Acknowledgments

We would like to acknowledge the many individuals and organizations that have made this project possible.

Inspirations

This project was inspired by several initiatives working on ocean plastic cleanup:

• The Ocean Cleanup: Developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic

• Plastic Odyssey: Building a vessel powered by plastic waste

• WWF Oceans: Working to protect marine ecosystems

Quantum Computing References

Our quantum optimization approaches are based on research in quantum algorithms:

• Decoded Quantum Interferometry (DQI)

• Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA)

• Quantum Machine Learning techniques

Contributors

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Community:

We’d also like to thank the broader open-source community and everyone who has contributed to this project through bug reports, feature suggestions, or code contributions.

Organizations

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Funding

This project is made possible through funding and support from:

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Research Papers

The algorithms and approaches used in this project are based on research presented in:

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