[Qirg] (DDL Approaching: Dec. 15[FIRM]) IEEE Network Series 2 on Quantum Communications and Networking

[Ruidong Li <[e-mail]>]

Dear QIRG members,

This is a gentle reminder that the submission deadline (Dec. 15 [FIRM]) 
of IEEE Network Series 2 on QCN is approaching. Welcome to contribute 
papers. Thanks!

Best Regards,
Ruidong

On 2023/11/19 14:02, Ruidong Li wrote:
> Dear QIRG members,
>
> I got some questions on those issues. Sorry. I have not explained them 
> clearly, which brought out some confusion.
>
> We have organized one IEEE Network special issue in 2022, which is the 
> September 2022 issue. Following that, we are organizing series in 
> 2023, series 1 and series 2. Now Series 2 is the third issue for this 
> topic.
>
> You can find the issue (September 2022 issue) and the series 1 early 
> access papers as follows.
>
> IEEE Network special issue on Quantum Communications and Networking 
> (September 2022 issue)
> https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocresult.jsp?isnumber=9963993&punumber=65
>
> IEEE Network series 1 on Quantum Communications and Networking (Early 
> access)
> * Foundations of Quantum Federated Learning Over Classical and Quantum 
> Networks     Chehimi, Mahdi; Chen, Samuel; Saad, Walid; Don, Towsley; 
> Debbah, Merouane
> https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10296523
> * Quantum-Empowered Federated Learning in Space-Air-Ground Integrated 
> Networks    Tianshun Wang, Peichun Li, Yuan Wu, Liping Qian, Zhou Su, 
> Rongxing Lu
> https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10274653
> * Quantum Internet Addressing     Angela Sara Cacciapuoti, Jessica 
> Illiano, Michele Viscardi, Marcello Caleffi
> https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10299662
> * A Connectionless Entanglement Distribution Protocol Design in 
> Quantum Networks     Li, Jian; Xiao, Zirui; Xue, Kaiping; Li, 
> Zhonghui; Yu, Nenghai; Sun, Qibin; Lu, Jun
> https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10274626
> * Quantum Network Engineering in the NISQ Age: Principles, Missions, 
> and Challenges     Uman Khalid, Junaid ur Rehman, Saw Nang Paing, 
> Trung Q. Duong,  and Hyundong Shin
> https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10302300
> * Entanglement Distribution in Satellite-based Dynamic Quantum 
> Networks    Xue, Guoliang; Chang, Alena; Wan, Yinxin; Sen, Arunabha
> https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10285010
> * Quantum Routing for Emerging Quantum Networks    Malaney, Robert 
> (contact); Shi, Wenbo
> https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10269671
> * SurfaceNet: Fault-Tolerant Quantum Networks with Surface Codes   Hu, 
> Tianjie; Wu, Jindi; Li, Qun
> https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10288502
> * Entanglement Management through Swapping over Quantum Internets      
> Zeng, Yiming; Zhang, Jiarui; Liu, Ji; Liu, Zhenhua; Yuanyuan Yang
> https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10294280
> * Deterministic 6G and Beyond (6GB)-Assisted Quantum Networks with 
> Slicing Support: A New 6GB Use Case    "Prados-Garzon, Jonathan 
> (contact); Taleb, Tarik; Chinchilla-Romero, Lorena; Shokrnezhad, Masoud
> https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10299673
>
> Best Regards,
> Ruidong
>
>
> On 2023/11/19 12:15, Ruidong Li wrote:
>> Dear QIRG members,
>>
>> Thanks for the great support to IEEE Network Special Issue (2022) and 
>> Series 1 on Quantum Communications and Networking (QCN)!
>>
>> Now IEEE Network special issue has been published in 2022 (September 
>> 2022 Issue), and the papers series 1 have become early accessible 
>> from IEEE Xplore (November/December 2023 Issue). The submission 
>> deadline for IEEE Network Series 2 on QCN has been extended to *Dec. 
>> 15* and welcome to continue to contribute to this series. The topics 
>> in this series is very closely related to the QIRG. It will be also 
>> appreciated if you can disseminate this CFP to your friends, 
>> colleagues, various mailing lists, conferences/workshops, and social 
>> media.
>>
>> https://www.comsoc.org/publications/magazines/ieee-network/cfp/quantum-communications-and-networking-series-2 
>> <https://www.comsoc.org/publications/magazines/ieee-network/cfp/quantum-communications-and-networking-series-2> 
>>
>> *Series 2 Manuscript Submission Deadline:   15 December 2023 (Extended)
>>
>> *
>> Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
>> •Quantum communication and networking applications
>> •Quantum internet architectures, protocols, and design principles
>> •Intelligent quantum communication networks
>> •Entanglement generation, scheduling, and distribution
>> •Quantum information theory and communication protocol
>> •Quantum memory and repeater design
>> •Quantum routing metrics and new routing algorithms
>> •Congestion control and resource allocation for quantum networks
>> •Quantum data plane and quantum control plane design
>> •Security, privacy, and trust in the context of quantum networks
>> •Quantum network management
>> •Simulators, testbeds, prototypes, implementations, and field experiments
>> •Verification of the existing knowledge in real quantum networks
>> •Performance evaluation and modeling
>> •Migration from classical networks to quantum networks
>>
>> If you have any question on submission, please feel free to contact 
>> us. Thanks a lot!
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Ruidong Li
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>>
>> *** Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of 
>> this call for paper***
>> IEEE Network
>> Series on Quantum Communications and Networking
>>
>> https://www.comsoc.org/publications/magazines/ieee-network/cfp/quantum-communications-and-networking-series-2 
>> <https://www.comsoc.org/publications/magazines/ieee-network/cfp/quantum-communications-and-networking-series-2> 
>>
>> *Series 2 Manuscript Submission Start:   15 September 2023 *
>> *Manuscript Submission Deadline:   15 November 2023  --> **15 
>> December 2023 (Extended)*
>>
>>
>> Call for Papers
>>
>> Quantum communication researchers have achieved significant progress 
>> during the recent decades and quantum networking has shown promise in 
>> terms of improving the overall functional benefits of the Internet 
>> and enabling applications with no counterpart in the classical world. 
>> It is a breakthrough technology towards the unimaginable future. In a 
>> quantum network, the source and destination may be connected by 
>> quantum repeaters/routers for facilitating qubit transmissions. The 
>> quantum network of the future is envisaged to pervade the entire 
>> globe, relying on terrestrial components, satellites, airplanes, 
>> ships and other vehicles. It is anticipated that it will support 
>> nearly unconditional security, super-computing power, large network 
>> capacity – even at high velocity - and privacy.
>> In the current era, quantum networks are similar to the early stage 
>> of the classical Internet in the 1970s. However, they exhibit 
>> fundamentally different features, obeying the uncertainty principle, 
>> the non-orthogonal indistinguishable theorem, the quantum non-cloning 
>> theorem, entanglement and superposition. These constraining features 
>> make the design of quantum networks a challenging task. To make the 
>> promise of quantum networking a reality, the entire protocol stack 
>> spanning from the physical-layer enabling techniques to the 
>> application layer requires a dedicated collaborative effort from a 
>> large fraction of the engineering and physics community.
>> This series focuses on recent advances in quantum communications and 
>> networking, and we seek original contributions in quantum networking 
>> architectures, concepts, protocols, and technologies in support of 
>> long-distance qubit transmissions and novel network applications. 
>> Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
>> •Quantum communication and networking applications
>> •Quantum internet architectures, protocols, and design principles
>> •Intelligent quantum communication networks
>> •Entanglement generation, scheduling, and distribution
>> •Quantum information theory and communication protocol
>> •Quantum memory and repeater design
>> •Quantum routing metrics and new routing algorithms
>> •Congestion control and resource allocation for quantum networks
>> •Quantum data plane and quantum control plane design
>> •Security, privacy, and trust in the context of quantum networks
>> •Quantum network management
>> •Simulators, testbeds, prototypes, implementations, and field experiments
>> •Verification of the existing knowledge in real quantum networks
>> •Performance evaluation and modeling
>> •Migration from classical networks to quantum networks
>>
>> Submission Guidelines:
>> Manuscripts should conform to the standard format as indicated in the 
>> ‘Information for Authors’ section of the Paper Submission Guidelines.
>> All manuscripts to be considered for publication must be submitted by 
>> the deadline through Manuscript Central.
>>
>> Series 2 Manuscript Submission Start:   15 September 2023
>> *Manuscript Submission Deadline:   15 November 2023 -->  15 December 
>> 2023 (Extended)*
>> Initial Decision Notification:   31 January 2024
>> Revised Manuscript Due:  28 February 2024
>> Final Decision Notification: 15 March 2024
>> Final Manuscript Due:  31 March 2024
>>
>> •Guest Editors:
>> Ruidong Li, Kanazawa University, Japan
>> Prineha Narang, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
>> Melchior Aelmans, Juniper Networks, Netherlands
>> Peter Mueller, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland
>> Guilu Long, Tsinghua University, China
>
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