Quantum Network and Repeater Simulation Tutorial

QCE’26 Tutorial Agenda

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Session 1 (90 min)

Tutorial Session Introduction (10 min)

Presenter: Ezra Kissel

• Overview of agenda and objectives
• Introduction to tutorial exercises JupyterHub environment

Introduction to NetSquid (45 min)

Presenter: Michal van Hooft

• Setup and configuration
• Code demonstrations
• Simulation of a simple quantum network

Exercise 1: Setup and Configuration (15 min)

Presenter: Michal van Hooft

• Attendees will learn to setup and use a NetSquid installation
• Attendees will run a simple simulation of quantum network

Tools Built on Top of NetSquid (10 min)

Presenter: Michal van Hooft

• Installing NetSquid
• NetSquid documentation
• Tools built on top of NetSquid: Overview of NetSquid-snippets, SquidASM, and NetSquid-netbuilder

Questions (5 min)

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Session 2 (90 min)

Modeling and Simulation of “All-Photonic” Quantum Repeaters and Networks (30 min)

Presenter: Cheun-Hei Chan

• Attendees will be introduced to the quantum repeater simulation toolkit

Exercise 2: Simulation of All-Photonic Quantum Repeaters and Networks (10 min)

Presenter: Cheun-Hei Chan

• Attendees will run a simple simulation of all-photonic quantum network

Modeling and Simulation of “Memory-Based” Trapped Ion Quantum Repeaters and Networks (20 min)

Presenter: Charu Jain

Exercise 3: Simulation of Trapped Ion Quantum Repeaters and Networks (10 min)

Presenter: Charu Jain

• Attendees will run a simple simulation of trapped-ion quantum network

Exploring Quantum Data Center Models and Distributed Quantum Computing in Simulation (15 min)

Presenter: Charu Jain

• Point to DQC exercise/examples

Wrap Up (5 min)

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This tutorial is part of the IEEE Quantum Computing and Engineering Conference (QCE’26).