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We present a novel method for the analysis of quantum gas microscope images, which uses deep learning to improve the fidelity with which lattice sites can be classified as occupied or unoccupied. Our method is especially suited to…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2019-11-11 Lewis R. B. Picard , Manfred J. Mark , Francesca Ferlaino , Rick van Bijnen

Implementations of quantum key distribution (QKD) need vulnerability assessment against loopholes in their optical scheme. Most of the optical attacks involve injecting or receiving extraneous light via the communication channel. An…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-01 Hao Tan , Mikhail Petrov , Weiyang Zhang , Liying Han , Sheng-Kai Liao , Vadim Makarov , Feihu Xu , Jian-Wei Pan

Escalating cyber threats and the high-dimensional complexity of IoT traffic have outpaced classical anomaly detection methods. While deep learning offers improvements, computational bottlenecks limit real-time deployment at scale. We…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-01 Swathi Chandrasekhar , Shiva Raj Pokhrel , Swati Kumari , Navneet Singh

Deep neural networks are known to have security issues. One particular threat is the Trojan attack. It occurs when the attackers stealthily manipulate the model's behavior through Trojaned training samples, which can later be exploited.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-06-14 Songzhu Zheng , Yikai Zhang , Hubert Wagner , Mayank Goswami , Chao Chen

Self-supervised learning (SSL) is a prevalent approach for encoding data representations. Using a pre-trained SSL image encoder and subsequently training a downstream classifier, impressive performance can be achieved on various tasks with…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-07-18 Mengxin Zheng , Jiaqi Xue , Zihao Wang , Xun Chen , Qian Lou , Lei Jiang , Xiaofeng Wang

This study investigates the vulnerabilities of autonomous navigation and landing systems in Urban Air Mobility (UAM) vehicles. Specifically, it focuses on Trojan attacks that target deep learning models, such as Convolutional Neural…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-10-27 Reza Ahmari , Ahmad Mohammadi , Vahid Hemmati , Mohammed Mynuddin , Mahmoud Nabil Mahmoud , Parham Kebria , Abdollah Homaifar , Mehrdad Saif

This study explores the use of charge-coupled devices (CCDs) for detecting low-energy beta particles from tritium decay - a critical signal for nuclear safety, nuclear nonproliferation, and environmental monitoring. We employ a dual…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-11-18 E. Rofors , R. Heller , R. J. Cooper , J. Estrada , G. Moroni , B. Nachman , K. Spears

Due to the current horizontal business model that promotes increasing reliance on untrusted third-party Intellectual Properties (IPs), CAD tools, and design facilities, hardware Trojan attacks have become a serious threat to the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-04-20 Jonathan Cruz , Pravin Gaikwad , Abhishek Nair , Prabuddha Chakraborty , Swarup Bhunia

The use of third-party IP cores in implementing applications in FPGAs has given rise to the threat of malicious alterations through the insertion of hardware Trojans. To address this threat, it is important to predict the way hardware…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2020-04-06 Ash Luft , Mihai Sima , Michael McGuire

Passive millimeter-wave (PMMW) is a significant potential technique for human security screening. Several popular object detection networks have been used for PMMW images. However, restricted by the low resolution and high noise of PMMW…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-07-10 Cheng Guo , Fei Hu , Yan Hu

Accurate classification of brain tumors from MRI scans is critical for effective treatment planning. This study presents a Hybrid Quantum Convolutional Neural Network (HQCNN) that integrates quantum feature-encoding circuits with depth-wise…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-27 Muhammad Al-Zafar Khan , Abdullah Al Omar Galib , Nouhaila Innan , Mohamed Bennai

Video microscopy has a long history of providing insights and breakthroughs for a broad range of disciplines, from physics to biology. Image analysis to extract quantitative information from video microscopy data has traditionally relied on…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-12 Benjamin Midtvedt , Saga Helgadottir , Aykut Argun , Jesús Pineda , Daniel Midtvedt , Giovanni Volpe

Quantum properties, such as entanglement and coherence, are indispensable resources in various quantum information processing tasks. However, there still lacks an efficient and scalable way to detecting these useful features, especially for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-03 Yiwei Chen , Yu Pan , Guofeng Zhang , Shuming Cheng

With the rapid development of artificial intelligence and autonomous driving technology, the demand for semiconductors is projected to rise substantially. However, the massive expansion of semiconductor manufacturing and the development of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-04-25 YuanFu Yang , Min Sun

Quantum computers possess the potential to process data using a remarkably reduced number of qubits compared to conventional bits, as per theoretical foundations. However, recent experiments have indicated that the practical feasibility of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-01 Alexander Geng , Ali Moghiseh , Claudia Redenbach , Katja Schladitz

The success of deep neural networks (DNNs) in real-world applications has benefited from abundant pre-trained models. However, the backdoored pre-trained models can pose a significant trojan threat to the deployment of downstream DNNs.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-07-18 Haibo Jin , Ruoxi Chen , Jinyin Chen , Haibin Zheng , Yang Zhang , Haohan Wang

System-on-chip (SoC) developers increasingly rely on pre-verified hardware intellectual property (IP) blocks acquired from untrusted third-party vendors. These IPs might contain hidden malicious functionalities or hardware Trojans to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-12-01 Pravin Gaikwad , Jonathan Cruz , Prabuddha Chakraborty , Swarup Bhunia , Tamzidul Hoque

Quantum machine learning is an emerging field that combines machine learning with advances in quantum technologies. Many works have suggested great possibilities of using near-term quantum hardware in supervised learning. Motivated by these…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-21 Nhat A. Nghiem , Samuel Yen-Chi Chen , Tzu-Chieh Wei

We introduce the light-sheet confocal quantum diamond microscope (LC-QDM) for widefield 3D quantum sensing with efficient confocal readout. The LC-QDM leverages light-sheet illumination and laser scanning confocal methods to enable…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-04 Daniel G. Ang , Jiashen Tang , Ronald L. Walsworth

Economic and operational advantages have led the supply chain of printed circuit boards (PCBs) to incorporate various untrusted entities. Any of the untrusted entities are capable of introducing malicious alterations to facilitate a…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-03-31 Tamzidul Hoque , Shuo Yang , Aritra Bhattacharyay , Jonathan Cruz , Swarup Bhunia