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What will the quantum internet look like — and what will it take to build it? In this conversation, ESnet Executive Director Inder Monga explains how ESnet's decades of experience building and operating the classical internet uniquely position the organization to help pioneer quantum networking. Monga discusses the QUANT-NET project, the DOE-funded collaboration he leads with experts at Berkeley Lab, UC Berkeley, Caltech, and the University of Innsbruck, which is tackling the fundamental engineering challenges of distributing quantum entanglement across real-world fiber networks. He explains how quantum networking differs from classical networking: it's not about moving large volumes of data, but about preserving fragile entangled states across distance before they lose coherence.

Monga also discusses the team's recent release of open-source control plane software designed to move quantum networking out of the manual, lab-bench stage and toward automated, software-driven operations. Looking ahead, he imagines a future where a quantum internet coexists with today's classical internet.  

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Kicking off the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, this video explores the quantum research happening at Berkeley Lab, at the Quantum Systems Accelerator, the Advanced Quantum Testbed, and QUANT-NET. 

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