Title: Quantum Internet: the Quest for a Paradigm Shift
 |
Prof. Marcello Caleffi University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy |
Abstract
Internet just turned 50: five decades that shaped the world we live in. Indeed, the Internet itself evolved astonishingly since the beginning, from a network prototype consisting of a few static nodes in the early days to a leviathan interconnecting with billions of devices, half of the world’s population. But what comes next, the so-called Quantum Internet, will be even more revolutionary. In fact, the Quantum Internet, aka a network enabling quantum communications among remote quantum nodes, can provide functionalities with no counterpart in the classical world, and these functionalities have the potential to fundamentally change our lives in ways we cannot imagine yet. The aim of the talk is to provide the participants with a wide view of quantum networks by highlighting the challenges and the opportunities connected to the design of the Quantum Internet, which requires a major network-paradigm shift and a multidisciplinary effort to harness the counter-intuitive marvels of quantum mechanics.
Biography
Marcello Caleffi co-leads the Quantum Internet research group at the University of Naples Federico II. His work appeared in top-tier IEEE Transactions and Journals, and he received multiple awards, including the IEEE Communications Society “Best Tutorial Paper Award” 2022 and the IEEE Communications Society “Award for Advances in Communication” 2024. Currently, he serves as editor for IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, IEEE Trans. on Communications, IEEE Trans. on Quantum Engineering, IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, and IEEE Internet Computing. In 2017, he has been appointed as a distinguished lecturer by the IEEE Computer Society, and in 2023, he has been appointed as a distinguished lecturer by the IEEE Communications Society.
Other keynotes will be announced soon!
Stay tuned!