QSOC: Quantum Service-Oriented Computing
This addresses the barrier for enterprise adoption of quantum computing by simplifying application development, though it appears incremental as it builds on service-oriented computing principles.
The paper tackles the problem of requiring deep quantum computing knowledge to use cloud-based quantum services by introducing Quantum Service-Oriented Computing (QSOC), which enables enterprise DevOps teams to compose and operate applications without such expertise, promoting knowledge reuse and resource optimization.
Quantum computing is quickly turning from a promise to a reality, witnessing the launch of several cloud-based, general-purpose offerings, and IDEs. Unfortunately, however, existing solutions typically implicitly assume intimate knowledge about quantum computing concepts and operators. This paper introduces Quantum Service-Oriented Computing (QSOC), including a model-driven methodology to allow enterprise DevOps teams to compose, configure and operate enterprise applications without intimate knowledge on the underlying quantum infrastructure, advocating knowledge reuse, separation of concerns, resource optimization, and mixed quantum- & conventional QSOC applications.