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Welcome to The Quantum Protocol Zoo- Explore, Learn and Implement Quantum Protcols
With the advent of vast number of protocols in the reign of Quantum Information era, there is an urgent need of a standardardization which presents a compressed form of these protocols in order to communicate with the computer scientists, engineers and physicists at one time. The Quantum Protocol Zoo, a wikipedia of quantum protocols linked to each other depending on the functionalities they achieve and the implementation they follow, provides one such platform.
Getting started
Quantum Protocol Zoo directs you to a set of General Functionality Descriptions of different quantum and classical functionalities achieved by various quantum protocols. This description elicits the definition, properties and use cases of a given functionality. Further, it directs one to various different protocols used to achieve the functionality presenting a formal description for each. Every such formal description groups all quantum protocols/articles in the reference section, based on the method described. It also directs one to any related protocol or functionality in the "Tags/See Also" section. It illustrate use cases for different protocols to bridge the gap between users and protocol designers. Finally, some esoteric concepts used by these quantum protocols are explained via internal links that would direct you to a wiki page Supplementary Information.
General Functionality Description
Certain functionalities which can be implemented via different kinds (using different resources) of protocols and thus, lead one to a general description where one finds the definition, properties, use cases of the functionality. It further segregates protocols covering the functionality based on several different aspects like implementation used by quantum protocols to achieve the concerned functionality. Each section opens up a formal description for a particular implementation. Any protocol linked to a given formal description would be listed in its reference section as illustrated before.
Structure
Following is a structure of various formal descriptions presenting various protocols.
Functionality Description
A lucid definition of functionality achieved and properties satisfied by the method used.
Use Case
Bridges the gap between users and protocol designers.
Tags: Any related page or list of protocols is connected by this section
Assumptions
- Adversarial Assumption: See Quantum Adversary Definitions
- Setup Assumptions
Outline
It is a wordy outline for the protocol without any mathematical notations which helps the reader create a rough picture of the protocol. It does not involve any specific detail of protocol. This section may or may not include a figure for the protocol.
Properties
Any important information extracted from the protocol which is not obvious from the outline.
- Parameters: lists all threshold values and other such parameters used.
- Performance: lists all success and security claims.
Pseudo Code
- Notations
Any mathematical notation or variable used in the Pseudo code is listed here. It serves the purpose of connecting the wordy outline and the mathematical pseudo code.
- Algorithm
This section contains an algorithm/ pseudo code of the protocol. It is a step-wise description of the protocol with mathematical notations and is kept as less wordy as possible. Unlike outline, it contains all parameters and other details of the protocol
Resources
Yet to be discussed
References
This section mentions all the different protocols under the same functionality description with similar method. With each reference, a one line description of how it is different from the given (discussed) protocol (resources used, type of measurement or storage etc..) is necessary. This list covers all the papers that one would find easy to understand after reading this formal description.
Submission Format
It is a dynamic platform and the entire community of quantum information and computation is invited to make this attempt a success by further contribution. Submissions can be made to the google form provided in the link below. People can register a request to include their article in the reference of a certain formal description they feel their protocol is similar to. Also, if people think their protocol requires a new formal description not covered by the existing library in the Zoo, they could submit *.tex/ *.txt/ *.html version of their protocol in the format for guidelines. Note that Quantum Protocol Zoo accepts only published article. The final decision on a request resides with the Quantum Protocol Zoo team.
Link to Google Form: https://goo.gl/forms/UXhrqzQEVpm98Mkt1
Questions and suggestions are welcomed in order to make it more user-friendly and can be addressed in the comments section.