A Hybrid Reference Architecture Enabling Quantum Computing Capabilities for Cloud Utilization: Toward a Quantum-Science Gateway

Abstract: The increasing accessibility of quantum computing resources encourages research into the potential applications of this technology in a variety of scientific fields, including artificial intelligence, manufacturing, and finance. While a large number of research scientists do their work largely using cloud computing infrastructures, access to real (sometimes distant) quantum hardware resources necessitates the deployment and appropriate setup of several software components. We provide a hybrid cloud-based reference architecture in this study that makes it easier to launch new experiments utilizing a variety of quantum computing resources. The technique makes it easier to access many remote quantum compute resources and to run distributed quantum computing simulations in conventional cloud settings. Because the reference design is so adaptable to many cloud platforms, there are many opportunities for applications.

Keywords: Cloud computing, quantum computing, reference architecture, simulation, science gateway.