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Publications

Publications from 2021 onward; earlier years include Journal Papers only.

2026

Workshop

• Connecting the Dots: Technology, People, and Society in the Quantum Era
  Reiko Iwasaki, Takuma Sano, Haruka Shiina, Sho Morishita, Akihito Soeda, Shota Nagayama
  to appear in IEEE QCNC 2026[Workshop paper]

2025

Poster

• A Troubleshooting Framework for Trapping Ions
  MT Friedrich, A Osada, R Van Meter, S Nagayama
  to appear in IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE), Albuquerque, NM, US, 2025. arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.00997

Pre-print

• Dense packing of the surface code: code deformation procedures and hook-error-avoiding gate scheduling
  Kohei Fujiu, Shota Nagayama, Shin Nishio, Hideaki Kawaguchi, Takahiko Satoh
  arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.06758, 2025

Conference

• Evaluation of Distimation's Real-world Performance on a Superconducting Quantum Computer
  H. Yokomori, M. Koyama, N. Benchasattabuse, M. Hajdušek, Shota Nagayama
  to appear in IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE), Albuquerque, NM, US
• Automatic Configuration Protocols for Optical Quantum Networks
  Amin Taherkhani, Andrew Todd, Kentaro Teramoto, Shota Nagayama, Rodney Van Meter
  to appear in IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE), Albuquerque, NM, US

Workshop

• 量子技術を前提とした未来社会デザインのプロトタイピング
  椎名遥, 岩崎怜子, 佐野巧馬, 永山翔太
  to appear in 科学技術社会論学会[オーガナイズドセッション]

2024

Poster

• Erasure-tolerance protocol for the surface codes on Rydberg atomic quantum computers
  Fumiyoshi Kobayashi, Shota Nagayama
  QIP, Jan. 2024
• IETF119 QIRG
  Rodney Van Meter, Ryosuke Satoh, Makoto Nakai, Shota Nagayama
  IETF119 QIRG, Mar. 2024
• Timing regime in Quantum networks
  Michal Hajdušek, Rod Van Meter, Monet Tokuyama, Akihito Soeda, Shota Nagayama
  IETF119 QIRG, Mar. 2024
• A Scalable Framework for Automation of Quantum Network Experiments
  Amin Taherkhani, Kentaro Teramoto, Andrew Todd, Rodney Van Meter, Shota Nagayama
  IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE), Montreal, QC, Canada, 2024, pp. 624-625, doi: 10.1109/QCE60285.2024.10436

Pre-print

• Erasure-tolerance protocol for the surface codes on Rydberg atomic quantum computers
  Fumiyoshi Kobayashi, Shota Nagayama
  arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.12656, 2024
• An Optical Interconnect for Modular Quantum Computers
  Daisuke Sakuma, Amin Taherkhani, Tomoki Tsuno, Toshihiko Sasaki, Hikaru Shimizu, Kentaro Teramoto, Andrew Todd, Yosuke Ueno, Michal Hajdušek, Rikizo Ikuta, Rodney Van Meter, Shota Nagayama
  arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.09299, 2024

Birds-of-a-feather

• What Makes Quantum Networks? A Quantum Network Protocols’ Perspective: From Physical Layer to Application Layer
  Shota Nagayama, Rodney Van Meter, Wenji Wu, Inder Monga
  IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE) 2024, Sep. 2024. BoF Abstract.
• Quantum Quest: Dialogue and Exploration of Quantum Governance Through a Card Game
  Sho Morishita, Yusuke Nagato, Konomi Higo, Kentaro Teramoto, Shota Nagayama
  IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE) 2024, Sep. 2024. BoF Abstract.

Panel discussion

• (invitee) Quantum Network Testbed Panel Discussion
  Shota Nagayama
  to appear in IEEE QCE 2024, Sep. 2024. Abstract.
• (invitee) Quantum Network Testbed Work in Japan
  Shota Nagayama
  The 4th Workshop for Quantum Repeater Networks, Sep. 2024

Conference

• An implementation and analysis of a practical quantum link architecture utilizing entangled photon sources
  Kento Samuel Soon, Michal Hajdušek, Shota Nagayama, Naphan Benchasattabuse, Kentaro Teramoto, Ryosuke Satoh, Rodney Van Meter
  IEEE International Conference on Quantum Communications, Networking, and Computing (QCNC), Kanazawa, Japan
• Optimal Switching Networks for Paired-Egress Bell State Analyzer Pools
  Marii Koyama, Claire Yun, Amin Taherkhani, Naphan Benchasattabuse, Bernard Ousmane Sane, Michal Hajdušek, Shota Nagayama, Rodney Van Meter
  IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE), Montreal, QC, Canada
• Performance of Quantum Networks Using Heterogeneous Link Architectures
  Kento Samuel Soon, Naphan Benchasattabuse, Michal Hajdušek, Kentaro Teramoto, Shota Nagayama, Rodney Van Meter
  IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE), Montreal, QC, Canada
• Scalable Timing Coordination of Bell State Analyzers in Quantum Networks
  Yoshihiro Mori, Toshihiko Sasaki, Rikizo Ikuta, Kentaro Teramoto, Hiroyuki Ohno, Michal Hajdušek, Rodney Van Meter, Shota Nagayama
  IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE), Montreal, QC, Canada

Invited talk

• Quantum Network Systems and Testbed efforts in Japan
  Shota Nagayama
  Workshop on Quantum Repeaters and Networks (WQRN 2024)

Invited paper

• Backcasting Perspectives on Services of Future Quantum Internet – Utility Workshop Version
  Shota Nagayama, Toshihiko Sasaki, Akihito Soeda
  QSW-Utilities Workshop, Shenzhen, China
• Backcasting Perspectives on Services of Future Quantum Internet
  Shota Nagayama, Toshihiko Sasaki, Akihito Soeda
  IEEE International Conference on Quantum Software (QSW), Shenzhen, China

2023

Poster

• Host Speaker Series: Quantum Internet
  Shota Nagayama, Rodney Van Meter
  IETF116, Mar. 2023

Conference

• Ruleset-based recursive quantum internetworking
  Kentaro Teramoto, Michal Hajdušek, Toshihiko Sasaki, Rodney Van Meter, Shota Nagayama
  Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Quantum Networks and Distributed Quantum Computing

Internet requests for comments

• RFC 9340: Architectural principles for a quantum internet
  Wojciech Kozlowski, Stephanie Wehner, Rodney Van Meter, Bruno Rijsman, Angela Sara Cacciapuoti, Marcello Caleffi, Shota Nagayama
  IETF RFC 9340

2022

Panel discussion

• (organized) Young Researcher Session: Big Vision of the Quantum Internet
  Shota Nagayama
  Quantum Innovation 2022, Nov. 2022

Conference

• A Quantum Internet Architecture
  Rodney Van Meter, Ryosuke Satoh, Naphan Benchasattabuse, Kentaro Teramoto, Takaaki Matsuo, Michal Hajdušek, Takahiko Satoh, Shota Nagayama, Shigeya Suzuki
  IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE), Broomfield, CO, USA
• QuISP: a Quantum Internet Simulation Package
  Ryosuke Satoh, Michal Hajdušek, Naphan Benchasattabuse, Shota Nagayama, Kentaro Teramoto, Takaaki Matsuo, Sara Ayman Metwalli, Poramet Pathumsoot, Takahiko Satoh, Shigeya Suzuki, Rodney Van Meter
  IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE), Broomfield, CO, USA

2021

Poster

• Quantum simulations of stochastic differential equations
  Shota Nagayama
  Asian Conference on Quantum Information Science 2021, Online Japan, Sep. 2021

Pre-print

• Towards End-to-End Error Management for a Quantum Internet
  Shota Nagayama
  arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.07185, Dec. 2021

Journal paper

• Variational quantum simulations of stochastic differential equations
  Kenji Kubo, Yuya Nakagawa, Suguru Endo, Shota Nagayama
  Physical Review A 103(5):052425
• Attacking the Quantum Internet
  Takahiko Satoh, Shota Nagayama, Shigeya Suzuki, Takaaki Matsuo, Rodney Van Meter
  IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering 2:4102617

2018

Journal paper

• The Network Impact of Hijacking a Quantum Repeater
  Takahiko Satoh, Shota Nagayama, Rodney Van Meter
  Quantum Science and Technology 3(3):034008
• Analysis of Measurement-based Quantum Network Coding over Repeater Networks under Noisy Conditions
  Takaaki Matsuo, Takahiko Satoh, Shota Nagayama, Rodney Van Meter
  Physical Review A 97:062328

2017

Journal paper

• State injection, lattice surgery, and dense packing of the deformation-based surface code
  Shota Nagayama, Takahiko Satoh, Rodney Van Meter
  Physical Review A 95:012321
• Surface code error correction on a defective lattice
  Shota Nagayama, A. G. Fowler, D. Horsman, S. J. Devitt, Rodney Van Meter
  New Journal of Physics 19(2):023050

2016

Journal paper

• Analysis of quantum network coding for realistic repeater networks
  Takahiko Satoh, Kaori Ishizaki, Shota Nagayama, Rodney Van Meter
  Physical Review A 93:032302
• Interoperability in encoded quantum repeater networks
  Shota Nagayama, Byung-Soo Choi, Simon Devitt, Shigeya Suzuki, Rodney Van Meter
  Physical Review A 93:042338