Towards a Distributed Quantum Computing Ecosystem

What is it about?

Distributed Quantum Computing is a paradigm thought as solution to overcome some limits of local computing. It promises to be scalable and, consequently, to tackle problems of practical use. The aim of this paper is to provide the reader with an overview of main technologies involved in the goal of implementing an ecosystem for Distributed Quantum Computing. Hence, we do a survey, following a bottom-up approach. We start by introducing the Quantum Internet as load-bearing infrastructure of the subject ecosystem. Then we go further, arranging main concepts - i.e. techniques, technologies and related problems - belonging the field of Distributed Quantum Computing into a layered structure. Thereby, we clarify dependencies among all these concepts and, at the same time, a road-map emerges.

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