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Quantum algorithms based on quantum kernel methods have been investigated previously [1]. A quantum advantage is derived from the fact that it is possible to construct a family of datasets for which, only quantum processing can recognise…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-08 Sanjeev Naguleswaran

Quantum theory (QT) has been confirmed by numerous experiments, yet we still cannot fully grasp the meaning of the theory. As a consequence, the quantum world appears to us paradoxical. Here we shed new light on QT by having it follow from…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-02-12 Alessio Benavoli , Alessandro Facchini , Marco Zaffalon

We propose and analyze a novel interactive protocol for demonstrating quantum computational advantage, which is efficiently classically verifiable. Our protocol relies upon the cryptographic hardness of trapdoor claw-free functions (TCFs).…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-18 Gregory D. Kahanamoku-Meyer , Soonwon Choi , Umesh V. Vazirani , Norman Y. Yao

We consider the question of how correlated the system hardness is between classical algorithms of electronic structure theory in ground state estimation and quantum algorithms. To define the system hardness for classical algorithms we…

We initiate the study of quantum Interactive Oracle Proofs (qIOPs), a generalization of both quantum Probabilistically Checkable Proofs and quantum Interactive Proofs, as well as a quantum analogue of classical Interactive Oracle Proofs. In…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2026-01-22 Baocheng Sun , Thomas Vidick

Entropic uncertainty relations are underpinning to compute the quantitative security bound in quantum cryptographic applications, such as quantum random number generation (QRNG) and quantum key distribution (QKD). All security proofs derive…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-23 Minu J. Bae

Quantum computing promises to provide the next step up in computational power for diverse application areas. In this review, we examine the science behind the quantum hype, and the breakthroughs required to achieve true quantum advantage in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-26 R. Au-Yeung , B. Camino , O. Rathore , V. Kendon

Virtual black-box obfuscation is a strong cryptographic primitive: it encrypts a circuit while maintaining its full input/output functionality. A remarkable result by Barak et al. (Crypto 2001) shows that a general obfuscator that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-11-24 Gorjan Alagic , Zvika Brakerski , Yfke Dulek , Christian Schaffner

The emergence of noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) computers has important consequences for cryptographic algorithms. It is theoretically well-established that key algorithms used in cybersecurity are vulnerable to quantum computers…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-06-06 Sahay Harshvardhan , Sanil Jain , James E. McClure , Caleb McIrvin , Ngoc Quy Tran

As quantum computing approaches the threshold where certain tasks demonstrably outpace their classical machines, the need for a precise, clear, consensus-driven definition of quantum advantage becomes essential. Rapid progress in the field…

In this paper we consider what can be computed by a user interacting with a potentially malicious server, when the server performs polynomial-time quantum computation but the user can only perform polynomial-time classical (i.e.,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-05 François Le Gall , Tomoyuki Morimae , Harumichi Nishimura , Yuki Takeuchi

Communication scenarios between two parties can be implemented by first encoding messages into some states of a physical system which acts as the physical medium of the communication and then decoding the messages by measuring the state of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-23 Teiko Heinosaari , Oskari Kerppo , Leevi Leppäjärvi , Martin Plávala

We construct a classically verifiable succinct interactive argument for quantum computation (BQP) with communication complexity and verifier runtime that are poly-logarithmic in the runtime of the BQP computation (and polynomial in the…

Quantum Information Processing, which is an exciting area of research at the intersection of physics and computer science, has great potential for influencing the future development of information processing systems. The building of…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2015-11-06 Jaap Boender , Florian Kammüller , Rajagopal Nagarajan

The complexity of quantum computation remains poorly understood. While physicists attempt to find ways to create quantum computers, we still do not have much evidence one way or the other as to how useful these machines will be. The tools…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Lance Fortnow

This article summarises the current status of classical communication networks and identifies some critical open research challenges that can only be solved by leveraging quantum technologies. By now, the main goal of quantum communication…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-06-08 Roberto Ferrara , Riccardo Bassoli , Christian Deppe , Frank H. P. Fitzek , Holger Boche

The quest to identify quantum advantages lies at the heart of quantum technology. While quantum devices promise extraordinary capabilities, from exponential computational speedups to unprecedented measurement precision, distinguishing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-14 Hsin-Yuan Huang , Soonwon Choi , Jarrod R. McClean , John Preskill

One of the key challenges in quantum machine learning is finding relevant machine learning tasks with a provable quantum advantage. A natural candidate for this is learning unknown Hamiltonian dynamics. Here, we tackle the supervised…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-23 Alice Barthe , Mahtab Yaghubi Rad , Michele Grossi , Vedran Dunjko

This thesis focuses on three main questions in the continuous variable and optical settings: where does a quantum advantage, that is, the ability of quantum machines to outperform classical machines, come from? How to ensure the proper…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-02-11 Ulysse Chabaud

Is it possible to convert classical cryptographic reductions into post-quantum ones? It is customary to argue that while this is problematic in the interactive setting, non-interactive reductions do carry over. However, when considering…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-03-07 Nir Bitansky , Zvika Brakerski , Yael Tauman Kalai