Isadora Veeren - Quantum advantage in distributed tasks

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Quantum advantage in distributed tasks

This seminar, given by Isadora Veeren, will happend on 18 February 2026, at 13:0. It will take place in Room 25-26/105.

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Abstract

As demands on computational power increase and technologies advance, distributed models of computation become more and more prevalent. Instead of having a single processing unit implement a protocol (as in a personal laptop, for instance), computers operating in a large network must cooperate to accomplish ever more complex tasks (ex: cloud computing, online banking, streaming, etc). This de-centralized paradigm comes with its own challenges, well studied in the classical domain, but widely underdeveloped in the case of quantum. We expect to have a fully quantum internet operating in the foreseeable future, but before that we must investigate which are the tasks that can even display an advantage if we switch from classical to quantum networks. In this talk I will give a brief overview of the state of the art and current challenges, along with our recent results in [1]. Then I will discuss open problems and potential paths to solve them. [1]Balliu, Alkida, et al. Distributed quantum advantage for local problems. Proceedings of the 57th Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing . 2025.

Isadora Veeren | LIP6 - QI Team

Isadora Veeren - Quantum advantage in distributed tasks

Quantum advantage in distributed tasks

Abstract