Quantum Communication and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Since the introduction of the BB84 quantum key distribution protocol, which surpasses the security challenges of classical key agreement protocols, quantum communication has become a focal point of research in this field.

Quantum communication is a leading emerging technology, with new applications continually appearing, including the imminent reality of the quantum internet. To capitalize on this new reality, new quantum communication applications are being increasingly developed, with security and privacy being crucial requirements in many different applications.

While secure communication is the primary focus of quantum cryptography, other unresolved problems are gaining attention, such as secure multiparty computations, authentication, blind computation, secret sharing, and even secure quantum machine learning and quantum secure software development. The range of novel applications is vast and diverse, making any attempt at a comprehensive list at risk of needing to be completed.

Therefore, in this Special Issue, we welcome theoretical, computational, and experimental studies and papers on new developments and applications of quantum communications and quantum software development.

Dr. André Nuno Carvalho Souto
Dr. Nikola Paunkovic
Guest Editors

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