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Quantum Cloud Computing from a User Perspective

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Innovations for Community Services (I4CS 2023)

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Quantum computing is a rapidly progressing field: quantum computers are becoming more powerful and an increasing number of functionalities are offered via various quantum platforms and quantum software packages. Current quantum computers can be used almost exclusively via cloud services. It is expected that this will remain the case, at least in the near-term future. For successful adoption of quantum computing by the market, quantum cloud services should be user-centric. To that end, we explore quantum cloud computing from a user perspective. We describe a standardised overview of quantum cloud computing as a whole to create a common language to strengthen research and collaboration on quantum cloud computing. Specifically, we identify different types, information flows and relevant user functionalities of quantum cloud computing, based on their counterparts in classical cloud computing. Combined, this gives an overview of quantum cloud computing for the best user experience, paving the way towards user-centric quantum cloud computing.

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Neumann, N.M.P., van der Schoot, W., Sijpesteijn, T. (2023). Quantum Cloud Computing from a User Perspective. In: Krieger, U.R., Eichler, G., Erfurth, C., Fahrnberger, G. (eds) Innovations for Community Services. I4CS 2023. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1876. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40852-6_13

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