Simulation of Networked Quantum Computing on Encrypted Data
Due to the limited availability of quantum computing power in the near
future, cryptographic security techniques must be developed for secure remote
use of current and future quantum computing hardware. Prominent among these is
Universal Blind Quantum Computation (UBQC) and its variations such as Quantum
Fully Homomorphic Encryption (QFHE), which herald interactive and remote secure
quantum computing power becoming available to parties that require little more
than the ability to prepare and measure single qubits. Here I present a
simulation of such a protocol, tested classically on the simulation platform
LIQ$Ui|\rangle$ and then later adapted to and run on the recently released IBM
16-qubit quantum chip using their beta cloud service. It demonstrates the
functionality of the protocol and explores the effects of noise on potential
physical systems that would be used to implement it.
  BSc Thesis from the University of Edinburgh, December 2017
Ieva Čepaitė