01 · Research talks
Research across the network stack
Talks explored the quantum internet, optical networks, entanglement swapping, fidelity aware rate allocation, and communication across classical infrastructure.
Khwarizmi Lab · Symposium recap
NeSQom 2026
NSF Workshop on Quantum Communication and Networked Systems
Researchers in classical networking, distributed systems, quantum networking, and quantum information science came together at UMass Amherst to explore the systems architecture of future quantum networks.
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From the program
Workshop highlights
Across a day and a half, the program combined research talks, panels, and breakout discussions on the challenges of building quantum networks.
02 · Panels
Perspectives from both communities
Panels examined open problems in quantum networking and asked what emerging quantum networks can learn from classical networking.
03 · Breakouts
Shared questions for what comes next
Breakout groups discussed robustness, routing and resource allocation, and services such as distributed quantum computing and sensing.
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