[hackathon] Quantum networks at IETF 104 hackathon

[Wojciech Kozlowski <[e-mail]>]

Hi all,

Some of us at the IRTF are working on quantum networks, networks capable 
of sharing and using quantum entanglement. The first lab demonstrations 
are due later this year and the plan is to connect a few cities in the 
Netherlands in 2020 already.

First of all: _quantum physics knowledge is NOT required to participate_ 
- we will introduce the necessary basics to anyone. If you would like 
more insight into the technology now two places to start reading up on 
the subject:

  * ​https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-01835-3
  * ​https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-irtf-qirg-principles/

This is a very broad subject for a hackathon, but we have two main 
themes to propose open to anyone who would like to contribute to the 
subject:

  * Quantum Ping (discussion and writing a document)
      o What is the abstraction of the quantum ping in the Quantum
        Internet.
      o What functionalities quantum ping should have.
      o How functionalities be realized in quantum plane and classical
        plane, etc.
  * Applications for 2019/2020 lab setups and beyond (using published
    API on a simulator)
      o Entanglement advertisement
        ​https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-kaws-qirg-advent-01
      o Anonymous quantum state transfer
      o Bit commitment
          + Over a trusted network
          + Measurement-device independent
          + Device independent
      o Blind Quantum Computation
      o QKD variants (e.g device-independent)
      o Conference Key agreement (multi-party QKD)
      o Quantum Secret Sharing
      o Consensus algorithms (e.g. Byzantine)
      o Leader election algorithms
      o Coin-flipping
      o Formal verification of quantum algorithms

Don't worry if any of that sounds unfamiliar. We will explain everything 
at the event and try to involve anyone who wants to make a contribution.

The project champions are:

  * Shota Nagayama <shota.nagayama at mercari.com <http://mercari.com>>
  * Wojciech Kozlowski <w.kozlowski at tudelft.nl <http://tudelft.nl>>

Thanks,
Wojciech