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Variational quantum circuits (VQCs) built upon noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) hardware, in conjunction with classical processing, constitute a promising architecture for quantum simulations, classical optimization, and machine…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-09 Yi Xia , Wei Li , Quntao Zhuang , Zheshen Zhang

The cacophony of urban sounds presents a significant challenge for smart city applications that rely on accurate acoustic scene analysis. Effectively analyzing these complex soundscapes, often characterized by overlapping sound sources,…

Sound · Computer Science 2025-04-11 Minh K. Quan , Mayuri Wijayasundara , Sujeeva Setunge , Pubudu N. Pathirana

The Internet of Things (IoT) is expanding rapidly, which has created a need for sophisticated computational frameworks that can handle the data and security requirements inherent in modern IoT applications. However, traditional cloud…

The rise of deepfake technologies has posed significant challenges to privacy, security, and information integrity, particularly in audio and multimedia content. This paper introduces a Quantum-Trained Convolutional Neural Network (QT-CNN)…

Sound · Computer Science 2024-10-15 Chu-Hsuan Abraham Lin , Chen-Yu Liu , Samuel Yen-Chi Chen , Kuan-Cheng Chen

We propose a Quantum Federated Autoencoder for Anomaly Detection, a framework that leverages quantum federated learning for efficient, secure, and distributed processing in IoT networks. By harnessing quantum autoencoders for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-01 Devashish Chaudhary , Sutharshan Rajasegarar , Shiva Raj Pokhrel

Acoustic scene classification systems using deep neural networks classify given recordings into pre-defined classes. In this study, we propose a novel scheme for acoustic scene classification which adopts an audio tagging system inspired by…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-21 Jee-weon Jung , Hye-jin Shim , Ju-ho Kim , Seung-bin Kim , Ha-Jin Yu

Acoustic events are sounds with well-defined spectro-temporal characteristics which can be associated with the physical objects generating them. Acoustic scenes are collections of such acoustic events in no specific temporal order. Given…

Sound · Computer Science 2022-06-28 Rahil Parikh , Harshavardhan Sundar , Ming Sun , Chao Wang , Spyros Matsoukas

The integration of sensing and communication functionalities within a common system is one of the main innovation drivers for next-generation networks. In this paper, we introduce a quantum integrated sensing and communication (QISAC)…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-21 Ivana Nikoloska , Osvaldo Simeone

Open set anomaly detection (OSAD) is a crucial task that aims to identify abnormal patterns or behaviors in data sets, especially when the anomalies observed during training do not represent all possible classes of anomalies. The recent…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-12-18 Yifeng Peng , Xinyi Li , Zhiding Liang , Ying Wang

We present a work on low-complexity acoustic scene classification (ASC) with multiple devices, namely the subtask A of Task 1 of the DCASE2021 challenge. This subtask focuses on classifying audio samples of multiple devices with a…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-06 Yanxiong Li , Wenchang Cao , Wei Xie , Qisheng Huang , Wenfeng Pang , Qianhua He

The promise of quantum computing is closer to reality today than ever before, thanks to rapid progress in the development of quantum hardware. Even as qubit lifetimes and gate fidelities continue to improve, realizing robust, fault-tolerant…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-02 Vismay Joshi , Anubhab Rudra , Sourav Dutta , Siddharth Dhomkar , Prabha Mandayam

Quantum sensing is an important application of emerging quantum technologies. We explore whether a hybrid system of quantum sensors and quantum circuits can surpass the classical limit of sensing. In particular, we use optimization…

We live in a rich and varied acoustic world, which is experienced by individuals or communities as a soundscape. Computational auditory scene analysis, disentangling acoustic scenes by detecting and classifying events, focuses on objective…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-26 Yuanbo Hou , Qiaoqiao Ren , Andrew Mitchell , Wenwu Wang , Jian Kang , Tony Belpaeme , Dick Botteldooren

Hybrid quantum-classical models offer a promising route for learning from complex data; however, their application to multi-band remote sensing imagery often relies on generic, data-agnostic quantum circuits that fail to account for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-01 Md Aminur Hossain , Ayush V. Patel , Biplab Banerjee

Quantum systems are inherently open and susceptible to environmental noise, which can have both detrimental and beneficial effects on their dynamics. This phenomenon has been observed in bio-molecular systems, where noise enables novel…

In this technical report, we describe the SNTL-NTU team's submission for Task 1 Data-Efficient Low-Complexity Acoustic Scene Classification of the detection and classification of acoustic scenes and events (DCASE) 2024 challenge. Three…

Sound · Computer Science 2024-09-19 Jin Jie Sean Yeo , Ee-Leng Tan , Jisheng Bai , Santi Peksi , Woon-Seng Gan

Acoustic Scene Classification (ASC) is a challenging task, as a single scene may involve multiple events that contain complex sound patterns. For example, a cooking scene may contain several sound sources including silverware clinking,…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-09-20 Weimin Wang , Weiran Wang , Ming Sun , Chao Wang

This thesis focuses on dealing with the task of acoustic scene classification (ASC), and then applied the techniques developed for ASC to a real-life application of detecting respiratory disease. To deal with ASC challenges, this thesis…

Sound · Computer Science 2021-07-21 Lam Pham

Higher-dimensional quantum systems (qudits) offer advantages in information encoding, error resilience, and compact gate implementations, and naturally arise in platforms such as superconducting and solid-state systems. However, realistic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-17 Yule Mayevsky , Akram Youssry , Ritik Sareen , Gerardo A. Paz-Silva , Alberto Peruzzo

Acoustic scene classification (ASC) has been approached in the last years using deep learning techniques such as convolutional neural networks or recurrent neural networks. Many state-of-the-art solutions are based on image classification…