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Hybrid Classical-Quantum Software Services Systems: Exploration of the Rough Edges

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Quality of Information and Communications Technology (QUATIC 2021)

Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science ((CCIS,volume 1439))

Abstract

The development that quantum computing technologies are achieving is beginning to attract the interest of companies that could potentially be users of quantum software. Thus, it is perfectly feasible that during the next few years hybrid systems will start to appear integrating both the classical software systems of companies and new quantum ones providing solutions to problems that still remain unmanageable today. A natural way to support such integration is Service-Oriented Computing. While conceptually the invocation of a quantum software service is similar to that of a classical one, technically there are many differences. To highlight these differences and the difficulties to develop quality quantum services, this paper takes a well-known problem to which a quantum solution can be provided, integer factorization, and the Amazon Braket quantum service platform. The exercise of trying to provide the factorization as a quantum service is carried out. This case study is used to show the rough edges that arise in the integration of classical-quantum hybrid systems using Service-Oriented Computing. The conclusion of the study allows us to point out directions in which to focus research efforts in order to achieve effective Quantum Service-Oriented Computing.

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    https://aws.amazon.com/braket/.

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    https://www.quantumpath.es/.

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    https://flask.palletsprojects.com/.

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This work was supported by the projects 0499_4IE_PLUS_4_E (Interreg V-A España-Portugal 2014–2020) and RTI2018-094591-B-I00 (MCIU/AEI/FEDER, UE), by the FPU19/03965 grant, by the Department of Economy and Infrastructure of the Government of Extremadura (GR18112, IB18030), and by the European Regional Development Fund.

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    David Valencia, Jose Garcia-Alonso, Javier Rojo, Enrique Moguel, Javier Berrocal & Juan Manuel Murillo

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Valencia, D., Garcia-Alonso, J., Rojo, J., Moguel, E., Berrocal, J., Murillo, J.M. (2021). Hybrid Classical-Quantum Software Services Systems: Exploration of the Rough Edges. In: Paiva, A.C.R., Cavalli, A.R., Ventura Martins, P., Pérez-Castillo, R. (eds) Quality of Information and Communications Technology. QUATIC 2021. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1439. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85347-1_17

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