The second Quantum Internet Programming Competition has started!

The Challenge
In this competition, we will have some fun playing games using quantum entanglement!

It turns out that two remote network nodes can use pre-established quantum entanglement to instantanesouly coordinate their actions much better than what is possible on the classical internet. Here, we will have fun coordinating on playing games: if two players in a network play games, they can use quantum entanglement to coordinate their actions better than what is possible classically and thus win the game more often.

In the basic variant of this competition, you will implement a toy example of such a game also known as Mermin’s game. Here will challenge two players to play a game in which they color in a 3×3 grid: Alice gets to color a row and Bob a column subject to some conditions. They win if they filled the grid consistently and satisfy the conditions. It turns out that no classical strategy can win the game with certainty. However, by using quantum entanglement, Alice and Bob can achieve perfect coordination and win the game every time! We provide a basic piece of code for you, from which you can work to implement this game.

Submissions
As usual, the sky is the limit on what you wish to do for this programming competition: anything quantum network goes. Here some random ideas for you, starting with the game above:

– Implement a visual interface for the game!
– Make a library and/or classical protocol running and evaluating such games!
– Explore how your game performs in the presence of noise
– …

Prize
The programming competition is open for all ages and backgrounds. Deadline for submissions is 19 of october 2018 – i.e. you have 3 months to shine. Submissions by teams are also welcome. The first prize is again a summer internship at QuTech (if you are a team, for up to 3 participants).

Jury
Jaya Baloo (KPN)
Corsin Pfister (KPN)
Axel Dahlberg (QuTech)
Stephanie Wehner (QuTech)

Instructions
Detailed instructions can be found here: http://www.simulaqron.org/competition/

We look forward to your submissions!