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Combining classical optimization with parameterized quantum circuit evaluation, variational quantum algorithms (VQAs) are among the most promising algorithms in near-term quantum computing. Similar to neural networks (NNs), VQAs iteratively…

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We introduce several probabilistic quantum algorithms that overcome the normal unitary restrictions in quantum machine learning by leveraging the Linear Combination of Unitaries (LCU) method. Among our investigations are quantum native…

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Quantum Neural Networks (QNNs) are a promising variational learning paradigm with applications to near-term quantum processors, however they still face some significant challenges. One such challenge is finding good parameter initialization…

The training of a parameterized model largely depends on the landscape of the underlying loss function. In particular, vanishing gradients are a central bottleneck in the scalability of variational quantum algorithms (VQAs), and are known…

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Parameterized quantum circuits (PQCs) are crucial for quantum machine learning and circuit synthesis, enabling the practical implementation of complex quantum tasks. However, PQC learning has been largely confined to classical optimization…

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Quantum neural networks have emerged as promising quantum machine learning models, leveraging the properties of quantum systems and classical optimization to solve complex problems in physics and beyond. However, previous studies have…

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Quantum machine learning has emerged as a promising utilization of near-term quantum computation devices. However, algorithmic classes such as variational quantum algorithms have been shown to suffer from barren plateaus due to vanishing…

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Variational quantum algorithms is one of the most representative algorithms in quantum computing, which has a wide range of applications in quantum machine learning, quantum simulation and other related fields. However, they face challenges…

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While recent breakthroughs have proven the ability of noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) devices to achieve quantum advantage in classically-intractable sampling tasks, the use of these devices for solving more practically relevant…

In this paper, a novel quantum classical hybrid framework is proposed that synergizes quantum with Classical Reinforcement Learning. By leveraging the inherent parallelism of quantum computing, the proposed approach generates robust Q…

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Current quantum systems have significant limitations affecting the processing of large datasets with high dimensionality, typical of high energy physics. In the present paper, feature and data prototype selection techniques were studied to…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-12-18 Miguel Caçador Peixoto , Nuno Filipe Castro , Miguel Crispim Romão , Maria Gabriela Jordão Oliveira , Inês Ochoa

Exploiting the power of quantum computation to realise superior machine learning algorithmshas been a major research focus of recent years, but the prospects of quantum machine learning (QML) remain dampened by considerable technical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-08-02 Maxwell T. West , Jamie Heredge , Martin Sevior , Muhammad Usman

This article explores search strategies for the design of parameterized quantum circuits. We propose several optimization approaches including random search plus survival of the fittest, reinforcement learning both with classical and hybrid…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-01-05 Mohammad Pirhooshyaran , Tamas Terlaky

Quantum machine learning (QML) is the use of quantum computing for the computation of machine learning algorithms. With the prevalence and importance of classical data, a hybrid quantum-classical approach to QML is called for. Parameterized…

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A large ongoing research effort focuses on Variational Quantum Algorithms (VQAs), representing leading candidates to achieve computational speed-ups on current quantum devices. The scalability of VQAs to a large number of qubits, beyond the…

Quantum generative models may achieve an advantage on quantum devices by their inherent probabilistic nature and efficient sampling strategies. However, current approaches mostly rely on general-purpose circuits, such as the hardware…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-18 Mathis Makarski , Jumpei Kato , Yuki Sato , Naoki Yamamoto

Building a quantum analog of classical deep neural networks represents a fundamental challenge in quantum computing. A key issue is how to address the inherent non-linearity of classical deep learning, a problem in the quantum domain due to…

Practical Quantum Machine Learning (QML) is challenged by noise, limited scalability, and poor trainability in Variational Quantum Circuits (VQCs) on current hardware. We propose a multi-chip ensemble VQC framework that systematically…

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Variational quantum algorithms have gained attention as early applications of quantum computers for learning tasks. In the context of supervised learning, most of the works that tackle classification problems with parameterized quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-10 Paul San Sebastian , Mikel Cañizo , Roman Orus

Parameterized quantum circuits used as variational ans\"atze are emerging as promising tools to tackle complex problems ranging from quantum chemistry to combinatorial optimization. These variational quantum circuits can suffer from the…

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