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Reverse Delegated Training and Private Inference via Perfectly-Secure Quantum Homomorphic Encryption

Quantum Physics 2026-02-18 v1 Neural and Evolutionary Computing

Abstract

Quantum machine learning in cloud environments requires protecting sensitive data while enabling remote computation. Here we demonstrate the first realistic implementations of a perfectly-secure quantum homomorphic encryption (QHE) scheme applied to quantum neural networks (QNN). Using efficient Clifford+TT decomposition, we implement quantum convolutional neural networks for two complementary scenarios: (i) reverse delegated training, where encrypted data from multiple providers trains a user's network via federated aggregation; (ii) private inference, where users process encrypted data with remote quantum networks. Moreover, analysis of server circuit privacy reveals probabilistic model protection through Pauli gate concealment. These results establish perfectly-secure QHE as a practical framework for multi-party quantum machine learning.

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@article{arxiv.2602.12712,
  title  = {Reverse Delegated Training and Private Inference via Perfectly-Secure Quantum Homomorphic Encryption},
  author = {Sergio A. Ortega and Miguel A. Martin-Delgado},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.12712},
  year   = {2026}
}

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RevTex 4.2, 19 pages, 11 color figures

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