Do you want to take part in shaping the future of the quantum internet?
And it’s back… QIA’s global Quantum Internet Application Challenge!
We are again inviting all quantum internet enthusiasts to be creative and share your most innovative quantum internet application ideas!
Your ideas could be your ticket to an internship or a research visit to one of our participating QIA partners. QIA will cover travel and accommodation cost of up to 5,000 EUR!
We will formally open the registration in October, but you can already express your interest now by filling out the form below. Once open, the challenge will run for six (6) weeks.
If you are not yet familiar with SquidASM – QIA’s Quantum Network Application Simulator, then we strongly encourage you to enrol in this online course from TU Delft. It’s completely free – see details below!
Bookmark this page and stay tuned for more updates! For questions, feel free to send an email to info@quantuminternetalliance.org.
Who can join the competition?
The competition is open to anyone interested and we will have two challenges for different skill levels!
Note that because of the nature of the main prize we can only accept individual contributions, no team contributions.
What skills are required to work on the challenge?
In order to win the main prize, some familiarity with the Python programming language and some background in quantum mechanics is required. As part of the challenge, you will be working with SquidASM, QIA’s application simulator. If you haven’t used SquidASM before then you can read about it here.
In order to win the main prize, some familiarity with the Python programming language and some background in quantum mechanics is required. It is therefore highly recommended that you take the course on SquidASM and Quantum Network Explorer (see further below).
Want to get a headstart?
Enrol in this free course on Quantum Communication and the Quantum Network Explorer
This course aims to provide participants with an introduction to quantum networks, focusing on protocol development, application design and network simulation.
The course offers:
- Quantum network overview
- Hands-on simulation with QuTech’s Quantum Network Explorer (QNE)
- Quantum network applications like quantum key distribution (QKD), teleportation, and blind quantum computation (BQC)
- Comprehensive tutorial on SquidASM
This course was created by TU Delft experts in quantum networking and simulation, leveraging the extensive expertise of QuTech’s quantum technology specialists.
Check out last year's winner
qperf by Claudio Cicconetti
The winning submission—qperf— was from Claudio Cicconetti, a computer science researcher at the Institute of Informatics and Telematics of the National Research Council (IIT-CNR) in Italy.
qperf is inspired by the classical internet tool iperf which measures the end-to-end TCP (transmission control protocol)/UDP (user datagram protocol) performance.
