netsci2018/
People who are not registered will be denied access.

With a full registration at NetSci, the satellites are freely included. The registration fee for the Satellite only is 330 EUR.

Our call for abstracts is now closed. ​

Venue:
Chateaufom' République
Ray Charles room

Programme: 11th June – Monday
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13h30 – Registration

Invited speakers:

14h15 – Tutorial: Introduction to Complex Quantum Networks, Y. Omar
14h55 – From Complex Networks to Tensor Networks: a journey through Network Geometry with Flavor. G. Bianconi 
15h25 – Quantum Bits and Classical Hardware for Large-scale Quantum Networks, M. Trupke
15h55 – Towards a Network Stack for Quantum Networks, S. Wehner

16h25 – Coffee break, Poster session

​Contributed talks (15 mins including Q+A):

​16h45 – Implementing simple quantum networks with present day quantum technology, J. Schmiedmayer
17h00 – Reconfigurable Optical Implementation of Quantum Complex Networks, V. Parigi
17h15 – A Network Model of Transport through Quantum Antidots, A. N. Poteshman
17h30 – Environmental Engineering for Quantum Energy Transport, C. Uchiyama
17h45 – Quantum Walks on Scale-free Networks, J. Biamonte
18h00 – Quantum Link Prediction in Complex Networks, J. Moutinho
18h15 – Quantum Network Routing and Local Complementation, F. Hahn
18h30 – Quantum Interference in Quantum Networks, A. Briggs

​18h45 – End of Satellite

Organizers:

István A. Kovács (contact)
Network Science Institute
Northeastern University
 
Bruno C. Coutinho
Physics of Information and Quantum Technologies Group
Instituto de Telecomunicações, Lisbon

We gratefully acknowledge the support from:​
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John Templeton Foundation, through The Nature of Quantum Networks project. ​