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Project: Quantum-Enabled Secure Multiparty Computation for Space Surveillance Tracking

Acronym: QSCAN
Main Objective:
To solve the privacy issues related to usage of third-party data and taking advantage of access to telescopes that allow getting observational data, a quantum-enabled secure-multiparty computation (SMC) protocol will be implemented for conjunction analysis in this project. This protocol will replace the need for sharing agreements and allow to securely computing a probability of collision between space objects without disclosing to other party its own inputs. The implementation of the quantum-enabled SMC protocol requires the generation and distribution of oblivious keys, which will be achieved through a quantum oblivious key distribution protocol. The developed technology will be demonstrated in the Portuguese Quantum Infrastructure.
Reference: SPS.MYP.G6158
Funding: NATO
Start Date: 01-03-2024
End Date: 28-02-2027
Team: Armando Humberto Moreira Nolasco Pinto, Nelson de Jesus Cordeiro Muga, Nuno Alexandre Peixoto Silva, Sara Tamara Mantey, Margarida Ribau Almeida, Hugo Filipe Vasconcelos Franco Esteves Costa, Paulo Alexandre Carreira Mateus, Diogo Filipe Tavares Matos
Groups: Optical Quantum Communications – Av, Security and Quantum Information - Lx
Partners: AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, DEIMOS
Local Coordinator: Armando Humberto Moreira Nolasco Pinto

Associated Publications
  • 1Papers in Journals
  • S. T. Mantey, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, N. J. Muga, Experimental validation of a reversal operator-based QKD polarization control method, Optics Express, Vol. 33, No. 5, pp. 11745 - 11745, March, 2025,
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